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.

Dear John…

Whether it was exploring the woods above the school, a region declared absolutely out of bounds, or snorkelling among particularly vicious rocks at Macqueripe, you were always out front, urging the timid and sensible onward.

PayWise gets EU grant boost for regional expansion

Through this expansion, the PayWise system will now operate in multiple countries, in multiple currencies, including Guyana, Barbados and Grenada.

Samsung introduces Good Vibes app for the deafblind

Once a deafblind person has learned Morse Code, the app can translate taps on the screen into words and interpret responses as vibrations on the screen.

Catalina is here. Beware.

The list of issues is impressively long for Photoshop and many of the problems that are cropping up with Photoshop’s plug-ins are also going to break other apps.

ICT ignored in budget

At the Cabinet level of governance consideration, technology is still viewed as a support tool, not an enabling one.

Republic Bank buys stake in WiPay

Republic Bank has bought a 19.99 percent stake in Nobis BaaS

Why I joined Civil

The future of journalism doesn't only belong to monolithic media houses, there is a role for journalists as trusted sources of information.

Media problems considered

“Since 1997,Guardian Media has learned how to deal with a newsroom and how to not deal with a newsroom.” - Nicholas Sabga

Phishing with better bait

When in doubt, take the longer route to access your personal information online, complete with verifications.

Samsung offers up a Note double

If you’re upgrading from either the Note9 or Note9, expect a few days of misdirected muscle memory as you reach for the power button in the wrong place.

Why can’t Samsung get its camera system right?

Add in the standard 27mm lens and you should have quite the arsenal of glass built into a device you can slip into a pocket. Except that you don't.

The price of the archive

Scanning and correcting negatives and transparencies is hard work, often requiring hours of step by step correction to restore.
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