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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VFP: Rahul Desai is blogging about Visual FoxPro

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Rahul has a nice little piece on some of his previous work experience with Visual FoxProhttp://nationalcom.com/serendipity/ Yes, VFP is amazing… (And if you caught my earlier post pointing to Rahul’s blog – since removed – then my apologies. He was still testing it for format handling and I announced it too soon.)    

BROWSER: Crazy Browser

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I use Crazy Browser as my browser (it is an IE wrapper). A few people have asked about it, so here’s the link: is freeware and pretty good in my opinion. I haven’t done any comparison of browsers, nor am I am actually recommending it. However I have used it for years and have had no problems.  (And thanks to Eka who put me onto it years ago)  

VFP: Australian FoxPro Developer Network

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Great to see a few more Australian companies have added their details to the Fox Wiki page: case you missed it, at OzFox Lite we were trying to get a list of Australian FoxPro development companies compiled. And I’m hoping someone will take the lead in New Zealand as well. So, please add your details if you haven’t already.

VFP: Adam Cogan speaking at Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group on 26 April

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I’m pleased to remind you that we will have Adam Cogan speaking at the Sydney VFP User Group this month. Adam was one of our top scorers in the evals from OzFox Lite with his excellent session on Rules for Successful Projects Part 1. In his session at UG he will be taking us through the second half of his session ie Rules to Successful Projects Part 2. See you there in 2 weeks time. Mark it...

TFS: TFS MSSCCI Provider released – works with VFP

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And yet more on the TFS theme… Microsoft has posted the release of its Visual Studio Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider (this is the one that has been out in RC for a little while). Rob notes it has been tested with VFP9 SP1.  can download it directly from herehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32202966-EF04-442F-8C5C...

VFP: Visual FoxPro and Team System

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More on VFP and TFS…Alan Stevens notes that he will be doing a session on VFP and TFS at FoxForward. This looks like a fantastic sessionhttp://foxforward.net/session.php?topic=22It will be interesting to see how many Fox developers take note of this and use it in their own environments… 

VFP: Much interest in a Team System Client for Visual FoxPro?

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I received an email yesterday from a VFP developer in the US asking about whether there was much interest in a VFP Team System client amongst the community. He is considering writing one.I replied that I thought probably not… after all most Fox developers have their systems worked out after all these years. However I should mention that for us personally at Talman we’d love it, as we...

VFP: Australian Visual FoxPro developer network

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One thing we discussed at OzFox Lite was getting a list of Australian Fox developers together, the aim being that we could then contact each other as required. You can check out the Networking presentation here: action item was for everyone to add their details to the new page on Fox Wiki. So, here’s a reminder to Australian devs to jump over and add your details: hoping someone from NZ...

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