Migrating to FOSSdome.com as a learning experience.

Nodevember is here!

Too much going on this year for me to dive into Nodevember, but I'm looking forward to seeing what other Blender peeps come up with. Rock on, node nerds! 

From http://nodevember.io :

Almost #nodevember... time to Prepare

 I'm looking forward to #nodevember this year. Last year I only made it about a week before life got in the way, so I'll try again.

My personal goal is to improve my node skills and in particular try to stretch beyond the types of things I would ordinarily attempt.

In preparation, I'm enjoying reviewing the amazing work of others last year, like through this video from Curtis Holt: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhLVzcCl1ug

And through my subscription to the Blender Cloud, I'm following the series Procedural Shading: Fundamentals and Beyond.

I don't know if I will keep up this year, but for me the learning is never wasted. The prompts aren't up yet as of this writing, but they will be here: http://nodevember.io/

Open Source Creative podcast

I highly recommend the Open Source Creative podcast. 

The host, Jason van Gumster, is one of those folks I've seen for years on the online Blender communities. He's an author, a creator, and an all-around interesting character. 

I first discovered his podcast back when I was thinking of starting my own podcast but his is much better than what I'd had in mind. 

Find the audio in your favorite podcast player. Or visit the website directly. Some episodes are also in video format on the Open Source Creative YouTube Channel.

If you're a FOSS user, do check it out!