Tech for Good Live

Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live Podcast! We’re still experimenting with our new podcast format (thanks for being our guinea pigs, listeners!) where we take a deep dive on a topic with our guest. 

In this episode we’re joined by Westlake, one of the founders and creative director of Flannel & Blade and we are discussing the ‘neo-luddites’, a new wave of teens that seem to be turning their backs on their smartphones. We also take a quick look at some technology that is being used for good (for once!) with the Be My Eyes app.

Fay Schofield is your host and she is joined by Greg Ashton and Producer Paul.

Luddite Teens:

‘Luddite’ Teens Don’t Want Your Likes - When the only thing better than a flip phone is no phone at all. - New York Times

What is ‘neo-luddism’, the rejection of modern technology? . The Star (not that one) 

Apps doing good:

Be My Eyes 

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Welcome back to the Tech for Good Live podcast! This is our third episode of 2023 and we’re a wee bit excited. If you’re new here, we get together about tech for good, tech for bad and everything in between!

In this episode we are talking about the future of social media and AI generated art.

Fay Schofield is your host and she is joined by Greg Ashton and Producer Paul.

Our guest to discuss this week's topics is Westlake. Storyteller, editor, cultural producer and network weaver with twenty years communications experience. Founder of the creative collective - Flannel & Blade. Born in Blighty, living in NYC.

This weeks stories:

Co-founders of Instagram think they've found the future of social media. And it's not video. The issues with Twitter seem to have energised new innovation in social media, could this be the start of a new era?

Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text - The Verge 

Picking up on a topic we touched on a few weeks ago, AI generated "art". There's now a number of lawsuits including in the US and UK:

First AI Art Generator Lawsuits Threaten Future of Emerging Tech - Bloomberg Law 

Florida high school athletes won't have to report their periods after emergency vote - NPR

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Welcome to the Tech for Good Live Podcast, where, yep you guessed it, we talk about how tech can be used for social good. But also how the bad stuff just keeps getting in the way. 

Joining host Bex is producer Paul, Greg Ashton and Tom Passmore.

In this episode, we are having a chat with our special guest Alex Nelson, Principal Designer at Hala Systems, who develops cutting edge humanitarian technology for conflict zones, like early warning systems for hospitals and schools in Syria to allow them to evacuate during bombings. 

We find out more about the challenges he faces in that role, there’s a plea for tech and design companies to do more to support right to left text and Arabic in their tools, and we hear his thoughts on the tech world at the moment.

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Welcome to the Tech for Good Live podcast. We’re back after a surprise full season break,  and raring to go trying out a whole new podcast format, discussing the good, the bad and the ugly side of tech.

We are talking about how AI might help cheating in exams, but also might help with mental health diagnosis. Sounds like a win win. And we return to our usual segment  “What’s Elon done now!?”

Joining host Bex is producer Paul, Greg Ashton and Tom Passmore.

Our special guest is Alex Nelson, Principal Designer at Hala Systems, who develops cutting edge humanitarian technology for conflict zones, like early warning systems for hospitals and schools in Syria to allow them to evacuate during bombings.

Good story of the week:

AI is having a wild ride right now, excitement over ChatGPT turned to fear of cheating in exams and other misuse and back to exciting new uses for these AI tools including mental health diagnosis:

Listening For Illness: Your Voice May Soon Help Detect Health Problems - Worldcrunch 

Kintsugi Named One of Fierce Healthcare’s 2023 ‘Fierce 15’ Companies - Silicon 

But it seems some need more caution and common sense in considering how we use AI:

A news site used AI to write articles. It was a journalistic disaster. - Washington Post

Bad news story of the week:

In a continued effort to throw the baby out with the bath water, Twitter gets rid of third party apps, remembers a subscription needs some kind of benefit, and suggests they'll have an ad free version soon (and not because all the advertisers have left):

The third-party apps Twitter just killed made the site what it is today - The Verge

Elon Musk admits Twitter has too many ads, says fix is coming - Tech Crunch 

Ugly story of the week:

OpenAI Used Kenyan Workers on Less Than $2 Per Hour to Make ChatGPT Less Toxic - Time

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

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Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 

Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello, hello, hello and welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast! 

In this bumper episode we are talking about home blood pressure monitoring, the fact that charity staff are paid less than other sectors, Google’s impact on democracy, and partying - Finnish style.

Host Fay Schofield is joined by TFGL team members Greg Ashton and Harry Bailey.

Our special guest for this episode is Dr Anas Nader - Anas is an A&E doctor whose experience of burnout inspired a health tech initiative, Patchwork Health, which is helping to make NHS careers more sustainable and solve the current staffing crisis

This episode was recorded August 24th 2022.

Stat of the week 

New study finds at home blood pressure monitoring using an app don't make the process any better

Apps don’t make at-home blood pressure monitoring better - The Verge 

ORCHA

Charity news of the week

Charity staff paid 7% less than other sectors - UK Fundraising 

Tech news of the week

Incremental changes to the way Google works have damaged democracy and society more widely:

Google Search Is Quietly Damaging Democracy - Wired 

And finally…

Women in Finland are posting videos of themselves partying in solidarity with their prime minister Sanna Marin - Twitter 

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

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We’d love it if you gave us a nice iTunes review and told your pals about this podcast!

Thanks to podcast.co for hosting our podcast. 

Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast! If you're new here, this is a show where we gather together to discuss tech being for good, but most likely tech being used for EVIL *manic laugh*. 

In this episode we're chatting about a generous (edit: former) CEO, a recruitment crisis in the care sector and iRobot (not the crappy Will Smith film).

Host Bex is joined by TFGL pod regular Greg Ashton and Producer Paul.

Our guest for this episode is Ume Pandya. Ume is the Design & Product Director at HealthLumen. He is also a Venture Partner at the impact investor Bethnal Green Ventures.

This episode was recorded on August 16th 2022

Stat of the week 

CEO Dan Price from Gravity Payments paid his staff £66k as standard and is calling for other companies to do the same:

CEO who pays staff $80K minimum wage calls for companies to pay a fair wage - LadBible

UPDATE: 

Dan Price, CEO who cut his pay so workers made at least $70,000, resigns - Washington Post

Charity news of the week

Crisis in the social care sector as vacancies increase by 52% over the last 12 months

Government intervention needed to curb the workforce crisis in social care - Care England 

Tech news of the week

Venture firm a16z proving once again that having all that money doesn't make you any smarter, as they once again fund Adam Neumann.

a16z says ‘WeBack’ to WeWork’s Neumann with its biggest check ever - TechCrunch 

This investment in Flow comes just after reports surfaced that VC Billionaire Marc Andreessen fought against a proposal to build new affordable housing units in his ultra-wealthy hometown of Atherton, CA. 

Rant of the week 

The iRobot Deal Would Give Amazon Maps Inside Millions of Homes

The iRobot Deal Would Give Amazon Maps Inside Millions of Homes - Wired

And finally…

Some loon made an exo-suit for a snake 

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

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Hello listeners and welcome to yet another episode of the tech for good live podcast. This time we are talking about esports, new charity related domains, and we’ll be answering the question, “is web3 dying?” because it’s a 45 minute show and we can definitely wrap that up in a 10 minute segment.

Host Bex is joined by TFGL regular Greg Ashton.

Our special guest for this episode is Craig Steele from Digital Skills Education

If you know a young gamer inspired by esports - they can get Craigs book “Ultimate Gamer: Career Mode - Everything You Need To Be A Gaming Industry Pro” and learn about all the creative and technical jobs in the gaming industry. It’s available wherever books are sold, and in libraries across the country.

This episode was recorded on August 9th 2022

Stat of the week 

The Commonwealth Games hosted an esports pilot event. Data from the Commonwealth Games Federation suggests that 16-24-year-olds are more likely to watch esports tournaments (32%) than traditional sports tournaments (31%), with 44% watching live streams of video games.

Commonwealth Games: 'An education in what esports actually is' - BBC News 

Charity news of the week

New domains added to .org family: 

New charity-related domains released - UK Fundraising 

Annual public meeting for the charity commission is going hybrid on 12th October - Gov.uk

Tech news of the week

Is Web3 dying?

After crypto’s crash and NFTs’ collapse, Web3 idealists race to prove that the dream of decentralization isn’t dead -  Fortune

And finally…

Our guest has a Twitter bot which writes tweets that fit pretty well into the wider Twitter-sphere:

Craig Bot 

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Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Tech for Good Live podcast, a podcast for the curious minds out there who are intrigued by the prospects of using technology for people and planet. More often than not it’s a space for us to come together weekly to discuss what’s going on in the tech and civil society world.

In this episode we discuss the stagnation of the UK economy and a startup hoping to disrupt the VC experience.

Host Dama Sathianathan is joined by TFGL podcast regular Greg Ashton.

Our special guest for this episode is Louise Marston from Resolution Ventures, the venture arm of the Resolution Foundation.

Stat of the week 

The Resolution Foundation delivered their interim Economy 2030 report.

Stagnation Nation - The interim report of The Economy 2030 Inquiry

Charity news of the week

The next wave of dormant assets will unlock around £740m worth of new funding for England. 

Matt Leach and Seb Elsworth: Dormant assets distribution – two complementary approaches - Civil Society

The Prince of Wales Foundation will not be investigated for accepting £1 million from Bin Laden family

Regulator rules out action against Prince of Wales charity over bin Laden donation - ThirdSector 

Tech news of the week

Startup, Landscape, is trying to disrupt the VC experience with a Glassdoor style reviews platform for founders. And now they are launching a new platform for VC scouting.

Shaking up the early-stage Landscape - Preseed Now

And finally…

The England women's team win the Euros and Football Rebooted are going to capitalise on the renewed interest by giving people the chance to Freeport unused football boots so they can distribute them to those who can't afford them:

‘A milestone’: Euro 2022 helps reboot campaign to break down barriers - Positive.news 

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

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Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Welcome to another episode of the Tech for Good Live podcast!

If you’re new here, this is a podcast all about using technology to have a positive impact. If you’ve listened to us before, thanks for sticking around while we normally have a good old whinge.

In this episode we’re going to be chatting about the fact that women live longer, digital skills in the charity sector and Eurovision, of course..

Host Fay Schofield is joined by TFGL team member Dama Sathianathan.

Our special guest for this episode is Ivy Cavendish, Co-founder and CEO of The Science Writing Revolution.

This episode was recorded on July 28th 2022

Stat of the week 

Women live longer than men on average but spend about a quarter of their lives in poor health, compared with a fifth for men.

New women’s health strategy for England aims to end decades of inequality - The Guardian 

First Women's Health Strategy for England to tackle gender health gap - Gov.uk 

Charity news of the week

The annual charity digital skills report is here!

Charity Digital Skills Report 

Tech news of the week

After weeks of positive news, Facebook are back on form being bad. This time raising the questions about outsourcing to countries with weaker labour laws. 

A Lawsuit Against Meta Shows the Emptiness of Social Enterprises - Wired 

Sama Disclosure  

The Tech Worker Handbook 

And finally…

UK confirmed as Eurovision host for next year:

Eurovision 2023 confirmed to take place in UK as Ukraine officially ruled out - Metro 

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

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Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.

Hello and welcome back to the hottest pod on record. The Tech for Good Live Podcast. With the entire planet ablaze, some of the volunteers here at Tech for Good Live have decided to spend another hour in front of screens to talk about all the key topics going down this week.

And what a blistering show we have lined up for you.  We talk about my Tom’s favourite subject - waste and recycling! What a treat.

We hear about the roasting that International aid organisations took from the University of Oxford.

And is Meta going to bask in the glow of appreciation for its first annual human rights report? Hold onto your earbuds everybody - this one is going to be a scorcher!!!

The heat affected podcast record left us with a skeleton crew of Tom Passmore on hosting duties, joined by fellow TFGL team member Greg Ashton.

Stat of the week 

The big plastic count results are in and the shocking results suggest that the UK’s homes produce 96.6 billion pieces of plastic packaging waste a year, with only 12% being recycled in the UK. 

'Jaw-dropping' amount of plastic thrown away by British households every year revealed - Sky News  

 ‘We haven’t been given the money to get it right’: why so much of the UK is rubbish at recycling - Guardian 

Charity news of the week

New study finds NGOs are more focused on internal dynamics than resolving how their organisations fits into the world we're in:

International aid sector in a ‘crisis of legitimacy’, study finds - Guardian 

Tech news of the week

Meta published its first annual human rights report:

Dunstan Allison-Hope / Twitter 

And finally…

Short and medium train journeys to be free in Spain following similar move in Germany to provide €9 train tickets:

Spain: Short and medium distance trains will be free this autumn, thanks to a windfall tax - Euronews 

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Listeners, what did you think? We’d love to hear your thoughts. 

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Also, please don't forget this podcast is run by volunteers and we survive on sponsorships and donations. Right now one of our primary goals is to make sure all of our podcast episodes are accessible by making sure EVERY episode is transcribed. Sadly this costs money and we desperately need your help to make this become a reality! So if you've ever tuned into one of our podcasts or attended one of our events please consider chipping in the price of a cup of coffee.