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.

The Backup Sermon

Above: People imagine similar to this when they hear “cloud backup,” an admittedly celestial sounding notion. Like the bald child in The Matrix, I...

UK Guardian reports on T&T tech

Reporter Joshua Surtees, who has worked with the T&T Guardian, reports on local technology use for the UK Guardian. Facebook is an even bigger social...

LED: New light for new times

Above: LED lamps are available in a wide variety of styles and variations which arrange arrays of surface mounted diodes in different configurations. Photo...

The year in photos

Above: A memorable mistake. I’d shot this photograph of the bauxite loading facility in Carenage and skipped posting it, planning it for another evening....

Moving numbers

Above: Taking questions from members of the public and the technology community are, from left to right, Digicel’s Avinash Rambeharry, Head of IP and...

A new Idol from Alcatel OneTouch

Above: The Idol 3 from AlcatelOnetouch BitDepth#1030 for March 01, 2016 My first encounter with a smartphone from Alcatel, now trading as Alcatel OneTouch, was in...

Flow Barbados blocks “unauthorised content”

Got a set-top box that accesses off-market television or movie streams? Using a plug-in for Kodi that does the same? Flow has made it clear...

Deadpool: Not your daddy’s superhero

Above: Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds, centre) cues the “heroes walk into battle” music with Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand) and a CGI Colossus. Photo courtesy...

TATT number portability signing today

According to an advertisement placed in local newspapers, the Telecommunications Authority of T&T will oversee the signing of contracts between telecommunications providers operating in...

Waiting on the stage, but first…

Above: A masquerader in Tribe takes a moment for a selfie as the band crosses the stage at the Socadrome. Photo by Mark Lyndersay. BitDepth#1028...

Carnival: The greatest SME show on Earth

BitDepth#1027 for February 09, 2016 It took an absurdly long time for me to realise it, but by following the script of Carnival coverage I met...

Carnival: the state of disunion

Above: Revellers in Tribe's Wings of Desire at the Socadrome in 2015. Photograph by Mark Lyndersay. BitDepth#1026 for February 02, 2016 Trinidad and Tobago’s Carnival looks set...
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