Friday Flashback #51


A look back at the last six years of the XSI mailing list, from 2006 to 2011.

  • 12,354 different topics
  • 81,458 posts in total
  • 9,784 topics with at least one reply or follow-up
  • 1,241 different posters

Top 10 posters (2006 to 2011):

The top 50 posters accounted for 54% of all posts on the XSI mailing list. Scroll down to see the list of the top 50.

Word cloud for Subject lines of all posts (2006 to 2011):


To put the relative size of the words in context, here’s some word counts:

  • ICE = 7685
  • python = 1686
  • rendering = 1339, render = 2461
  • scripting = 1427, script = 1112
  • maya = 1265
  • lagoa = 597

Top 10 topics

2006-2011 Top 10 topics

  • Friday Flashback (330)
  • test (271)
  • I heard a rumor: Autodesk to buy Soft??? (238)
  • Softimage at Autodesk – an observation (212)
  • Soft 2011 (198)
  • Autodesk Softimage 2010… (171)
  • PyQt For Softimage (153)
  • Replacing the shadertree? Possible? (151)
  • XSI v7 Announced (147)
  • GEAR 1.0.0 Released (139)
  • Softimage 2012 (126)
  • Thanks Autodesk. (125)

2006 Top 10 topics

  • Replacing the shadertree? Possible? (151)
  • XSI 6 announced (88)
  • XSI 5.1 (87)
  • Feet and inches in XSI (83)
  • Face Robot Designer at 94.995$ US? (82)
  • test (72)
  • flip from windows context menu tool (71)
  • XSI Hiring (66)
  • XSIMAN (64)
  • [OT] dynamite v1.1 (55)

2007 Top 10 topics

  • xsi 6 stability issues (92)
  • Siggraph User Group Summary (90)
  • Industry needs more xsi artists! (89)
  • Vista and XSI? (68)
  • Weird Realflow problem in XSI 6 (68)
  • render manager (55)
  • FG Map Sequences (53)
  • Vista and xsi (51)
  • CAfe dropping XSI? (51)
  • monitors? (50)

2008 Top 10 topics

  • I heard a rumor: Autodesk to buy Soft??? (238)
  • XSI v7 Announced (147)
  • AD completes aquisition (105)
  • ICE: Artist demo (94)
  • that Friday ICE feeling (85)
  • AD completes acquisition (70)
  • Softimage Community (70)
  • Sharing ICE Compounds (68)
  • On the flip side of things (66)
  • Coming back from Maya (62)

2009 Top 10 topics

  • Autodesk Softimage 2010… (171)
  • what auto desk has done for soft image (107)
  • I want better looking particles! (79)
  • trying out the Arnold renderer (66)
  • exocortex final word (63)
  • Tornado (59)
  • where are ICE compound exchange? (57)
  • Arnold pic of the day? (57)
  • Softimage 2010: Space Journey (56)
  • ICE result never the same (54)

2010 Top 10 topics

  • Soft 2011 (198)
  • Thanks Autodesk. (125)
  • XSI – ICE UI brainstorming (106)
  • ICE Bullet physics… (84)
  • more lack of exposure (was Thanks Autodesk) (79)
  • Softimage Studios (78)
  • A Softimage message (76)
  • GEAR 1.0.0 Released (74)
  • Lagoa Multiphysics 1.0 (73)
  • Viewcube tip (68)

2011 Top 10 topics

  • Friday Flashback (330)
  • Softimage at Autodesk – an observation (212)
  • PyQt For Softimage (153)
  • Softimage 2012 (126)
  • “Power Extrude” (110)
  • 2012 AP (66)
  • GEAR 1.0.0 Released (65)
  • Requirements for task development? (61)
  • Mental Ray is it going anywhere? (59)
  • Clouds – Simul software technology (55)

Top 50 posters (2006-2011)

The top 50 posters accounted for 54% of all posts on the XSI mailing list.
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