Craig Bailey

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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Jakob Nielsen makes me scratch my head again

By Craig
In Technology
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The much respected Jakob Nielsen tells us to write articles, not blogs. I've never agreed with much of Mr Nielsen's writings, and this latest blog post (oops, I mean AlertBox article) from him is indicative of why. On my reading he basically equates blogs with hastily written, low in substance entries, and thus to be avoided. Kind of like this entry really! By golly, it's just lucky...

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IE to be back to normal with ActiveX

By Craig
In Microsoft
1 Min read
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iTnews reports that Microsoft will remove a 'feature' (yes, feature) from IE. The supposed feature is that really annoying behavior that required users to click on an ActiveX control to enable it, before they could use it. This is most common when trying to activate Flash movies on a site for example. How much did this feature cost? Just a measly $521 million. The mind boggles. Not...

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Windows Server 2008 to ship 8 versions

By Craig
In Microsoft, Technology
1 Min read
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Yes, the race to ship as many different versions of all the different products continues. You thought they were stretching it with Vista and its many flavors. Well, not to be outdone, the upcoming Windows Server 2008 will come in 8 SKUs.
Who's up for buying one of each :-)
Technorati Tags: Windows Server 2008

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CLASSIC: Mark’s Infinite Solutions

By Craig Bailey
In Humour, Technology
1 Min read
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This is seriously one of the funniest sites I have witnessed – I was in pain laughing at some of his amazing solutions. The attention to detail is priceless. The best IMO is his tip to increase WiFi strength, followed by his now famous How to Sign Up for GoogleTV Beta, but all of them are good. Mark Erickson is a genius. Even reading his blog is amusing. There are more of his videos on...

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MADNESS: I finally understand Ads

By Craig Bailey
In Social networking
2 Min read
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I’ve been scratching my head trying to work out why Facebook’s recent announcement about the Ad delivery is soooo important. In fact for months (years?) now I’ve been wondering what the fuss about online ads is? After all, who ever sees any of these ads? Turns out lots of people. Probably most people. You see, I hardly ever see ads. I don’t know whether it is IE natively...

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TECHED: Please don’t split it down under

By Craig Bailey
In Microsoft
1 Min read
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Microsoft has split TechEd 2008 into 2 back-to-back conferences in the US. I hope they don’t do this in Australia. One of the things I loved this year was going to a big mix of sessions, covering both developer and infrastructure topics. Although I’m a developer at heart, in my current role I need to be across a number of areas, and TechEd was a perfect ‘source of truth’...

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HAPPY: Michele Connolly – Happiness Strategies – Why being happy matters

By Craig Bailey
In Personal
2 Min read
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I’ve mentioned the amazing(1) Michele Connolly(2) previously, but that was before she had even finished her first How NOT to be Happy series. Now with 62 posts under her belt, I’m *happy* to report her writing just gets better and better. Whilst some of her posts are laugh out loud funny, and others are pithy, research based insights, there are also thought provoking ones like her...

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Email scams still pull in the suckers

By Craig
In Humour
1 Min read
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Anyone reading today's news article on an email scam involving the late Kerry Packer would probably smile at the humour of it all. After all, who falls for these grammatically incorrect, spelling mistake-ridden spamming irritations. Well, scroll down to the bottom of the article – apparently plenty of well informed Aussies do. Disturbingly, $500K a month is sent from Queensland alone...

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Microsoft’s online-offline sync platform

By Craig
In Microsoft, Technology
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Mary Jo notes the newly released CTP1 for Microsoft's Sync Framework. The following description comes directly from the download site for  Microsoft Sync Framework CTP1: Microsoft Sync Framework is a comprehensive synchronization platform that enables collaboration and offline scenarios for applications, services and devices. Developers can build sync ecosystems that integrate any...

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