Welcome to my personal website. My name is Matthew, and I adore reading, drawing, gaming, and all things nerdy. I am also known as Booshie to many of my online friends.

I currently work in technology strategy and architecture, but I have over 25 years of professional experience in technology, much of which I spent hands-on as a software developer. I have spent roughly half my career working in teams focused on rapid development, innovation, and emergent technologies.

I live and work with severe but higher-functioning autism and am an advocate for change in the workplace, including a break from traditional career paths, to better support and realise the benefits of neurodiversity.

While my work requires me to spend an increasing amount of time in PowerPoint and Excel, I like to keep hands-on with technology through weekend projects and holiday hackathons. You can find the results of some of these projects in the workshop section of this site.

I also like to express myself through drawing and other forms of art, which you can check out in the gallery section of this site.

As an avid reader, I have collected a sizeable personal library over the years. You can find details of the books I own, along with reviews of the books I've read in the library section of this site.

Finally, I am proud to call myself a gamer. Not only are video games a wonderfully immersive form of entertainment, but they are also an important and powerful form of connectivity for the neurodivergent and socially isolated.