TSDG restaurant branding

The living machine restaurant?

I was just reading the vision of one of the designers at the Eden Project in Cornwall.

Content management software

Yes, it can save you time and money. What more do you want?

How your blueprint affects your design

Yes, I know that I've ranted before about this but here are some real-life examples.

Naming a product?

Then be careful! You've heard that story about Chevy Novas not selling in South America, of course. We've all heard it so many times, I don't know if it's true or not any more.

Not the bloke with the big head, either

I have ranted before about the photographic clichés such as the handshakes and the stone-backed naked ladies. And here's another one.

Somebody should do something

The town of Sylvan Lake, which is in Canada apparently, has banned spitting and swearing in public. Now I am no fan of spitting at all.

Churrascaria racecaria

 
This is a nice PR venture. The place to eat tomorrow evening is the Texas de Brazil Churrascaria in Richmond.

Restaurateur becomes marriage broker

You don't have to tell me about the problems surrounding finding good staff but one restaurateur went just a little too far?

Is your email overflowing?

You do download your emails properly, don't you?

Your site needs a home page

Coincidentally two clients have said, in the last few days, that they DON'T want a home page on their site. This is foolish.

Don't be so damned sensitive

It's funny, you see. It was meant to be funny back in the day it was created. Surely.

Dealer fees?

Recently I was on the I95 and saw a billboard advertising a local car dealership. They were advertising ... dealer fees. Or so it seemed.

"Use the old stuff"

We have many clients who come to us for a new website. "My old website just isn't working for me" they say.

Rotating web ads

Another "what were they thinking?" rant. It's pretty obvious that no human was responsible for the ad placement above.

Size matters 2

Of course, I have my own theory as to why men don't believe this. But I didn't realize that this phenomenon relates to all walks of live and not just the obvious one.

More blueprint stuff

I've ranted considerably about the reasons and benefits of the blueprint. Well, here's a further explanation.

"I do not understand why I am scheduled"

I think I've heard everything now. (Although I realized as I wrote that that it's not true - there will be more insanity tomorrow, or the day after ...)

How to avoid paying the bill at IHOP

Simple. Run out of the premises, crash your car into the IHOP wall and run away.

Just ignorant

Look, we know that we're in a recession. We know that times are hard. But that's no excuse.

Messing with minds?

Hey restaurateurs, did you know that you are messing with people's minds?

Email - checklist

You know I've got a thing about the top ten lists. Well, here's a nine point list about email.

Who is your celebrity?

It may seem like a strange question, but you've no idea how much it helps to clarify your design.

Honesty is nice

Yes, just a bit would make all the difference.

Build software

If you are a TSDG website client, you'll have seen mention of the build software in your milestones.

Following the crowd?

Or are they following you?

That old telepathy problem again

Sorry, but we still haven't passed the telepathy conversation. I know that we should know what you're thinking. But we don't, strangely.

Excellent marketing article

Another one of those lists - and a very good one.

Mission statements

I have to admit, I've never really understood what mission statements are for.

Junk mail again

Why do they waste their time? Why don't they check first?

Skip navigation

If TSDG is building your website, and we are blueprint stage, you will have seen the skip navigation link at the top of every page.

The latest email scam

It's pretty easy to see it's a scam, but just in case...

Original files again

I have to laugh. I've ranted about it before but we still get the occasional person asking for our original files.

It's a bit steep

People here sometimes wonder how I find something to rant on about at this blog every day. All I have to do is sit here.

Another top ten list

This time, pronunciation from the Tech Republic blog. OK, I'll get over this top ten thing soon.

More top ten grammar errors - GOW version

I enjoyed the top ten grammatical errors I posted yesterday.

Top ten grammar errors

ZDNet recently published their most frequently seen grammar errors.

What were they thinking?

You've probably seen this before.

As time goes by

An entree at a fine dining establishment takes longer to appear than a MacDonald's burger. Yes?

A word or two about HTML

Yes, pretty boring, I know. But it's the language websites use, like it or not.

Why do people employ designers?

That isn't a serious question, by the way, it's supposed to be sarcastic.