Dave Foy
@davefoy.com
Online educator and course creator. Bricks builder is my jam. https://www.davefoy.com
The most fun I've had in my business in ages.
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March 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The most fun I've had in my business in ages.
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The ability to send emails in timed batches (for better deliverability) AND to be able to pause sending to make changes to the email is one of many killer features of Bento.
Developer Jesse Hanley has made an amazing thing.
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Developer Jesse Hanley has made an amazing thing.
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February 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The ability to send emails in timed batches (for better deliverability) AND to be able to pause sending to make changes to the email is one of many killer features of Bento.
Developer Jesse Hanley has made an amazing thing.
bentonow.com
Developer Jesse Hanley has made an amazing thing.
bentonow.com
Pleased to announce I'm the proud recipient of the Grand Prize of Clarity™, a highly coveted award in the world of online course structuring. 🏆
It's taken me a week of metaphorically bashing my head against my desk with this tricky little bugger. But I've got there.
It's taken me a week of metaphorically bashing my head against my desk with this tricky little bugger. But I've got there.
February 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Pleased to announce I'm the proud recipient of the Grand Prize of Clarity™, a highly coveted award in the world of online course structuring. 🏆
It's taken me a week of metaphorically bashing my head against my desk with this tricky little bugger. But I've got there.
It's taken me a week of metaphorically bashing my head against my desk with this tricky little bugger. But I've got there.
quack, quick, quick, quack, quick, quack, quack, quack. sma, fa, smaft, smaft.
February 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
quack, quick, quick, quack, quick, quack, quack, quack. sma, fa, smaft, smaft.
The answer is yes. Yes, it does.
Nodding along furiously with @jonathandot.bsky.social's every word.
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Nodding along furiously with @jonathandot.bsky.social's every word.
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Does WordPress Need a Radical Rethink in 2025 - Response to @jamiewp and @BrianCoords
YouTube video by Jonathan Jernigan
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February 7, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The answer is yes. Yes, it does.
Nodding along furiously with @jonathandot.bsky.social's every word.
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Nodding along furiously with @jonathandot.bsky.social's every word.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nLq...
One thing I love about being a barfly is getting @theadminbar.com's excellent newsletter a day early.
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February 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Fun fact: I once made an online course in TV chef Jamie Oliver's apartment.
February 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Fun fact: I once made an online course in TV chef Jamie Oliver's apartment.
Joshua Redman: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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February 2, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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January 31, 2025 at 10:21 AM
'Foy's Friday Five' #2 is winging its way to subscribers.
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This week featuring THE Douglas Adams.
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This week featuring THE Douglas Adams.
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Happy hump day! 🐪 Building on the positivity of last week's "Loop WP" (my newsletter about #WordPress) Issue #142 will be dropping later today as we look at The WP Community Collective.
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January 29, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Happy hump day! 🐪 Building on the positivity of last week's "Loop WP" (my newsletter about #WordPress) Issue #142 will be dropping later today as we look at The WP Community Collective.
Feel free to subscribe below. 👇
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Major new release of Advanced Themer just landed - v3.0! 🎉
Shit ton of new features, improvements, and rewritten code.
advancedthemer.com/changelogs/
Shit ton of new features, improvements, and rewritten code.
advancedthemer.com/changelogs/
Changelogs
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January 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Major new release of Advanced Themer just landed - v3.0! 🎉
Shit ton of new features, improvements, and rewritten code.
advancedthemer.com/changelogs/
Shit ton of new features, improvements, and rewritten code.
advancedthemer.com/changelogs/
Catch @briancoords.com and @matthewmedeiros.bsky.social chatting live TODAY about whether AI is making WP developers obsolete.
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Are Matt’s AI Skills Making WordPress Developers Obsolete?
YouTube video by Brian Coords
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January 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Catch @briancoords.com and @matthewmedeiros.bsky.social chatting live TODAY about whether AI is making WP developers obsolete.
www.youtube.com/live/NTDpJsd...
www.youtube.com/live/NTDpJsd...
"So, if I don't like the block editor for developing pages, and I also don't like the block editor for writing. What's its purpose?"
Thoughtful musings from @danmaby.com with a surprising outcome.
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Thoughtful musings from @danmaby.com with a surprising outcome.
www.danmaby.com/posts/2025/0...
Writing with the WordPress Block Editor
I appreciate the block editor is a tool. And every tool is only as good as the craftsperson using it.
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January 25, 2025 at 6:20 AM
"So, if I don't like the block editor for developing pages, and I also don't like the block editor for writing. What's its purpose?"
Thoughtful musings from @danmaby.com with a surprising outcome.
www.danmaby.com/posts/2025/0...
Thoughtful musings from @danmaby.com with a surprising outcome.
www.danmaby.com/posts/2025/0...
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January 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I started a new thing for my email list today:
Foy's Friday Five 🎉
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Foy's Friday Five 🎉
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Plenty of things about the modern world concern and confuse me, but none more so than the baffling resurgence of the mullet 'hairstyle.'
January 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Plenty of things about the modern world concern and confuse me, but none more so than the baffling resurgence of the mullet 'hairstyle.'
Cancelled Netflix. It's way tipped over into quantity over quality.
Been highly enjoying evenings reading, listening to music, playing chess with my wife, playing guitar/sax.
Been highly enjoying evenings reading, listening to music, playing chess with my wife, playing guitar/sax.
January 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Cancelled Netflix. It's way tipped over into quantity over quality.
Been highly enjoying evenings reading, listening to music, playing chess with my wife, playing guitar/sax.
Been highly enjoying evenings reading, listening to music, playing chess with my wife, playing guitar/sax.
Bricks 1.12 was released today.
bricksbuilder.io/release/bric...
Do you use Advanced Themer? If so, don't update to Bricks 1.12 yet. Wait for the forthcoming AT 3.0 to be released in the next week or so before updating.
bricksbuilder.io/release/bric...
Do you use Advanced Themer? If so, don't update to Bricks 1.12 yet. Wait for the forthcoming AT 3.0 to be released in the next week or so before updating.
Bricks 1.12
Components (experimental) Components, probably the biggest missing building blocks in Bricks, are now available as an experimental feature in Bricks 1.12. Components allow you create reusable and cust...
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January 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Bricks 1.12 was released today.
bricksbuilder.io/release/bric...
Do you use Advanced Themer? If so, don't update to Bricks 1.12 yet. Wait for the forthcoming AT 3.0 to be released in the next week or so before updating.
bricksbuilder.io/release/bric...
Do you use Advanced Themer? If so, don't update to Bricks 1.12 yet. Wait for the forthcoming AT 3.0 to be released in the next week or so before updating.
Still awake at 1am last night, couldn't sleep. Before I knew it, I'd availed Apple of their offer of 3 free months of Apple Arcade and was 2 hours into a depraved Solitaire binge.
January 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Still awake at 1am last night, couldn't sleep. Before I knew it, I'd availed Apple of their offer of 3 free months of Apple Arcade and was 2 hours into a depraved Solitaire binge.
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Happy Hump Day! 🐪 My newsletter about #WordPress, Loop WP drops later today and will help you get over that hump.
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January 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Happy Hump Day! 🐪 My newsletter about #WordPress, Loop WP drops later today and will help you get over that hump.
Feel free to subscribe below. 👇
Feel free to subscribe below. 👇
I'm at the "just bought a shitload of domain names" stage of a new project for 2025 and I'm obviously very excited.
("Obviously" cos obviously the hard work hasn't begun yet.)
("Obviously" cos obviously the hard work hasn't begun yet.)
January 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I'm at the "just bought a shitload of domain names" stage of a new project for 2025 and I'm obviously very excited.
("Obviously" cos obviously the hard work hasn't begun yet.)
("Obviously" cos obviously the hard work hasn't begun yet.)
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A selector like :nth-of-type(odd) might look intimidating for anyone newer to CSS... but it's not that complicated and it's extremely powerful.
In this week's video I show you how I used it to help refactor my client's page to make it unbreakable for their content editors!
youtu.be/2oiTYXZZB_E?...
In this week's video I show you how I used it to help refactor my client's page to make it unbreakable for their content editors!
youtu.be/2oiTYXZZB_E?...
Making Layouts UNBREAKABLE! Using nth-of-type to solve this annoying problem!
YouTube video by The Admin Bar
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January 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A selector like :nth-of-type(odd) might look intimidating for anyone newer to CSS... but it's not that complicated and it's extremely powerful.
In this week's video I show you how I used it to help refactor my client's page to make it unbreakable for their content editors!
youtu.be/2oiTYXZZB_E?...
In this week's video I show you how I used it to help refactor my client's page to make it unbreakable for their content editors!
youtu.be/2oiTYXZZB_E?...
Finally got round to watching Wim Wenders' Perfect Days last night. A film about the power of being present. I'm still thinking and talking about it this morning. Refreshing and thought provoking.
January 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Finally got round to watching Wim Wenders' Perfect Days last night. A film about the power of being present. I'm still thinking and talking about it this morning. Refreshing and thought provoking.