Hi There!

I’m Matt – learning technologist, PhD candidate, and someone who goes to far too many gigs. I started this site because I do a lot of different things and none of the usual platforms quite fit all of them.

This is where I write about the work, the research, the music, and the travelling – honestly and without dressing any of it up. Some of it will be useful. Some of it will just be notes from the road.

Recent Posts

  • Santiago de Compostela

    Back to the plan and we headed to Santiago. This is the first stop to a place where I have some very happy memories of holidays with my parents during the 1990s. I’m trying to work out the last time I was here, and it must when I was around…

  • Puentes de García Rodríguez

    We decided to skip the last day of the festival (4th July). We were pretty tired and worn out and there was only Mastodon we really wanted to see, so we packed up the trusty festival cart and headed back to the car. Thankfully it was safe and as we…

  • Day 6

    So today, we decided that today (July 3rd) would be our last day at the festival. We started to get really worn out! Ha! Showing my age!!! There was only one band I really wanted to see on the Saturday – Mastodon, but I’ve seen them a few times before,…