My latest article for Silicon.com.
There’s a new type of tech geek emerging. They have proved their mettle in collaborative ‘hackspaces’, display a tenacious commitment to innovation and, if the business world is ready to open up, they may soon be solving the weightiest challenges of corporate IT.
Read the whole piece here.

Some optimistic thoughts about the future of innovation from Sam Pitroda - Essentially arguing that developed countries should train their innovative minds on solving the problems of the poor, and that with technological developments, those in the developing world will be doing it for themselves soon anyway.
He also expresses the view, heresy until recently, that [...]

I’ve been thinking about where technology innovation might come from, in the current economic shambles. I’d love to tip some obscure little start-up to shake the world with a brilliant idea, but the truth is that I expect Google to be at the heart of innovation in the next few years. It’s a boxing match [...]