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Hi, I’m Craig Bailey and this is my personal blog where I write about technology, business systems, HubSpot, marketing strategy 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: Too much stuff coming from the community

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Yep, well as per usual the Visual FoxPro community is delivering in spades, and I don’t have time to keep up.Dave Crozier joins us with an impressive debut, and I’m still trying to get my head around the incredible GDIPlusX library update that Bo Durban and Craig Boyd have posted on SednaX (soon to be VFPX).Heck, I only just  found time to listen to The Fox Show...

LINK: Microsoft Certified Architect goes live

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The link is hereAn exciting program in my opinion (here’s my thoughts about it from last year). From the press release:“Being a Microsoft Certified Architect allows me to go in and evangelize the proper use of technology to the people who need to be touched with that.” Will it make it to Australia I wonder? I hope so…  

SOFTWARE: Refactoring vs Maxfactoring

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maxfactoringnoun, verb1. the process of gradually improving the ‘look and feel’ of a software application in small chunks2. partaking in the UX initiative of ‘results driven application surface design’The result is aesthetic only, there is no change in functionality, performance, stability, scalability or reliability. Side effects include...

VFP: SendaX renaming – my money is on VFP.Next

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The SednaX moving and renaming is an interesting exercise. I felt that the SednaX ‘brand’ was finally starting to catch on, but now they’ll have to start over. However, I can understand the reasons for the change.As I’m sure you know, you can vote for the new name here. I voted for VFP.Next for two reasons: 1. It has a continuous quality to it, ie...

VFP: Ctl32 status bar on SednaX

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Just loving the ctl32 status bar and progress bar from Carlos Alloatti on SednaX.Go to SednaX and then downloads (you need to be a member to download).Carlos has a great set of documentation available here.Here’s a few screenshots (click to enlarge) of one of our applications with the status bar implemented.The first shows a simple update of the status bar with search results, along with an...

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