Tech for Good Live

Ben is getting pretty settled into his role as presenter now is basically just winging it, let’s hope Bex doesn’t hear it. The gang are joined by self-professed non-techie Hannah Paterson of The Big Lottery Fund, she does, however, keep busy trying to do ‘good things’. One of those ‘good things’ you’ll get to hear about is a community mural project with a particularly personal note for Hannah. You...

Full house on the pod this week with not one but two guests! The gang had the pleasure of hosting Andrew Smith and Vimal Bhika from the fantastic Manchester based think tank The Public Purse. And to double the fun they’ve brought their own stats thanks to their project working to make public sector procurement. And to continue the data fun there’s open data that’s just sitting there waiting for ch...

The team recorded this the day before something happened in Russia that we are trying not to think about, for that reason they’re much jollier than their current mood (football was never really coming home). Ben steps up for the leadership role this week, with some witty football references and we have a new member of the team making her Pod debut, Sacha! She’s more interested in the ‘for good’ ra...

Jonny was at the wheel this week, so expect hijinks, rambles and plenty of self-deprecation but don’t fear, Ben has returned to deliver his particular style of measured debate...mainly because he wasn’t drinking pints of gin. This week the gang discuss the benefits of playing on the Trump machine for donations, how people still don’t get how a charity works and some more positive news from one of...

This week, sometimes co-host Harry Bailey stepped in to help the team defend their cynicism against the refreshingly positive Tom Passmore of Dsposal. He’s a waste disposal and circular economy genius and luckily for him the stat of the month is all about the horrendous amounts of waste we produce and the ways tech is tackling this torrent. You’ll also hear about an interesting synergy between cos...

It's a World Cup Special this week! Well, Bex mentioned the world cup coverage at one point, so that's us doing our bit. Apart from that, we looked at the reduction in people using social media for news, Facebook helping with blood donations, Google taking a stand on working with the military and presenting us with their principles when it comes to AI development.   What we talked about:   A reduc...

This is the third in a special series in partnership with The Federation , exploring ethics in tech. In this episode, we talk about responsibility and data with Aurélie Pols. Aurélie is a member of the European Data Protection Supervisor’s (EDPS) Ethics Advisory Group(EAG), co-chairs the IEEE’s P7002—Data Privacy Process standard initiative, and serves as a training advisor to the International As...

It’s a pod of ups and downs this week, so hang onto your hats as the team drag you through the spectrum from sensible and productive innovations to the disappointing and potentially harmful. High points include using idle phones on charge for developing cancer treatments (hey Vodaphone, we have some ideas on that) and the brilliant CAST have been developing design principles for charities. The low...

This is the second in a special series in partnership with The Federation , exploring ethics in tech. This episode we’ll be speaking to Mary Mazzio about tech legislation and modern slavery. Mary joins us to talk about her documentary 'I am Jane Doe' which chronicles the legal battle that several American mothers are waging on behalf of their daughters, who were trafficked for commercial sex on Ba...

The fifth and final episode of our series of podcasts recorded live at Camp Digital 2018 in Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre.  In this episode we are joined for a chat by the fireside by Molly Watt. Molly is an Accessibility and Usability consultant and inclusive technology evangelist. Living with a genetic condition called Usher syndrome, causing deafblindness, Molly is completely reliant upon...

The fourth in a five episode series of podcasts recorded live at Camp Digital 2018 in Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre.  In this episode we are joined for a chat by the fireside by Ben Leonard from META, discussing his views on financial services, digital ethics and privacy by design.  Ben founded META ( methinkact.co.uk ) in 2017 to help people help themselves. META’s mission is to accelerate...

This is the first in a special series in partnership with The Federation, exploring ethics in tech. This episode we’ll be speaking about bias in technology and Safiya Umjola Noble’s book Algorithms of Oppression algorithmsofoppression.com With: @safiyanoble @herahussain   And regulars: @benwhiteba @rebeccawho and producer paul_yakabovski Get in touch:Twitter: @techforgoodlive Instagram: techforgoo...

Classic Pod antics this week with the original gang taking time to talk about the government's lack of professionalism in their approach to research. Plus there's some more Blockchain news, developments in hearing aid tech, fingerprints from photos and an unusually brief rant.   Things we mentioned: MISSING EVIDENCE: An inquiry into the delayed publication of government commissioned research http:...

As the weekly pod attendance gets more out of hand, Bex and Greg are joined by friends of the pod Kirsty Styles and Harry Bailey. The guest this week is a fantastic last minute stand in from Beth Wiltshire from the Democracy Society, self proclaimed tech novice and owner of an iPhone 3.   This week the gang are looking at whether blockchain is all that, the benefits of user-generated content, smar...

This shambles of a pod goes extra shambolic this week as mum and dad leave the kids in charge. That’s right, Bex and Jonny are away leaving Greg to stumble his way through presenting this pod but it’s not all bad, you finally get the pleasure of hearing more from Producer Paul and Mille Vardheim, who has more than just her knowledge of bins to share. Expect the gang to dispel the ‘digital native’...

You asked for it (probably) and the team are delivering, this is the first weekly Tech for Good Live podcast. These will be a little shorter, so expect 45 minutes of compact rants and digital news.   To mark this auspicious occasion the team are all back together recording in their new studio with data wizard Julian Tait, CEO of Open Data MCR. Expect him and Greg to have a little bromance over GDP...

It's International Women's Day so we’ve decided to do something different from our usual podcast. We decided to shut up. This podcast is a chance for you to hear the stories of what it is like to be a woman working in tech today. These are first hand stories. They are true. And we should all listen and reflect. Thank you to everyone who has shared their stories, and to thank everyone in the sector...

The third and final podcast in our special edition series of Tech for Good Live podcasts, recorded from UX Copenhagen. (@uxcopenhagen) It’s a two day conference on ethical design and we’re here, bringing you three podcasts looking across a range of topics: Accessibility, dark patterns and design ethics. In this podcast, we talk about design ethics. With tech for good live regulars: Ben White - Hea...

The second in our special edition series of Tech for Good Live podcasts, recorded from UX Copenhagen. (@uxcopenhagen) It’s a two day conference on ethical design and we’re here, bringing you three podcasts looking across a range of topics: Accessibility, dark patterns and design ethics. In this podcast, we talk about the ethics of selling to people and dark patterns.   With tech for good live regu...

The first in a special edition series  of Tech for Good Live podcasts, recorded from UX Copenhagen. (@uxcopenhagen) It’s a two day conference on ethical design and we’re here, bringing you three podcasts looking across a range of topics. Accessibility, dark patterns and design ethics. In this podcast, we talk accessibility and inclusive design. We talk about the best and the worst in the sector an...

Greg was away for this episode - so there was much chaos. Thankfully, Harry Bailey (@harrybailey) stepped in. We also had a guest - the wonderful Simon Collison (@colly). In this episode:Bex hurt Jonny’s feelings - because he’s not as good as Greg. Simon knows a LOT about hedgehogs. A disturbing amount of charities do not have a digital strategy. Trump might use Deepfakes for nefarious reasons (sh...

Applied futurist, tech commentator, author, and all round nice guy Tom Cheesewright joins the team on our first pod of 2018. Don’t worry, this isn’t another Meltdown/Spectre winge session, no no, the team are back to their familiar ‘whipping boy’ as they assess yet another failure by Facebook to protect its users.   There’s also stats on ‘customer satisfaction’ for charities, Socks for Satan, cont...

Live from Federation, it's the Tech for Good Live Christmas podcast live!   Not only that, but this year it's a joint extravaganza with the team joining forces with not one, but two amazing meetups - Ladies that UX and NUX! And to represent these wonderful people we have UX aficionados and meetup legends Llara and Rick.   In classic end of the year style expect some tech for good live stats of the...

The team have their first returning guest this month with friend of the pod Fay Schofield gracing them with her presence.  She has a bone to pick with Facebook so listen out for her rant at the end of the show, good thing to because the team never complain about Facebook ever, after all Zuckerberg is one of their biggest fans.   Also this month you’ll hear about charity sector pay, viral campaign...