Episode 17: Parveen Kaler

Drew and James open the show with some discussion on the podcast itself, then jump into events from last week. Last week was short, so we jump to the upcoming events very quickly. This episode's special guest is Parveen Kaler, a long time game and mobile developer. The interview starts at 0:32:39.

Parveen has been a part of the Vancouver development scene for over a decade. He initially started in the game development space. He worked on titles for PS3, XBOX, and PSP. When the iPhone came out, he jumped at the chance to develop for this new ecosystem. Parveen now has his a consulting firm called Smartful Studios, which he has been running for the past 8 years. He is also one of the organizers of the VanSwift meetup.

Interview Links

• Parveen's Website


• Smartful Studios


• Swift News Mailing List


• VanSwift


• @kaler on Twitter

Upcoming Week (March 13th to March 19th)

Monday, March 14, 2016

• Exploring Git (Moose’s Down Under: 830 W. Pender St), 5:30 PM

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

• Open Coffee (Nelson the Seagul: 315 Carrall Street), 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM


• VanTUG (BCTIA Innovation Hub: Suite 101 - 887 Great Northern Way), 6:00 PM


• Vancouver Functional Programmers (Unbounce: 400-401 West Georgia ), 6:30 to 8:30 PM


• Virtual Reality Game Developers (location only shown to members), 7:00 PM


• Kids Code Jeunesse (Lighthouse Labs: 350 - 128 W Hastings), 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

• Learn Data Science (SFU Downtown: 515 W Hastings),6:00 PM to 8:00 PM


• Vancouver Pluralsight Study Group (PNI Digital Media: 100 - 425 Carrall St), 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM


• Vancouver Azure (Microsoft 11th floor: 1100-1111 Georgia St), 6:00 PM


• Product Tank (BCTIA Innovation Hub: 887 Great Northern Way), 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM


• Vancouver Couchbase Meetup (needs a location), 7:00 PM

Thursday, March 17, 2016

• Code & Coffee (Mobify HQ #300 - 948 Homer St), 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM


• Techstarters Mentor Night (Lighthouse Labs #300 - 128 W Hastings), 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM


• Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (Railway Pub: 579 Dunsmuir St), 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Friday, March 18, 2016

• Creative Coding Relay (Centre for Digital Media 685 Great Northern Way), 7:00 PM


• BCTIA Grub in The Hub (BCTIA Innovation Hub: 887 Great Northern Way), 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (must register free)