Archive - Questions Concerning Technology

Hey there, I listened to the radio a lot in my late teens and early 20s. I’ve written about that time in my life, flowing through new and unexpected and…

Feb 23

December 2022

Hey there, Happy New Year! If you've been to a country in sub-Saharan Africa in the last 10 years, you'll have seen mobile money in action. It's…

Dec 29, 2022

November 2022

Since leaving Rwanda, I've been thinking a lot about the country I called home for over a year. And, since coming back, I've taken on the role of…

Nov 22, 2022

July 2022

We're exploring different education technologies in Bandarban, a remote part of rural Bangladesh. How do we offer it without disrupting people's lives…

Jul 8, 2022

March 2022

By default, we try to be productive when we work, and when we do any project with tech. The agile method - and sprints - optimise for it. But what…

Mar 31, 2022

February 2022

Tech can make our lives better; it can also make us frustrated. Here's one of my favourite frameworks for understanding why. To use cutting-edge…

Feb 21, 2022

January 2022

Non-fungible token - or NFT - was 2021's Collins Dictionary's Word of the Year. Lots has been written about them: but what are they? And will they make…

Jan 1, 2022

September 2021

I'll bet almost everyone reading this aspires to make people's lives better through technology. But how do we make sure we're really doing that? Here's…

Sep 17, 2021

July 2021

I don't normally write about what's in the news. This month, I'm breaking that trend to explore COVID vaccine passports. And how they symbolise a wider…

Jul 19, 2021

June 2021

How we interact with tech is mediated by the user interface. The screen on which the app, the website, the software, appears to us. What makes the user…

Jun 17, 2021

May 2021

People often make big claims about how tech will make the world a better place. And people - more and more so - also often make the counterpoint. That…

May 16, 2021

April 2021

I've spent the last 3 years bringing together tech and social impact. Here's one place I think they can learn from each other: the runway. Happy…

Apr 18, 2021

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