Just to set the record straight, I think you are referring to the previous week's show with Jorge Oblitas.
He is from Peru, and doesn't speak English very well. The show with Chris Sells was great, I thought.
Carl Franklin
Carl, Yeah. That's the one I meant.
I think that show was the only one I didn't enjoy as much as the others.
The one with Chris was excellent :)
I thought that Jorge was great (one of my favorite episodes)! It was very interesting to hear a developer's perspective from a place where IT services are a completely different ball game. Please don't discriminate against guests because they have an accent! Some of the most interesting speakers have accents (take Clemens and Ingo, for example, or if we are talking about heavy accents, the guy that did the ObjectSpaces preview at the last TechEd... very entertaining speaker, but he had a heavy french accent).
By the way Carl, you should definately get Clemens on the show! He is one of the best speakers out there and very knowledgable.
Jesse: I have nothing against heavy accents. I enjoyed greatly the show with Ingo, for example. I just couldn't understand half the show we are currently talking about. From what I got from that episode, Carl coudn't get some of the stuff that guy was saying as well.
I'm sure he's a great guy, and from what I *did* get, he had some cool ideas, but sometimes, you need to make sure that your listeners actually *get* what your guest is talking about.
Please don't make me out as a guy who dislikes accents. I have an accent myself. This is *supposed* to be constructive criticism.
I've heard a lot worse. IMO, his accent wasn't that hard to understand. I don't remember missing anything or having to back up the stream. I thought he spoke English very well (definately a lot better than I speak Spanish). I do remember that there was one or two places where word choice caused a little miscommunication, but that had nothing to do with his accent and really isn't all that uncommon when speaking to people whose native language is not English, and, regarless, two instances of incorrect word choice definately don't make the entire show a lowsy one.
Well, I guess this is where people differ. Some people I'm sure perfectly enjoyed that show, and some didn't as was I. The fact is, that show was harder to understand than most, and that flawed it severely for me.
Well, I am better at writing than speaking (I think) Yes, I thin sometimes I push the topic to a dead ends because my english, but the point I would like to remark is that in here, business necesities are like USA, but enterprises perception of developers role is different, and worse... developers perception of themselves in their companies is very wrong in many many cases. the point is that this "globalization" thing, will have to carry most than code to everybody i the world, but a better perception of what is the role of developers in this information society
Well, I tried to listen to it, not being a native speaker myself...This is a real pain! I coudn't bear 15 minutes of it. If a talk show isn't understandable, there really is no point for it ...that said with nothing against the guy himself.