Hi, I’m Craig Bailey and this is my personal blog where I write about technology, business systems, HubSpot and general life experiences. You can read my posts here.

(If you are looking for the Content is King post by Bill Gates it is here)

I’m involved with three agencies in Sydney:

  • The first is XEN Systems. We help government departments and mid-large B2B technology companies with their sales and marketing strategy, including implementation and training in HubSpot 
  • The second is XEN Create. We provide premium graphic design services to companies, with a focus on using the latest AI tools, including Midjourney
  • The third is XEN Solar, where we help high quality solar companies (dealers, installers) with their sales and marketing processes.

I also co-host HubShots, the podcast and YouTube show focussed on getting the most out of HubSpot. We are the creators of the HubShots Framework.

Craig Bailey presenting

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SVFPUG: Never, ever demo beta stuff

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I had a rather frustrating time at the Sydney VFP UG this week. I had foolishly put myself down to give an overview of SQL Server 2005 based on the Beta 2 version (July CTP I think).It has been sitting on my notebook for a few months now and all seems OK. In fact I have been doing most of my coding for an existing SQL 2000 project using the Management Studio – hey I just like the abililty...

VFP: VFP and Strings

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Very interesting post from Calvin on string performance here and his follow up here.I think this is an important read for all FoxPro programmers for the simple reason that we (arrogantly sometimes I think) can fall into the ‘VFP is great at string manipulation and I don’t have to worry about optimising my code’ trap.Markus and Rod’s post comparing VFP to C# will quickly...

OPINION: Gorillaz CD copy protection sucks

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My wife got the the new Gorillaz CD for her birthday. You know, the one that has a song featured in the iPod ad. Well here’s the thing, it has copy protection technology on the CD that means you can’t rip it onto your iPod. Michele thinks it is ironic. I think it sucks. But here’s the really dumb thing, the CD copy protection technology only works on CD players. Yep, swapped out...

PERSONAL: Firefly

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Tristan writes about Serentity and his Firefly experience. I totally agree. We are long time fans of Josh Whedon (yes, we own all the Buffys, and Michele has a poster of Angel hanging behind the office door…) and we are now totally hooked on Firefly. I’ve been totally hooked on Tristan’s blog for ages – one of my faves is here.

PERSONAL: Back from holidays

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Back from holidays and feeling great. Spent close to two weeks with my sister-in-law’s family (my wife’s sister and her husband and their 17 month year daughter who is soooo cute). I get on really well with my brother-in-law so it was a great time. They are visiting from Zurich (you may remeber we stayed with them for 6 weeks at the start of the year). And, by some divine...

LINKS: Channel 9 videos – Eric Rudder

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I know the Scoble interview with Bill G has been getting heaps of links (and is very interesting), but I reckon the pick of late has to be the Eric Rudder video (the direct download link is here). He even mentions FoxPro in passing (around the 4:25 mark). (The comments have June 2004 datestamps, so I must have missed this when it was first loaded – but it seems to have been reposted this...

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