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:
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.
The news earlier this month about Network Solutions automatically registering any domain you search for on their site has been universally condemned. And rightly so. Supposedly providing a service, but actually reducing service for your (potential and existing) customers is only ever going end up with reduced market share. I first read about it on TechCrunch, and then saw Joe's analysis. (It...
One of the Exchange team members gives a quick run down of how office seating is allocated at Microsoft. They have a bit of a problem with too many staff at present, so seating is at a premium. The first comment (by Brian G) on the post gives a suggestion as to how it could be solved. Classic.
(via Joe Wilcox)
Technorati Tags: Microsoft, office space, seating
Three interesting things happened last week. First up, Wikipedia turned 7 years old. Happy Birthday Wikipedia. Wikipedia was and is the world's first open source encyclopedia, and remains one of the top 10 most visited sites in the world. Big things happen slowly. Second though, Google hit 600USD. This, after hitting a high of 747USD last November. Big things happen quickly. Finally, China...
Code Project has a nice little article on how to use Yahoo Web Services to return the geocoded results of an address lookup. For those who don't know, Yahoo has a full developer network with stacks of articles for a variety of development tools including .NET. Also check out their Developer Centre blog.
Technorati Tags: Yahoo Developer Network, Geocoding address
Laurel Papworth alerted me to this little nasty. Beware of any Facebook apps claiming to inform you of users that have a crush on you… yeah right, as if you'd fall for anything like that :-)
Technorati Tags: Facebook, Virus, Crush
An interesting article from Computerworld on the Enterprise Content Management (ECM) space (of which my employer – Elcom – is a major player). Elcom is an ECM company, and we are always grappling with where to best extend our product. Lately we have seen the value of our systems being the platform for a business to run on. Our customisation tends to be in the building of Line of...
I continue to be stunned by Google's reach. Whilst I'm not one of the 'be wary of Google having too much power' brigade I can see how incredible their power is becoming (trust is a different matter). Name me an area they aren't tapping into… This latest news is exciting for its sheer geekiness factor. It is suggested they will be making 120 terabytes of data available...
After a few weeks off from posting my links, I'm back for 2008. (Note: my main blog has been continuing on without a break) Admittedly there were a few gems that came along last week that I just had to note, but for the most part, it's been good to take a break. And, as 'distance makes the heart grow fonder' I'm pleased to be back into my blog reading in full force. FeedDemon...
Earlier this week I mentioned Elcom had moved everything over to 2008 (that is, our product – Community Manager.NET – is now targeting .NET 3.5 in Visual Studio 2008, and our site is running on Windows Server 2008 with SQL Server 2008 on the back end). Initial thoughts were that the site was running a bit quicker. Turns out we were wrong. The site is actually running a lot quicker...
I can’t always remember where I learn my favourite tips, but I think this one came from Adam Cogan at a recent .Net User Group meeting. In any case, it is covered via my usual Disclaimer. Here’s how to run a quick performance monitor check on your Vista machine. Go to the orb, and type in perf in the Search box Choose the Reliability and Performance Monitor application. When it opens...