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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I got a new plastic shell for my MacBook Pro this week and asked Bespoke - Decals to make me a personal vinyl for the front of it. www.facebook.com/profile.php?... Love it! Looks perfect! www.bespoke-decals.co.uk #decals #vinyldecals #retrocomputers #macbook #applecomputer

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Happy European Coworking Day! I'm celebrating today by working with the York Lunchtime Connections at the fantastic #PatchYork who have generously provided the group with free #coworking space, #coffee and #cake for the day! We love you, Patch!

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Well, it's May the 4th, so I officially have to wish you all a Happy Star Wars Day! May the 4th be with you! #MayThe4thBeWithYou #StarWarsDay #TechJedi #SearchEngineOptimisation #LinkedInMarketing #Entrepreneurship

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Stoke must be wishing they could just raise the white flag and finish the game at half time! 😜 #leedsvstoke #lufc #leedsunited #champions

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

🎶 It's the most CHOCOLATEY time... Of the year 🎶 #happyeaster

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Who needs #eastereggs when you can have mushroom 🍄 flavoured crisps! Wish me luck! #happyeaster!

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

What I love about @apple is how they put design at the forefront of everything, even when it's bad news! 😉 #spam #phishing

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

So this is concerning... I've started getting an alert that my #trackpad is low on battery... But this is my #macbookpro 14” with integrated trackpad?! Anybody else had this issue?! #macos #sequoia

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Last weekend I attended @DDDNorth in #Hull which is a free all-day seminar for developers with 25 talks throughout covering all sorts of topics! I had a fantastic day and here's my blog post about it for all who are interested! www.yorkshiretechy.co.uk/blogs/ddd-no...

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DDD North 2025

Experienced Website Developer, Umbraco Specialist, SEO and Digital Marketing, Email Marketing and Project Management. DDD North 2025

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

One of my yearly highlights as a developer is #dddnorth, this year once more at the University of #Hull... A full-day seminar choc full of tech talks... I'm full of tech inspiration but mentally shattered! I'll be writing a blog post of my review early next week

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

This morning I was shopping in ALDI for some bacon and eggs for breakfast when I passed a middle-aged woman in the aisle just as her phone went off! Her ringtone was the Knight Rider theme tune and she purposefully left it ringing for about 5 seconds before she answered...

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Stop arguing about languages and just build! I see so many posts and discussions on social media about how C++ is better than C# and Rust is faster than Java... But why does it matter? Read my new blog post: www.yorkshiretechy.co.uk/blogs/stop-a... #webdev #softwaredev #programming

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Stop arguing about languages and just build!

Experienced Website Developer, Umbraco Specialist, SEO and Digital Marketing, Email Marketing and Project Management. Stop arguing about languages and just build!

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

The most important question in any #webdeveloper or #projectmanagers working life is how do you write the name for commercial transactions conducted electronically on the internet?. 🟡 E-commerce 🟡 e-commerce 🟡 ecommerce 🟡 Ecommerce If none of these then let me know what you write!

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

I've uploaded a new article to my blog. "YOLO" has become a popular mantra for teenagers and young adults, often used to justify taking risks and living life to the fullest. But the mantra is completely wrong! You can read my article at: www.yorkshiretechy.co.uk/blogs/why-do...

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Why do People Say You Only Live Once When it's Not True

Experienced Website Developer, Umbraco Specialist, SEO and Digital Marketing, Email Marketing and Project Management. Why do People Say You Only Live Once When it's Not True

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Having a well deserved #cuppa after taking all the #christmasdecorations down! Had a fab time: Xmas Eve with our son Alex and his GF Violet, Xmas Day with my wife’s parents and Boxing Day with our daughter Beth and her Alex :) It’s been super fun 😀

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Yummy #cheese, #biscuits and #GandT :) Very civilised. Happy New Years Eve Eve 😀

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

The Implosion of WordPress If you're a fan of the biggest CMS in the world, you may be feeling a little queasy about your choice right now. Cracks are starting to show under the management of Wordpress and Wordpress.org. Read my blog post at: www.yorkshiretechy.co.uk/blogs/the-im...

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

A different type of post for me. It's the holiday season, for some people, it's the hardest time of year. And to some, it feels like the weight of the year has finally piled so heavy on their shoulders! www.yorkshiretechy.co.uk/blogs/8-thin...

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8 Things Men Do When They Feel Like a Failure and How to Turn It Around

Experienced Website Developer, Umbraco Specialist, SEO and Digital Marketing, Email Marketing and Project Management. 8 Things Men Do When They Feel Like a Failure and How to Turn It Around

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

At the pub trying to explain to the drunks what the #solarsystem looked like before Pluto got demoted…

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

This year my family made it a totally #retrogaming #christmas for me! Such a lucky old man! 😀 ❤️❤️

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Seems an unpopular opinion but we actually liked #joker2! The right mix of his real life and fantasy and the perfect ending (albeit a massive surprise)… Maybe we went in with low expectations so it can only be better than we’d hoped?!? But maybe an 8 out of 10 👍

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Let the story be told that on Christmas morning 2024 I got #The400Mini and my #retrogames console collection was complete (until #thea500 of course!) #merrychristmas

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

This is what gaming is all about. A fast, furious, frustrating and frantic game that takes reaction and skill... Easy to pick up... Super hard to master... Has anything since been this fun to play? And written in only 16k! A masterpiece 🙇 #spectrum #thespectrum #retrogaming

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

This is not a good experience #Apple, I have had this downloaded for over a week and enjoyed playing with it... Then suddenly having to wait hours for #imageplayground support to "download"... You used to care about the user experience!

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Is this familiar to you? Google Analytics tells you you’re getting lots of traffic, but you’re not getting lots of sales...? In my experience, this is mostly down to 4 reasons... And I detail them in my latest blog post. www.yorkshiretechy.co.uk/blogs/plenty... #digitalmarketing #seo

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Plenty of traffic to your website, but no sales 4 reasons why

Experienced Website Developer, Umbraco Specialist, SEO and Digital Marketing, Email Marketing and Project Management. Plenty of traffic to your website, but no sales 4 reasons why

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Proof that nowadays you can be whoever you want to be 😀 #youbeyou

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Who needs #MicrosoftOffice when my #TheSpectrum is a powerhouse of productivity! #tasword #vucalc and #vufile 😀 I just wish I had some 3D modelling I need to do! 😉

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

As an #umbraco #CMS specialist, I am just getting around to building my first #website in the new #Umbraco15 😀 Feels fast, especially when creating document types. I still wish they'd add a dedicated "Button" datatype though aggregating Title, URL & possibly Colour! #contentmanagement #webdev

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Who needs #chocolate? My family bought me a #coffee #adventcalendar and what a great first door! Be prepared for a regular #mugoftheday this month... Todays mug is Grid Iron 2.. The game I has published on #amstradcpc and #commodre64 when I was a teen! #retrogaming #gridiron2

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

You wait forever for #TheSpectrum from #retrogames and two come at once! All because #amazon didn’t do their job properly hehe

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

This has been quite a big weekend for my hobby... Most people who know me know that I have a passion for retro consoles and computer systems. I have lots of old machines and I add to my collection sporadically...

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Visited the #videogamemarket at #doncasterdome today and got my hands on the only console I had as a child that I currently don’t own. Hang on, just had a thought, can you guess what console I bought?!? #retrogaming #retrocomputing

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

This must be a new feature of #macOS #Sequoia... Trying to copy my #ZXSpectrum game library to USB Drive, crashed half way, now it just keeps insisting on Finishing Copying (or Keep Resumable Copy) but just seems to locks the drive no matter what I do... Anybody else seen this?

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Over 40 years of progress in one image! Sir Clive would be happy that his legacy is still an object of desire! I love my #spectrums #zxspectrum #sinclairspectrum #thespectrum #retricomputing #retrogaming

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Why hasn’t #apple created a #magictrackpad with a #touchID... I have money waiting Mr Cook!

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

I'm having one of those mornings with server/application issues. So, it's a "Brothers in Arms" kind of day... What do you turn to for background harmony when you're having a stressful day?!? #workingfromhome #stressbuster #webdev #SoftwareDevelopment

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 06/04/2024

As the #easterholidays 🐣 come to a close it’s time to eat the last of the hot cross buns yummy #backtoschool #happyeaster

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Craig Pickles (YorkshireTechy) @craigpickles.bsky.social · 07/03/2024

Celebrating today! I weigh myself most days (funky bluetooth scales which update my Apple health data) This morning I'm exactly 1 stone lighter than I was on the 19th February! Go me! Now just have to keep this up! 🙂

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