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I think Ferris Buller said it best…
life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it Ferris Buller The last time I blogged about my life I had just left my Job as Lead Front End Developer with Tesco Property Market. I’d been there for 2 years and to be honest things… Read note →
How not to deliver a good customer experience
When purchasing software online you expect the process to go something like this: Choose your software Add to cart Pay Download Software nice and simple & stress free. Unfortunately some companies don’t get it – Tomtom I’m looking at you. Yesterday I decided to purchase the Tomtom maps of Western Europe in preparation for our… Read note →
fiftytwo o-eight
I’ve started my little photo challenge. For fiftytwo o-eight I’m planning to post a new photo each week to my flickr account. The hope is that this will encourage me to spend a bit more time on my photography this year and who knows maybe even improve my skills. I’m not exactly thrilled with the… Read note →
This year…
I don’t tend to make New Year’s resolutions, I guess it’s because generally I’m happy with the status quo. That said, last year I promised myself that I would be happier and more fulfilled in my work and earn more money, I’d also lead a healthier lifestyle. I managed to achieve two out of the… Read note →
A better way to update your facebook status from Twitter
I just noticed that Facebook have stopped pre pending their statuses with “is:” which, in my opinion is a good thing. Unfortunately they haven’t stopped pre pending “is twittering: ” to updates that come in from twitter. Fortunately Dustin Brewer has come to the rescue by developing twittersync which, as the name sort of suggest… Read note →
Quick tip for using XHTML Strict with ASP.net
One thing that has always infuriated me with .net is it’s insistence on adding an invalid name attribute to the asp.net form*. About a month ago I found a nice easy cure for this, so I thought I’d share it. All you need to do to stop .net adding the name attribute to the form… Read note →
It’s live! now I can talk about it
Back in February I changed jobs; at the time I couldn’t say much about the new job because the project I’ve been working on was being kept secret for commercial reasons. Now that the website is live there is no reason that I can’t tell you about it. Tesco Property Market is a new site… Read note →
A couple of videos
It’s been a while since I posted anything about the family – here are a couple of videos of the girls. Erin is growing up fast, she thinks her big sister is hilarious, here you can see the little comedy double act in action. http://www.youtube.com/v/msP8F7BSnsg http://www.youtube.com/v/xQk_YrW5Mf0 Read note →
Sky Anytime on PC causes machine to run very slowly
A few weeks back I installed Sky Anytime on PC; since then I had noticed a considerable deterioration in the machines performance – to the point where it was almost unusable. I didn’t immediately put two and two together, I just assumed that it was time to give the laptop a bit of a spring… Read note →
Announcing markford.me.uk
My blog posts are like buses, you get none for ages then three come along at once. I’ve just launched a new website all about me: markford.me.uk The new site will not replace this one, I’ll still continue to blog here; markford.me.uk is more for people who want to know about my background and maybe… Read note →