It’s not, of course, but it could do. Plans are underfoot to petition Manchester City Council and other interested parties to turn the concrete pavillion wall of Manchester’s Piccadilly... (read more)
Philip Wolstenholme
I work in HE helping a membership organisation make the most of its web presence to achieve meaningful results with small investments. Outside of work I have a first class science degree and am interested in biology, the environment, and technology such as open source software.
Just so you know! This site is very much a work in progress. I launched it incomplete to prompt me to spend more time working on it.
Warning!
This version of the website is half optimised for mobile, half absolutely terrible for mobile. A nice responsive website serving appropriately sized images and with usable navigation is on the agenda though!
blog.wolstenhol.me For observations, thoughts and links
Why I launched a broken website
Since around May 2012 I’ve been trying to work on a new Drupal based personal website, mainly to host an ‘about me’ homepage including... (read more)
Image credit goes to Oblivious Dude
Speeding up Science (with Facebook tags)
This is a cute story about an ichthyologist (fish scientist) who was faced with the task of identifying more than 5,000 fish to get permission from a small South American state to fly the samples back to his... (read more)
Image credit goes to Facebook Stories
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Sticking photos up on a noticeboard and (for a second) I thought 'this is like a Pinterest board but in real life' #SkeuomorphismIsDangerous
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) May 22, 2013
Designing some mobile friendly emails for @the_aua today, email design is such an odd mix of tables for layouts, but then media queries too
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) May 21, 2013
I think The Social Network is the only film I've seen that can romanticise using the command line and blogging using raw HTML....
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) May 19, 2013
wrongmetrolink.tumblr.com - oops #manchester
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) May 18, 2013
In the basket today... No presents but pizzas, chocolate milk and other goodies... #pashley #gamoh… instagram.com/p/ZbLHloKkvR/
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) May 17, 2013
Who likes Portland Stone anyway?
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) May 14, 2013
Ian Simpson really getting away from the whole 'textured cuboid with a funny bit on the top' thing here... manchesterconfidential.co.uk/News/Major-New…
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) May 14, 2013
RT @scottygb: This is utterly amazing. BBC Radio Stoke DJ is totally wasted during her last show, is then taken off air - t.co/MnpDj…
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) May 12, 2013
RT @tlftravelalerts: The trams we are rearing in captivity, Su Lin and Chuang Chuang, have failed to produce any offspring again this year …
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) May 9, 2013
Check out "Manchester helped Make Me: From Studying Politics and Modern History to Urban..." eventbrite.co.uk/event/65587824… via @tombloxhammbe
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) May 7, 2013
RT @mcrwire: FREE STREET PARTIES: Check out our guide to all that's wild and rockin in the NQ TODAY inc Zed Bias DJ set + more t.co…
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) May 5, 2013
RT @nehpetssmith: in 2 hours we've managed this @phoenixgardenes @ourcastlefield #Castlefield Great Job everyone!! twitter.com/nehpetssmith/s…
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) May 4, 2013
RT @climbliverpool: @livuni Mountaineering Club won the Best Club award at the @sportliverpool AU ball. Here they are with their prize! htt…
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) May 1, 2013
RT @bazihnio: You know you're in #chorlton when you see this! twitter.com/Bazihnio/statu…
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) April 29, 2013
RT @momentummag: Uncovering the Spending Power of Customers on Bicycles ow.ly/kxAVx
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) April 29, 2013
Most businesses would be mad to pay for bespoke development when so much is out there to build on for free, without reinventing the wheel
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) April 29, 2013
Writing up things I've achieved at work, almost every one includes a mention of open-source software and the phrase 'no costs were incurred'
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) April 29, 2013
RT @themancunion: THEY'VE DONE IT! #UniversityChallenge
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) April 29, 2013
RT @tlftravelalerts: Tower Bridge Rd is part suspended from where the bridge starts to where the bridge ends due to it being a suspension b…
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) April 28, 2013
RT @tlftravelalerts: Investigations are underway due to a detective train at Baker Street. Minor delays on the Bakerloo line.
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) April 28, 2013
RT @iam_shakespeare: DESDEMONA. He says he will return incontinent.
— Phil Wolstenholme (@philw_) April 27, 2013