http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2013/06/india-fact-of-the-day-3.html

“One statistic above all explains the excitement India kindles: just 18 people in every 1,000 own a car. In China the figure is 58, according to the World Bank, while in most European countries it is more than 500. “India’s level of car ownership per capita is even lower than in Sudan, or Afghanistan,” says Tomas Ernberg, head of Volvo in India. “So in the long term there is bound to be growth, enormous growth.”

The market is also strikingly new. Barely 20 years ago India’s “Licence Raj” restricted aspirant motorists to two basic choices: the grand Hindustan Ambassador, an imitation of the venerable British Morris Oxford; and the boxy Maruti-Suzuki 800 hatchback, the country’s first (and then only) people’s car.”

http://www.fastcompany.com/section/most-creative-people-2013

“Data geeks, world-changers, actors, rappers and all types of innovators prove the value of creativity at a crucial time in business.”

http://lifehacker.com/how-i-taught-myself-to-code-in-eight-weeks-511615189

“To a lot of non-developers, learning to code seems like an impossibly daunting task. However, thanks to a number of great resources that have recently been put online for free— teaching yourself to code has never been easier. I started learning to code earlier this year and can say from experience that learning enough to build your own prototype is not as hard as it seems. In fact, if you want to have a functioning prototype within two months without taking a day off work, it’s completely doable.

Below, I’ve outlined a simple path from knowing nothing about software development to having a working prototype in eight weekends that roughly mirrors the steps I took.”

http://www.idearocketanimation.com/2157-who-wins-the-internet-tv-race/

“Some people think it will be Hulu, Netflix or Amazon. All three companies are using the Video as a Channel model. They charge a subscription fee for access to licensed content that is usually not exclusive, combined with some original content that is exclusive.”

“What if the winning model is the Platform, like Apple’s App Store?”

“YouTube is considering introducing a subscription model. This doesn’t really seem like it will be a final state; rather than paying a subscription for each show, viewers will likely prefer paying a subscription fee for all ad-free content, and then just have the subscription divvied up according to viewership of the content.”

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672655/designers-learn-to-code-heres-how-to-

“WHEN YOU START EXPERIMENTING WITH CODE, YOU FIND THAT THE NEW TOOL HELPS YOU DO YOUR JOB BETTER. JUST THINK OF IT LIKE GETTING PUNCHED IN THE FACE FOR THE FIRST TIME–ONCE IT HAPPENS, YOU REALIZE IT’S NOT THAT BAD.”

Pune is in East India only 75 miles from the financial center of Mumbai, and, unusually for India, it has great transportation and nothing like the traffic problems of other Indian cities. It feels new, fresh and almost Californian in its energy and, unlike 99% of Indian roads, the Mumbai Pune Expressway is a joy to drive down.

“A small city compared to other Indian metro cities, Pune has historically been a center for education and research. Today, it is also one of the top manufacturing hubs in India,” says Amit Paranjape, co-founder of PuneTech.com, the city’s leading online tech community.

Thanks to Monty Munford of Mashable.com

http://mashable.com/2013/05/29/pune-tech-hub/

Plus:

Culture/Demographics: One of the city’s cuisine specialties is a thick milkshake w/ dried fruit. Population is ~5,000,000. Pune has become a hub for colleges and universities including Symbiosis Institute of International Buisiness which is one of the top management schools in India.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/technology/self-driving-cars-for-testing-are-supported-by-us.html?hp&_r=1&

Self Driving Cars will be giving the next generation much more free time.