Watts On Your Screen

Matt Watts

A podcast all about the entirely disparate experiences we have on the internet. Matt Watts interviews a series of guests about their internet diet, how they use the web, and how it uses them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. May 18

    Perhaps Vampire Is A Bit Strong

    🔗 LINKS: ScreenZen: https://screenzen.co/ StayFocusd extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/stayfocusd-%E2%80%93-website-bloc/laankejkbhbdhmipfmgcngdelahlfoji NewsFeed Eradicator extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/news-feed-eradicator/fjcldmjmjhkklehbacihaiopjklihlgg Reddit Enhancer: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/reddit-enhancer/onglbklimdjicpdadjieknodkkmjldoa Remove X For You Feed: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/remove-x-twitter-for-you/dokjpibnnijhngancgplopcbealjlegb 🎧 LISTEN TO ME ON 'IS THIS THE NEW INTERNET?' https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slow-intentional-media-in-a-doomscrolling-world/id1785050370?i=1000767727003 🖼 WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT ARTWORK? Oh, that's a picture of something that I wouldn't have seen if I'd been staring at my phone, so it felt thematically appropriate. But I will admit that, when combined with the slightly oblique title, it does look quite peculiar. Ah well. 🙇‍♂️ ATTRIBUTIONS: The town hall bell sound effect was actually a recording from freesound, because I didn't get a chance to pop into town and record the actual Nottingham Council House Bell in time. But this sounds a lot like it: Cathedral bell 9AM 200503_0169.wav by klankbeeld -- https://freesound.org/s/626836/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 All the other sound was real recordings made by me, so it's not all lies.   👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATT You can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocs Here's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN? Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com 🤖 AI POLICY No AI is, has been, or will be used at any stage of creating this podcast unless explicitly flagged (literally just that episode that was about AI that included an AI Zuckerberg voice). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Perhaps Vampire Is A Bit Strong
  2. 12/18/2025

    Sunsets & Grids

    An investigation into ubiquitous stock imagery used to depict cyberspace, technology and the 1980s. I examine the pop culture of the 80s, the influence of technology, certain cities, and synthwave. 🔗LINKS: 📰 Useful articles on the subject:  https://www.psd-dude.com/tutorials/resources/80s-font.aspx https://medium.com/@cywjoel/outrun-the-aesthetic-deconstructed-dbd3cd8679b7 https://wearethemutants.com/2017/02/16/vanishing-point-how-the-light-grid-defined-1980s-futurism/ https://indieground.net/blog/80s-grid-history/ 📕 Michel Tcherevkoff's book: https://archive.org/details/tcherevkoffimage0000tche/page/n151/mode/2up 🎥The Rise of the Synths documentary website: https://theriseofthesynths.com/  🎥My documentary, Follow the Stickers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_6Q4uOLIY4  📼The 77-Year-Old Giga-Chad Boomer who loves GIFs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9SO7cZU_nM  👱‍♂️ MORE ABOUT MATT You can follow me on Instagram: @mattwattsmakesdocs Here's my website: https://www.mattwattsmakesdocs.co.uk/ Here's my newsletter: https://themattazine.beehiiv.com/ 💌 WHAT'S ON YOUR SCREEN? Please send voice notes and messages about your unexpected online experiences to: wattsonyourscreen@gmail.com 🤖 AI POLICY No AI is, has been, or will be used at any stage of creating this podcast unless explicitly flagged (literally just that episode that was about AI that included an AI Zuckerberg voice). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Sunsets & Grids

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A podcast all about the entirely disparate experiences we have on the internet. Matt Watts interviews a series of guests about their internet diet, how they use the web, and how it uses them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.