Parveen Kaler

Founder | Smartful Studios Inc.

Month: March, 2008

GDC 2008: Entrepeneurship: From Zero To Pandemic

Jamie’s recent blog post reminded me that I never got around to posting my notes from Josh Resnick’s talk on entrepreneurship. Jamie pointed to a great interview over at GameIndustry.biz. Friday was the last day of GDC. I was planning on going to David Jaffe’s keynote in the morning. However, Jaffe was a no-show. Lucky [...]

DemoCampVancouver06: Gaming Edition

DemoCamp is an adhoc conference where anyone can pitch an idea for a presentation. The goal is to pitch your idea or demo and get solid, constructive feedback. DemoCamp attracts a diversity of people and as a result is a great networking event as well as a great place to take in new ideas. DemoCampVancouver06 [...]

Tools For Improving Focus

I recently did a talk for a group of friends on productivity and focusing. I thought that others may also find this talk valuable. I took my notes and put together a Keynote presentation with voice-over. Enjoy. Let me know if you found it useful. [youtube]60lgXPPAIfM[/youtube]

Rules of Communication: Not Trying To Be Rude

I am connected and online almost all of the time. I’m also known to send almost all of my phone calls to voice mail. I don’t reply to many emails either. I’m not trying to be rude. I am busy. You are busy. We are all busy. Myself and most of the people in my [...]

Ways To Save jPod

The CBC has decided to cancel jPod. This is unfortunate because it is the first high-quality show that the CBC has put out in years. The first three episodes of the first season were not so great. It got its legs after that and found its biting satire. Unfortunately, the CBC had moved the show [...]

iPhone App Store Revenue Split

Last week Apple released a BETA version of the iPhone Software Development Kit. They also announced the iPhone Apps Store. Users will be able to download applications through iTunes on their Mac or PC. Applications can also be downloaded directly from the iPhone or iPod Touch too. This essentially makes Apple the gatekeeper. There are [...]

February Recap

February was an excellent month! February 1st was my last day at work. I spent the rest of the month getting the business up and running. From incorporation to marketing to accounting there were a lot of things to get out of the way. Frankly, there was a lot to learn. I was starting from [...]