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September 2009 - Posts

Better presentations

I’m currently reading Presentation Zen which is very good and gives concrete examples of good and bad slides and presentations.  I’m hoping to incorporate some of the techniques into my own presentations this year, so hopefully you’ll see an improvement.  Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:30 AM by pooyad | 0 Comments

Imagine cup gaming finalist now available on Xbox live

Megalopolis, one of the Game Dev finalists of Imagine Cup 2008 from Germany is now commercially available on the Xbox Live Marketplace. Try out the demo if you have an Xbox, or check out the video . Amazing what students can do these days, the team’s Read More...
Posted Tuesday, September 15, 2009 7:33 PM by pooyad | 0 Comments
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UAE University and Jebel Hafeet

What an interesting day. Spent the day at UAE University , one of the largest and most prestigious universities in the UAE meeting some of the professors and getting a tour of the labs there. Dr. Nikolaos Mavridis (who runs the lab) showed me around the Read More...
Posted Monday, September 14, 2009 8:10 PM by pooyad | 0 Comments
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Students and Startups

My 1st blog post in a while and a good time to discuss some of the changes you’ll notice around here. This year I’m going to be focusing a lot more on Academia and what we refer to as the Local Software Economy. Basically this means I’ll spend a lot more Read More...
Posted Monday, September 14, 2009 7:40 PM by pooyad | 0 Comments
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