Trinidadian Laurie Voss: unbreaking the internet By Mark Lyndersay | Issue 140 (July/August 2016) Last March, an angry software developer deleted a JavaScript code package from the Internet. It doesn’t sound very exciting, but the result was thousands of broken websites, and a cascade of online errors. In stepped Trinidadian Laurie Voss, CTO of the web company npm. Mark Lyndersay tells the story of a coding rescue mission
Five Caribbean artists in the brave new digital world By Nicole Smythe-Johnson | Caribbean Innovation (15 May 2020), Issue 139 (May/June 2016) Artists are always eager to experiment with new tools, so it’s no surprise that digital media offer them a creative playground. Nicole Smythe-Johnson surveys how Caribbean artists are exploring digital possibilities, and introduces five young creatives shaping the ways we experience digital images
Troy Weekes: “We too can be creators” By Tracy Assing | Issue 138 (March/April 2016) Barbadian Troy Weekes, systems designer and education entrepreneur, on rethinking how children learn and how Caribbean people interact with digital technology— as told to Tracy Assing
Have internet, will travel By Georgia Popplewell | Issue 138 (March/April 2016) Think of almost any imaginable human behaviour or need, and you can bet someone’s built a website for it. Travel is no exception. Georgia Popplewell compiles a handy survey of the best travel websites and apps to help you make the most of your trip — to the Caribbean or anywhere else in the world
Niven Narain: smarter medicine By Erline Andrews | Issue 137 (January/February 2016) The tragic death of his grandmother inspired Niven Narain’s career in cutting-edge cancer research. Erline Andrews learns how the Guyanese-American scientist is pioneering the use of artificial intellignce to create better, cheaper drugs for all
Patrick Hosein: the quiet innovator By Raymond Ramcharitar | Issue 134 (July/August 2015) If you’ve ever used a smartphone, you’ve probably benefitted from the research of Trinidadian engineer Patrick Hosein. Raymond Ramcharitar finds out how
Get it while it’s hot: Barbados’ solar energy revolution By Helen Shair-Singh | Issue 132 (March/April 2015) With abundant and free sunshine literally falling out of the sky, why haven’t more Caribbean countries followed the Bajans in adopting solar power? Helen Shair-Singh investigates how Barbados became a global solar pioneer
Are you listening? A decade of Global Voices By Philip Sander | Issue 131 (January/February 2015) For a decade, the international citizen media project Global Voices has helped break through online barriers of country, culture, censorship, and language — and the Caribbean has played a key role almost from the start. Philip Sander finds out more
