Using Style Dictionary to transform Tailwind config into SCSS variables, CSS custom properties, and JavaScript via design tokens
Design tokens are machine-readable representations of a brand's design language, typically things...
Phil Wolstenholme
Hi 👋, welcome to my personal site. It’s part blog, part portfolio, part place to try new things.
I work as a Principal Developer helping put together Drupal and other sorts of websites and apps for CTI Digital in Manchester. Outside work I'm interested in science, the environment, bouldering, bikes (everyday/utility), and open source software.
- Github
- Drupal.org
- LinkedInI hardly use Linkedin, but it's here to look ✨professional✨…
Meanwhile, elsewhere on the internet…
Tweets from Twitter, blog posts from DEV/Medium, talks from YouTube and beyond, photos from Instagram, music from Spotify, and nice places (remember when we used to be able to go to nice places?) from Foursquare.
Words
Section titled WordsBlog posts from DEV Community or Medium (one day I'll build my own blog, I promise…)
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Speaking
Section titled SpeakingTalks I've given at conferences or other events. I'll link to slides or videos where they are available.
Write Better CSS by Stopping Writing Any More CSS! (Tailwind)
- Event
- DrupalCon Europe 2020
- Talk
- Write Better CSS by Stopping Writing Any More CSS! (Tailwind)
“Phil Wolstenholme gave an insightful and well thought out presentation.”
Daniel Lemon, Amazee Labs Progressive decoupling with Vue and Drupal
- Event
- DrupalCon Europe 2019
- Talk
- Progressive decoupling with Vue and Drupal
“Stunning talk – those tips on Twig syntax gotchas were worth it alone. Many 'thank you's!”
Jack Garratt on YouTube “Brilliant talk. If this guy made a 10 hour series on Drupal & Vue development I'd watch it ASAP.”
'just another human' on YouTube Let's go on a Contrib module safari!
- Event
- NWDUG
- Talk
- Let's go on a Contrib module safari!
Progressive decoupling with Vue and Drupal
- Event
- NWDUG Unconference 2019
- Talk
- Progressive decoupling with Vue and Drupal
Pattern Lab, Tailwind, and Vue (or the time I tried to cover three talks in one… 😬)
- Event
- NWDUG
- Talk
- Pattern Lab, Tailwind, and Vue (or the time I tried to cover three talks in one… 😬)
Vue at the Royal Navy
- Event
- VueJS Manchester Community
- Talk
- Vue at the Royal Navy
How to write better CSS by stopping writing CSS
- Event
- NWDUG Unconference 2018
- Talk
- How to write better CSS by stopping writing CSS
Performance Optimisation for the Rich and Famous
- Event
- NWDUG Unconference 2017
- Talk
- Performance Optimisation for the Rich and Famous
“Phil normally delivers really good talks, and this was no exception.”
Phil Norton A New Era of Accessibility with Drupal 8
- Event
- DrupalCamp London 2017
- Talk
- A New Era of Accessibility with Drupal 8
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Music
Section titled MusicAccording to the Spotify API, I've been listening to a bit of alternative emo (Citizen), drum and bass (Pola & Bryson), indietronica (Glass Animals), neo-synthpop (CHVRCHES) and nottingham indie (London Grammar) over the last few weeks (their genre names, not mine!)
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You can click the cards above to play a little preview of the artist, courtesy of the Spotify API. I also use the Spotify API to get the tempo/BPM of the preview song, and I use this to influence the speed that a card bops at while its playing.
Press the pause icon or the esc key on your keyboard to stop the previews.
Photos
Section titled PhotosPhotos and videos from Instagram.
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Tagged location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Super chill Sunday riding around Manchester with @dom_whiting 🚲🚴🔊📢
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Tagged location: New Adelphi Building
One more for the Instagram collection of 'Phil hanging off things to make it look as if he actually does anything active anymore' - this is a giant bust of Engels' head and beard that's part sculpture, part bouldering object
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Tagged location: Manchester, United Kingdom
It was my birthday yesterday! 🎂🎈🎊 Big thanks to @marley.rude for orchestrating a really good birthday weekend! We did a Manchester staycation thing, we stayed at @nativemcr @duciestreet which was great (red brick and iron columns! 😍), went to @treetopmanchester in Heaton Park (zip lines and squirrel befriending!), drank and ate at @escapetofreightisland (tacos, tequila…) and was just really happy to be somewhere other than my flat for a weekend!
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Speaking at a conference in 2019 versus speaking from your living room to a webcam in 2020 😩
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Tagged location: Liverpool
Super late posting this, but @marley.rude and I went on a bike ride to Liverpool last weekend to escape Manchester (and not have to get a train anywhere), and it was LOVELY! (Despite cycling last about five sewage treatment works). We got a suite at @pullman_liverpool for pretty much the price of a normal one-level-up-from-standard room which was lush, saw @kilbyster and ate a bunch of tacos and drank a bunch of wine!
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Tagged location: Worthy Farm
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Tagged location: Pickmere Lake
Went for a lovely swim, hopefully didn't get the co-co (or anything from duck poo water!) 🦆🏊♂️
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Tagged location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Aorta remember more of this from GCSE biology
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Having a monogrammed neonesque light on your living room wall probably isn't particularly modest, but in my defense @marley.rude gave it to me, and it does look banging!
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Tagged location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Thanks to everyone who sent me lockdown-birthday wishes, and to @marley.rude for organising a mock pub crawl with open-air recreations of @penandpencilnq @piccadilly_tap @thefontmcr and @yes_mcr complete with booze and props! Also to @thekoffeepot for basically feeding us all weekend with their burger and pancake kits which I'm still living off even into Tuesday!
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Tagged location: Amsterdam
Some delayed pics from DrupalCon in #amsterdam! 🇳🇱🚲🤓🇪🇺💪🏻
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One day I'll figure out how to make my eyes work when someone's taking a photo of me! 🙄 Thank you for a banging wedding @megan__k__ and @brian_shutter! 😘
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Places
Section titled PlacesA randomised asortment of places I've liked on Foursquare at one point - it could be somewhere from a holiday, or it could be a random bar in Manchester that closed three years ago…
Tokyu Hands (東急ハンズ)
People talk about café, Japanese food, free Wifi.
宇田川町12-18, 東京
Peggy's
People talk about good for groups, good for singles.
Barlow's Croft, Salford
La Lavandería
People talk about mezcal, authentic, cozy.
Álvaro Obregón 298 (Oaxaca), Ciudad de México
ClinkNOORD
People talk about lively, comfortable, breakfast food.
Badhuiskade 3, Amsterdam
Blackjack Brewery
People talk about lively, good for groups, authentic.
36 Gould St, Manchester
Moose Coffee
People talk about pancakes, lively, coffee.
20 York St, Manchester
Rosa del Raval
People talk about Mexican food, mojitos, lively.
Àngels, 6, Barcelona
Go Falafel
People talk about falafel, vegetarian food, casual.
3 Newton St, Manchester
Pelt Trader
People talk about Lagunitas IPA, good for groups, lively.
3 Dowgate Hill (Cannon St), London
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Tweets
Section titled TweetsTweets by me, @philw_.
This is the most disappointing end to the ‘mystery seeds from China’ thing from last year, but also a good demonstration of how no one really cares about where in the World the cheap stuff they order from Amazon comes from: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/07/unsolicited-seeds-china-brushing/619417 …
We’re past the dumpster fire stage.
We’re in the dumpster-being-swept-down-the-street-by-a-river-of-rainwater stage. https://twitter.com/xryouthcambs/status/1415781381289005069 …
New research from @UniofOxford highlights that active travel can contribute to tackling the climate emergency earlier than electric vehicles while providing affordable, reliable, clean, healthy and congestion-busting transport. We agree! #BikeIsBest https://www.research.ox.ac.uk/article/2021-06-14-obsessing-over-electric-cars-is-impeding-the-race-to-net-zero-more-active-travel-is-essential …
Contact
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