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A podcast for those who design, develop and run websites.

Boagworld is the blog of web strategist Paul Boag who lives in the heart of rural Dorset (hence the cows). He produces a weekly podcast with UX consultant Marcus Lillington on building and running websites. They also run the web design agency Headscape.

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216. Thanks for all the fish
This week on Boagworld: Chris Coyier talks CSS and more, we say goodbye to the boagworld podcast and ask what can you listen to now?
215. Web Directions
This week on Boagworld: Emerging trends at Web Direction @Media, playful web design and death to design by committee.
214. When to hire a web designer
This week on Boagworld: When to hire a web agency, user testing on disposable websites and a need for speed.
213. Getting all emotional
This week on Boagworld: Stephen Anderson on emotional design, I review the iPad and we talk fonts, flash and fotos.
212. More skills to learn
This week on Boagworld: 5 new skills every web designer needs to know and how to be inspired while maintaining focus.

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‘Podcast’ archive

176. Youth

Posted in Podcast on the 29-07-2009 | 4 Comments

On this week’s show: Ryan and Stanton are joined by Sarah Parmenter to answer Justin’s question about what he needs to learn to become a web designer.

175. Collaboration

Posted in Podcast on the 22-07-2009 | 2 Comments

On this weeks show: Ryan and Stanton take the helm, we interview Simon Collison on client collaboration and answer your questions about improving your design skills

174. Twitterverse

Posted in Podcast on the 15-07-2009 | 6 Comments

On this week’s show: The entire boagworld community shares its thoughts on web design and Megan Fisher gives us practical advice on building a mobile website.

173. UX

Posted in Podcast on the 03-07-2009 | 4 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul talks to Leah Buley from Adaptive Path about user experience design and Marcus provides some advice on warranties and other legal stuff.

172. Hand Drawn

Posted in Podcast on the 01-07-2009 | 5 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul looks at the seven wonders of wireframing and Anna reviews the new micro CMS Perch.

171. Access

Posted in Podcast on the 24-06-2009 | 5 Comments

On this week’s show: Ryan and Paul talk to Robin Christopherson from Abilitynet about web accessibility and Dave shares Headscape’s experiences of moving to Google Apps.

170. Versus

Posted in Podcast on the 17-06-2009 | 5 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul talks about the conflicts surrounding design decisions, and Teifion challenges a BBC article that asks “Are the days of the web amateur numbered?”

169. Type

Posted in Podcast on the 10-06-2009 | 3 Comments

On this weeks show: Paul talks about the power of story telling and shares some tips for “getting in the zone” and Mark Boulton joins us to talk about web typography.

168. Personality

Posted in Podcast on the 03-06-2009 | 13 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul explains how to give your site real personality and Dave shares some top tips for writing secure code.

167. Beyond Technology

Posted in Podcast on the 26-05-2009 | 2 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul shares his inspiration on blog writing and we talk to Mike Kus about our obsession with technology.

166. Boldly Go

Posted in Podcast on the 20-05-2009 | 5 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul shares 10 ways to put your content in front of more people, Emily reviews Bubble Timer and we discuss the role of gender in design.

165. Creativity

Posted in Podcast on the 13-05-2009 | 2 Comments

On this week’s show: Jim Coudal shares his thoughts on monetizing creativity, Marcus talks about questioning clients and Paul gets excited about eye candy.

164. Case Study

Posted in Podcast on the 06-05-2009 | 14 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul shares his experiences of working on the Wiltshire Farm Foods website, we examine the role of Twitter and Ryan Carson shares some more advice on building web applications.

163. One year on

Posted in Podcast on the 28-04-2009 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show: Ryan and Stanton return due to popular demand! We are joined by none other than Elliot Jay Stocks to discuss his experience of being a freelancer for the last year, and we also ask him some of your questions from the forum.

161. In or Out

Posted in Podcast on the 14-04-2009 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul announces Micro-Boagworld, we discuss the pros and cons of outsourcing web work and see what recommendation the Boagworld forum has to offer.

160. Education, Education, Education

Posted in Podcast on the 08-04-2009 | 3 Comments

On this week’s show: We speak to Aarron Walter about teaching web standards. Ryan Carson starts a series on web applications and Paul talks about remote user testing.

159. Special Guest

Posted in Podcast on the 01-04-2009 | 16 Comments

On this week’s show: The northerners are back with special guest host Sarah Parmenter. We answer your questions on how to quote for projects and whether using off-the-shelf software is wrong and we have a chat with Sarah on her experiences in the industry and the difference between developing for clients and developing for yourself.

158. Home

Posted in Podcast on the 25-03-2009 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show: We share the highlights of SXSW, discuss home working, and interview Rob Borley about project management.

157. SXSW09

Posted in Podcast on the 18-03-2009 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show: Andy Budd, Daniel Burka, Jeremy Keith and Joe Stump answer listener questions in a live Boagworld special from the floor of SXSW.

Additional Information

Produced by Headscape

Boagworld is produced by the web design agency Headscape founded by Marcus, Paul and Chris Scott. Headscape also has a number of other talented guys who blog. Check them out.

  • Craig Rowe is one of our amazing developers and writes some superb posts on everything from .net to AIR apps.

  • Ed Merritt is a Headscape designer who's blog contains examples of his work and a number of free Wordpress themes.

  • Dave McDermid is a Headscape developer who has an excellent blog. He blogs on everything from AJAX to security.

  • Rob Borley is one of our project managers and blogs regularly on client and project management issues.

  • Leigh Howells is our multimedia design guru (whatever one of those is). He blogs on a mixture of design and music.

Paul elsewhere

Paul just can't shut up. He publishes regular audioboos, speaks regularly and is addicted to twitter. He also has a personal blog where he shares random thoughts, inspirational articles and stuff he thinks is cool. See the latest below: