Micro.blog – Tyler's Microblog

Fun week at work! Huge release I contributed a lot to rolled out Monday. Wrote an integration to streamline online ticketing for a big aquarium the rest of the week. Kicking off one of the more ambitious custom WordPress plugins I’ve ever written this afternoon. Long live PHP!

Lots of tough things in the news right now but I’m just feeling really down about the impending ‘death spiral’ for SEPTA. Public transit is such an asset to Philly and it’s just going to be diminished right before we host the world in 2026.

Having a great trip to NYC for SmashingConf

Stage with speaker and welcome slide in background

Hiking to a waterfall in the Poconos

My three kids and Golden Retriever in the foreground with a waterfall in the background

Home after a great week in Delaware! 🗺️

My daughter playing with a bucket in the sand

My golden retriever running towards the ocean with my two kids in the background

Made it up Germantown Ave to visit the Woodmere for the first time a few weeks ago. They’ve done a really good job keeping the museum connected to Philly’s contemporary art scene, much more than I expected going in. 🎨

View of paintings from balcony in upper gallery

View of paintings and sculptures in lower gallery

I caught the Alexey Brodovitch exhibition at the Barnes right before it closed. 🎨

Me holding the pamphlet for the exhibition outside in front of the building's reflecting pool

Great weekend in NW Philly celebrating everything Mt Airy Saturday night and the installation of our new pastor at our church on Sunday!

Our pastor speaking from the pulpit with stained glass in the background

I just signed the Save The Train petition in support of fully-funded public transit in NW Philly.

Finally a real snowstorm in Philadelphia

The front of my house photographed through the trees covered in snow

Miracle on South 13th Street

My kids sitting in a train made of apple crates

Happy Philaversary to us. There were several moments last year when I thought we were insane for moving back to the beltway with three kids and two dogs in tow but it has absolutely been the best thing for our family.

Selfie of me hiking in the woods in winter with my wife and daughter in the background

Cast of school play posed together in their costumes

Great talk by @salcode@phpc.social on the WordPress REST API! He made the topic super approachable.

Started using Micro.blog’s ability to participate in Mastodon today after talking to some people about it at breakfast and I have to say I’m impressed with how seamlessly it’s been working so far.

I love being dad to these three.

Me with my three young kids standing in front of a stained glass window

Kindergarten graduate

My family outside of the school’s doors with my son holding his diploma

These are the states I’ve been to – looking forward to traveling to Maine this summer to finish off the northeast. ?️

Map of the United States with 37 states highlighted

An evening scoot for scoops

My son on his scooter in front of an ice cream shop

We moved to Philadelphia over the winter and I love living (somewhat) close to the ocean again.

Peer and Patron: Selections from the Private Collection of Dorothy Gillespie was a great exhibition. There were pieces by Bauhaus professor Josef Albers and Ellsworth Kelly as well as her original work. ?