Mark Lyndersay

Mark Lyndersay is a writer and photographer based in Trinidad and Tobago. He wrote 1,800 editorial leaders for Guardian Media Limited between 2001 and 2016 and now provides leaders for the T&T Newsday. He writes features and reviews for several publications. His column, BitDepth has examined personal technology issues continuously over the last 27 years. As a photographer, he divides his time between commercial assignments, editorial photography, annual reports and personal projects like Local Lives, which examines the backstory of life and culture in Trinidad and Tobago.

DCash launch date announced

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank to launch DCash digital currency at month's end.

Republic moves to Endcash

Digital natives will be keen about using Endcash being able both pay for goods and services and get paid using smartphones.

Samsung’s pushes the S21 series early, emphasises Ultra model

“The camera is being used more than ever, and the new lens options are meant to give the user the tools of a director.” - Gianmarco Leri

Blood simple

What happens to a pint of blood is an impressive narrative that details the healing power of donated blood, but it's not widely known.

Is the Caribbean ready to create a regulatory regime for regional data protection?

The most aggressive nations working toward the national data protection and privacy policy requirements are Jamaica and Barbados. Both nations advertised for the role of Data Protection/Information Commissioner in December.

Work from Home essentials

From the day they were introduced, inkjet printers were a scam. The printer was priced cheaply to lock the user into buying expensive cartridges for the life of the device.

Pushing culture upstream

"It's important to keep the audience in the space. You can't build a show to a climax, You have to come hard early and keep me entertained." - Kenny Phillips.

What is Carnival?

The persistence of traditional practitioners, the mobility of their creations and the navel-string narratives they have preserved became the creative foundation of a reimagined Carnival.

Digicel’s identity crisis

DigicelTT eats the chow it serves, and maintains a private BiP channel for updates and team chats, information sharing and disappearing messages that’s used by its management and employees.

Microsoft’s Viva brings HR to the remote workday

“Viva is powered by the full breath and depth of Microsoft 365, and it’s experienced primarily through Microsoft Teams." - Jared Spataro

The Facebook-Apple face-off

Apple’s privacy drive reaches deep into the systems that control programmatic advertising.

Caesar’s Army hosts a digital bashment

I didn’t like the spectacle frames on my avatar, which came from a rather limited selection, but my body shape, red polo, jeans and clean-shaven head offered up a decent facsimile of my meatworld self.
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The Global Lense – The one about data and tech stack sovereignty

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