Posts by Brendon Sinclair

On Saturday night I went for dinner with some friends to a local Thai restaurant. We were sitting outside in an Arcade type set up when one of the women in the group (there were 6 of us at dinner) noticed this sign on the window of a Beauty Salon. The 3 wives at the […]

Okay, take a look here. See the comment from some guy called Anthony Dever. Oooooooh. “This is who I say who you should get, Brendon. Oooooh I’m so good, I’m Anthony Dever! I was interviewed by Amanda Keller. I started the Fuglies. Ooooooooh.” So what Clown Boy! Who the hell is Anthony Dever and why […]

Because of the recent running I’ve done I’ve been visiting a few running type forums. One thing I always enjoy seeing is the fantastic sense of community these places build up. I have been reading a few posts and people have been talking about injuries – whether it’s aching legs, foot fungus, runner’s bowel or […]

I’ve had a number of people email and ask why screen resolution matters to a web designer. Here’s the answer. Below is the same web site shown how they look in different resolutions. 800 x 600 screen resolution   1024 x 768 screen resolution   1280 x 1024 screen resolution   About 12% of people […]

Here in Australia the entire country (including me) has jumped on the Socceroos bandwagon as we’ve progressed in the World Cup. Just about every business is using soccer analogies to promote their stuff. But How About you Do This How about your business becomes the anti-soccer/football voice. “Had enough of the World Cup? Come into […]

That’s always a bad reason to do something, but it sprung to mind on the weekend. I went to buy a carton of beer on the weekend. The beer was $25.99 for a carton of 24 small bottles. But if I bought only 6 small bottles, the price was $9.99 (equating to $39.96 for a […]

  When we complete a web development project for a client we provide them with a Web User Manual that includes my personal home number. I tell the clients to ring me at any time of the day or night should there be a problem with their web site. The reason is simple: If you’re […]

I was talking with someone on the weekend and they were of the view that marketing is pretty ineffective in stopping people from smoking. His thinking was that despite all of the anti-smoking marketing, people still take up smoking. The largest increases are in the number of girls/young women taking up cigarette smoking. And when […]

Check out our latest Podcast at TailoredPodcast (Show # 39) – it’s about making bigger sales than you do now. (BTW, you might want to listen to my first ever podcast – either click here or scroll down to BS-Biz-Mix-2005-11-22 on the player…..it’s so bad it’s almost good! But it is very, very boring.). I’ve […]

Here in our office block there are 2 offices and a retail shop currently vacant. They’ve been vacant for about 3 months. And the owner is getting worried. I know that because there is presently a small crane outside my window putting up a large sign advertising the offices and shop. It’s been at the […]