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.

An Affinity for Canva

Professionally oriented software that integrates seamlessly with a consumer grade design tool is next level gamesmanship.

When the cloud bursts

Hyperscalers typically operate networks of hundreds of data centers with millions of servers distributed globally.

Encryption, privacy and public safety

Without encryption, that data can be read, copied or changed in transit. Encryption makes that data unreadable to outsiders

Big budget for tech, unclear spending strategy

ICT is now the single largest line item under economic infrastructure spending in the 2026 PSIP with almost a third of that budget at $400 million.

New HRIZONS in TT for young tech talent

HRIZONS is largely a virtual office presence, but the new physical office space takes advantage of the dynamics of presence while allowing significant flexibility in office hours and time in office.

Caribbean cryptocurrency concerns

In a pause with a defined timeline, operators may move outside the jurisdiction or take government to court and hope it drags on.

Suddenly, 30 years later…

It’s really difficult to get excited over shiny and new when you’ve seen how quickly that gloss gets tarnished and eventually rots.

A blanket ban on cryptocurrency is a Luddite’s strategy

The government has not made it clear to what extent the new bill is intended to deepen compliance requirements with the FATF.

How technology Is reinventing traditional industries in the 21st century

Above: AI generated image by tongpatong321/123rf.com The way we make, buy, heal, and bank has been transformed by technological breakthroughs. From connected machines on the...

The parable of the rake

The first school reopening that included rake distribution was, predictably, somewhat chaotic.

AI and the jobs of the future

Of the three broad classes of jobs, making, thinking, and caring, the ones that are likely to survive will be those that are driven by thinking and caring.

What Barbados’ Banyan acquisition teaches us

Our continuing national mistake in art, culture and journalism has been to treat the final product as the only product.
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The Global Lense – The one about data and tech stack sovereignty

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