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Finding the right developer for your Umbraco project is all about being assured that the developer you pick has the skills you need.

There is only one way to become a certified Umbraco developer, by attending one the many Umbraco training classes. There developers get up to date knowledge from qualified trainers, ensuring that an Umbraco certified badge actually stands for a certain skillset and knowledge.

Great news, Simon has just obtained his certification to prove he can do all this and more.

Simon Steed Umbraco certified development professional

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• Ever needed to create #thumbnails of websites? #thumbalizr is the tool for you http://bit.ly/Uewkc #
• Problem with the new logo is my good wife now thinks I look like a turtle! #
• Updated my profile picture, 30 mins spent in photoshop was fun and worth the end result #

• I'm working from home the next few days with a sick 5 month old baby Question is, how much will I get done??? #
• Working on new site content for Simon Antony Photography http://bit.ly/5IZWr5 – what would entice you to use us? #

• asks – Do you need a freelancer? Drop me a line and let me know what you need, maybe I can work for you next? #

• Calling all #freelancers – do you have issues getting paid by your clients and what measures do you have in place to deal with it? #
• Snowing again in Stockport! #
• getting really frustrated trying to edit a photoshop document with my tablet when the cursor just does a random streak across the page grrrr #
• Does anyone use the Blueprint CSS Framework – any examples of how you've used it and what your thoughts are? #
• working from home today, lets see what I can get done with a pre 5 month old baby demanding my time #
• brrrr it's cold out there!!! #
• It's snowing again in Manchester!!!! #
• well the igloo is finished, not bad even if I say so myself http://twitpic.com/wrqab #
• Snowy pictures day – still snowing in Stockport!! What a day for my daughters birthday and no school http://twitpic.com/wr8i4 #
• Another snowy picture, this time of the aerial on my roof http://twitpic.com/wr7lp #
• Snowy scenes in Stockport http://twitpic.com/wr65r #
• Well got 1 mile to work and had to turn back, set off at 7:40, just got home!!! #
• wow, a good 4-6 inches of the white fluffy stuff this morning, getting to work is going to be fun #
• is now available and looking for new contract roles – contact me with more details #
• My latest work, http://www.iqdesign.co.uk – need a stylish case for your iPhone, iPod, iTouch etc, check it out #
• Arghhhhhhhh – how am I supposed to fix code when it's been written by incompetent monkeys!!!!! #

• Calling all #freelancers – do you have issues getting paid by your clients and what measures do you have in place to deal with it? #

• Snowing again in Stockport! #
• getting really frustrated trying to edit a photoshop document with my tablet when the cursor just does a random streak across the page grrrr #
• Does anyone use the Blueprint CSS Framework – any examples of how you've used it and what your thoughts are? #

• working from home today, lets see what I can get done with a pre 5 month old baby demanding my time #
• brrrr it's cold out there!!! #
• It's snowing again in Manchester!!!! #
• well the igloo is finished, not bad even if I say so myself http://twitpic.com/wrqab #
• Snowy pictures day – still snowing in Stockport!! What a day for my daughters birthday and no school http://twitpic.com/wr8i4 #
• Another snowy picture, this time of the aerial on my roof http://twitpic.com/wr7lp #
• Snowy scenes in Stockport http://twitpic.com/wr65r #
• Well got 1 mile to work and had to turn back, set off at 7:40, just got home!!! #
• wow, a good 4-6 inches of the white fluffy stuff this morning, getting to work is going to be fun #
• is now available and looking for new contract roles – contact me with more details #
• My latest work, http://www.iqdesign.co.uk – need a stylish case for your iPhone, iPod, iTouch etc, check it out #
• Arghhhhhhhh – how am I supposed to fix code when it's been written by incompetent monkeys!!!!! #
• Yet another kitchen unit fitted, new top, cabinet and woodwork all oiled up and ready to go, will finish the rest over the next 12 months #
• well was looking forwards to getting out in the snow to get some pictures but now it's raining #
• Happy new year all from the Steed Family – have a great 2010 #
• nearly finished the kitchen refit and my lovely wife wants another cabinet fitting – off to ikea we go, hi ho, hi ho #
• Have a great merry xmas everyone #
• Now i'm officially on my holidays, I am going to relax – yes relax, I know it's not in my vocabulary but I don't care, RELAXXXXXX #
• Stamp prices rising yet again, just another way to rip us off in rip off britain #
• Wish me luck, about to brave the manchester weather…. #
• http://twitpic.com/umuyb – Bloody Twim has uploaded a black screen, muppet! #
• http://twitpic.com/umuyb – The manchester snowline #
• I predict chaos this afternoon in Manchester, the snow is coming down heavily – Manchester will grind to a halt as the rest of the country! #
• Snowing in manchester and the city grinds to a halt………again! #
• Went to Yum Yums in Manchester tonight, never again – food was so poor me and wifey are both feeling sick So much for our xmas do! #
• Why do the Network Rail ticket collectors look like thugs?Dressed head to toe in black, complete with black beanies and they pounce on you! #
• How come the Uk, particularly Manchester and Stockport are so crap at gritting pavements and roads – it's lethal out there! #
• I'm now listed on the Local Twitter Directory for Stockport, Cheshire: http://www.loadedweb.com/twitter/ #
• Check out my ElfYourself video: http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/mme2F5CdzdlorJJv #
• Xmas decorations up, now we are nearly ready to meet Santa #
• Hmm why do devs still use inline css then have extrnl css as well in addition to not structuring code properly so overrides dont work! #
• Well guess what, i'm working with VB for the first time in over 10 years! #
• Can anyone suggest a #wireless router that actually works with an #Acer #7720G – wont see Belkin nor Netgear of which I have both #
• My daughter just spoke to her brother in Stacey language and he just fell about laughing – he is 4 months old Lol #
• Now off the market until the New Year – always open to discuss opportunities, even if only short term #
• Sorry to anyone emailing simonantony.co.uk in the last 12 hours, dns failed so we were off the web entirely – now fixed! #
• How many sprouts can you take before you fart? http://bit.ly/8XN15i #
• Getting ready to release iqdesign.co.uk – new iphone, iTouch, iPod, Blackberry etc designer cases – watch this space…. #
• Getting ready for last day a Photolink, been a good experience, now onto my next role which is erm, dur, hmm ??? #
• Ooops – SimonAntony.co.uk server just run out of disk space, silly me forgot to delete old backups!!!! #
• After 24 hours of a severe food poisoning outbreak, I'm now starting to recover enough to get some work done! #
• I just got Voice Candy for Mac for free from tap tap tap. They're celebrating launching Voices on the iPhone http://bit.ly/i56Un #
• #Google Wave – seems i'm not the only one that doesnt know what to use it for – how do you use yours? Clean answers please #
• is now looking for job opportunities – Available immed for interview – dotnet development, photography, photoshop, interim management etc #
• That is i'm available from next week #
• I'll be available for any freelance dotnet, development, design, infrastructure work etc on freelance/contract basis – anyone need anything? #
• i've got some Google Wave accounts to give out – who is interested? #
• Yipee! Been accepted onto the beta program for Google Wave – now I just need to work out how to use it #
• Why does writing valid css for IE6, 7 & 8 need to be so hard – firefox just, well works! grrrrrrrrrr #
• Google producing Chrome OS – whatever next, missions to mars? #
• asp.net cassini comes to the rescue – open source, dont ya love it … #
• Anyone managed to run an asp.net website complete with dataset capabilities on a CDRom? Let me know what solution you came up with! #
• Well another project successfully (cough) rolled out today – http://www.aidsalliance.org – my last 7 weeks of hard graft! Phase 2 now !!!! #
• What billing and purchase tracking (ok accounting) tools do you use on your mac? Currently using iRatchet for billing but need expenditure 2 #
• Get 6 top mac apps for free with MacHeist – http://www.macheist.com/ #
• Just fulfilled another photo order for two clients – need to improve workflow, it's good, just not as good as it can be #
• Imminent impact @MacHeist (151.7,174.4) Witness it and get DaisyDisk ($20) for FREE to reclaim GBs of space on your Mac! http://macheist.com #
• RT @PhotoLegal: Petition against the Government's smash and grab raid on photographer's intellectual property http://bit.ly/1hZEhN #
• chilling before a mamouth photo editing session laters #
• Right that is 80 gig of my music in one place, now I need to get iTunes running to sort them all out – ouch! #
• See, I knew banannas were important http://bit.ly/3udwqx #
• Berners-Lee 'sorry' for slashes in internet URL's http://bit.ly/SJZno #
• Is Photoshop CS4 all its cracked up to be? Why should I upgrade from CS3? Questions questions!!!! #
• Google Forces Web Standards Issue Using Sexy Buttons – http://bit.ly/p74cq #
• #Photolinks new artwork, #banksy it's not but excellent it is anyway http://twitpic.com/kqmvs #
• 30k email addresses compromised – was it down to keyloggers? http://bit.ly/1wFJuQ #
• Google hit by email scam, were you affected? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8292928.stm #
• Wondering why the planes have changed flightpath, now over my home. Turns out Man Airport are upgrading the ILS so planes using VOR instead #
• Looking for free #email client for #e71 that supports multi pop3 boxes, nokia email not 100%. Must also leave mail on server and not remove. #
• Happy now, managed to find a usable and free #twitter client for my #nokia #e71 – #twim #
• been out and about tonight looking at ideas for some night photography, some interesting opportunities out there, keep your ears on the blog #
• Just finished updating my twitter homepage with a new background – what do you all think? http://bit.ly/FHUTx #
• Seen some awesome jQuery tricks lately, anyone point me in the direction of some good solid tutorials with real world examples I can use? ta #
• having a coffee and wispa after a hard days slog #
• working on the Bump, Baby & Beyond branding + packages – should be a good day! #
• Looking for any freelance work/photography/website or graphic design etc – please get in touch and let me know what I can do for you! #
• RT @TipSquirrel: RT @Minervity: 52 Professional Website User Interface Photoshop Tutorials – http://bit.ly/CqHah #
• RT @chrisspooner: Create a Fun Illustrated Toy Site Design in Photoshop – http://bit.ly/q4UEo #
• Bought a new book today, Improve your memory today – wonder if I will remember to read it? #
• Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday dear Simon, happy birthday to me #
• RT @Paul_Casey: RT @cycleman4997: "Golf Club Fail" – http://twlol.com/tw/?v7-14138 Genius! – ordered mine already :_ #
• I'm going to adopt a snow leopard – are you? http://www.apple.com/uk/macosx/ #
• RT @StockportMBC: Events: Merseyway’s Summer Sound 2009! See live music, dance & entertainment in the Stockport Town Centre…http://tin … #
• 30 Top Design Blogs for Great Tutorials & Inspiration – http://is.gd/2rviF #
• RT @BianaBabinsky: On My Blog: Simplest Way To Build Your List With Social Networking, http://bit.ly/28XR7b #
• currently editing just over 300 pictures from a recent wedding shoot – need to crack on, client chasing me!!! #
• Need to alter your Time Machine frequency? http://timesoftware.free.fr/timemachineeditor/ #
• Simon is pleased to annouce the birth of his baby son on 16th August weighing in at 9lb 7oz, mother and baby both doing well #
• well as of 30 mins ago, Sharon's (wifey) waters broke – baby is on its way #
• Well the pink limo turned white but apart from that another great days shooting – now to photoshop to tweak and prep album… #
• Off to shoot another wedding – looking forwards to this one, big pink limo involved too #
• Currently watching georgina at swimming lesson & thinking about how to drum up more business #
• Goosed after a garden tidy, 12 bags at the tip & it looks great. All whilst waiting for a SQL Server db to be provisioned – why so long #
• Working on my new design website – wordpress, php or dotnet??? hmmmm decisions decisions……… #
• Well baby not come so back to work I go and finish off AllEventsDirectory – Sharon now 1 day overdue!!! #
• is now chilling out and looking hopeful that his new baby will be born this weekend – i'll try not to work this weekend love, honest #
• Question: Why does raspberry ice cream not have any raspberry in it? #
• Can anyone recommend a good asp.net 3.5 book/resource – cookbook style is ideal as not into the theory, just how to do stuff #
• Need a helpdesk solution, ideally opensource, customisable, time tracking so clients know time left in their support contract! Ideas anyone? #
• So funny – watching Jeremy Kyle and seeing the losers getting caught out lying. Dont want to get caught? Then dont do it in the first place! #
• Major tip – never ever ever use <xhtmlConformance mode="Legacy"/> when writing an asp.net AJAX app – it will stop updates working #
• Up since 4:30 this morning, working since 5:30 – extreme tiredness will hit by the end of the day lol – hope everyone in twitter land is ok! #
• Working on All Events website, should be live in two weeks – Also baby's head now engaged, any time now, cant wait to meet him/her #
• Baby due soon (36wk + 5 now), birthing pool up in back room and i'm still working on websites!!! #

• Yet another kitchen unit fitted, new top, cabinet and woodwork all oiled up and ready to go, will finish the rest over the next 12 months #
• well was looking forwards to getting out in the snow to get some pictures but now it's raining #
• Happy new year all from the Steed Family – have a great 2010 #
• nearly finished the kitchen refit and my lovely wife wants another cabinet fitting – off to ikea we go, hi ho, hi ho #

• Have a great merry xmas everyone #
• Now i'm officially on my holidays, I am going to relax – yes relax, I know it's not in my vocabulary but I don't care, RELAXXXXXX #
• Stamp prices rising yet again, just another way to rip us off in rip off britain #
• Wish me luck, about to brave the manchester weather…. #
• http://twitpic.com/umuyb – Bloody Twim has uploaded a black screen, muppet! #
• http://twitpic.com/umuyb – The manchester snowline #
• I predict chaos this afternoon in Manchester, the snow is coming down heavily – Manchester will grind to a halt as the rest of the country! #
• Snowing in manchester and the city grinds to a halt………again! #
• Went to Yum Yums in Manchester tonight, never again – food was so poor me and wifey are both feeling sick So much for our xmas do! #
• Why do the Network Rail ticket collectors look like thugs?Dressed head to toe in black, complete with black beanies and they pounce on you! #
• How come the Uk, particularly Manchester and Stockport are so crap at gritting pavements and roads – it's lethal out there! #