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.

How Jamaica went forward

The EGov boss isn’t happy about Jamaica’s position in the UN’s E-Government Development Index, which has seen Jamaica drop from 112 to 118.

2018: A report to readers

Above: 2019, by @JEGAS_RA/DepositPhotos A TechNewsTT report to readers We didn’t do anywhere as much reporting on technology as we would have liked to in 2018. This...

Urgent: 3 days before Manchester U tech scholarship closes

Above: University of Manchester facilities, from their website. The University of Manchester has a fully-funded scholarship available for the MSc Management and Information Systems distance...

The Incus plan

Above: Kirk Henry and Maurice Barnes to shake hands as Leslie Lee Fook looks on. Photo courtesy Leslie Lee Fook. BitDepth#1177 for December 27, 2018 Ever find...

Managing screentime for children

Above: Monitored and shared screen time is considered best practice for younger children. Photo by Vitalik Radko/DepositPhotos. BitDepth#1176 for December 20, 2018 In her book The...

Digicel, IDB to use tech to map special needs schools, institutions for disaster prep

Above: (L-R) Rocio Bolivar-Medina, Country Representative, Trinidad and Tobago, Inter-American Development Bank,Penny Gomez, CEO, Digicel Foundation and Desha Clifford, Chairperson, Digicel Foundation at the...

Putting the Note9 to work

Above: My reporting kit for some assignments has shrunk to the Note9 with a foldable Bluetooth keyboard and an external high-capacity battery for longer...

Billionaires Club CEO behind bars

Above: Sheldon Powell speaking at the Hyatt event. Photo by Mark Lyndersay. Sheldon Powell, who introduced the Billionaires Club app at the Hyatt in July,...

Advance preview: Luminar 3 reviewed

Above: Luminar's full screen interface and filter suite. The newest version of Luminar, the third in less than two years, adds useful media management capabilities to...

Print journalism in a digital age

Above: Lead type, photo by saax/DepositPhotos. Originally published in Sunday Newsday, December 09, 2018 Most people reading my work in 2018 might be inclined to think that...

Adventures in chlorine

Above: At the very edge. Photo by Mark Lyndersay. BitDepth#1174 for December 06 The guy had to be trolling me. Every time I stretched out to slap...

A 21st Century Newspaper

Above: Illustration by mast3r/Depositphotos. A strategy outline by Mark Lyndersay This paper was written for the newspaper I left in November 2017 as a parting gift after...
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