An ambient excursion through positive and peculiar comments on the internet. Headphones on 🎧 for this experimental bit of audio. Don't worry if it's not your cup of tea, the next episode will be more normal.

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The Final Boss of Ad Data: https://podfollow.com/watts-on-your-screen/episode/bd9e088ac6bcc847bff6f433bd646673ea978f2d/

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The stories of two women in Nottingham who discovered Tik-Tok videos of themselves which had been secretly recorded using Meta smart glasses and uploaded without their knowledge or consent. I also explore the motives, attitude, and Discord server of "Carlos", the man behind the glasses. That's him in the cover art.

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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/

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