Posted on Wed 4 Nov 2009
The two companies we have visited who have excited me most (perhaps inevitably) are Nokia Research and HP Labs India in Bangalore, both of who are concentrating on finding ways to enable digitally disadvantaged people
Posted on Tue 3 Nov 2009
Before I left with Bangalore I had the fortune of having dinner with Pooja Warier, Director of UnLtd India.
Posted on Tue 3 Nov 2009
Imagine walking through a film, but it is happening on the streets you walk down everyday. Studio resident Duncan Speakman's 'as if it were the last time' invites you to take part in a unique subtlemob experience.
Posted on Tue 3 Nov 2009
Traffic in Mumbai and Bangalore was pretty crazy, no lanes, everyone trying to squeeze through gaps, occasional cows, lots of rickshaws and beeping. This makes cities pretty hard to get around by car - the trip back from Nokia took us 2.5 hours. So i thought i would share - click here for a video of…
Posted on Sun 1 Nov 2009
Today we also met Sangam Gupta of Trine who set up his games studio after working for EA in the States. Using the capital he had saved from his college business he convinced six of his EA colleagues to come to India and started up the studio, which makes console games, in New Delhi.Trine is an…
Posted on Sun 1 Nov 2009
Yesterday morning we visited The Hub India, which at the moment is independent but is currently finalising a formal partnership with The Hub Network. It has been set up by the same team as Unlimited India (who I am meeting for dinner tomorrow) and so the relationship between them is very similar to…
Posted on Sun 1 Nov 2009
We have heard each other's pitches so many times now that we swapped company intros at the dinner we had last night with Vijay Nair, Indian (and overall) winner of the International Young Creative Music Entrepreneur 09, Gaurav Vaz, finalist of the International Young Music Entrepreneur 08 and…
Posted on Fri 30 Oct 2009
First day of meetings and after an impressive breakfast we head out with our guide Tas to meet a couple of games companies. Despite a new bridge linking two sides of the city, traffic in Mumbai is terrible and it takes an hour and a half to get to each. I hadn't really thought much about flash games…
Posted on Thu 29 Oct 2009
On October the 8th 2009, Thought Den hosted a training session for the BBC's newest and brightest design recruits.
