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188. Clearscape or Headleft?

Posted in Podcast on: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 by Paul Boag

On this week’s show, Richard Rutter, Jeremy Keith and Andy Budd join myself and Marcus for a round table discussion.

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Every once in a while it is good to do something different. This show is one of those occasions.

Spy Vs Spy Image

This week Andy, Richard and Jeremy from Clearleft came to the Barn to hang out with Headscape. While they were there we decided to record a podcast.

The show is largely unscripted and it seemed unfair to ask our team of volunteers to transcribe an hour long 5 way conversation! As a result, I am afraid we are lacking our normal show notes. I hope you understand.

That said, I can tell you we covered the following topics:

  • The differences between the working practices of and Headscape
  • The beginnings of the two companies
  • The pros and cons of being a total service company like Headscape or specialising like Clearleft
  • The importance of in what we do
  • Deciding when to adopt new innovations
  • Whether locations affects success
  • Our plans for the

We really hope you enjoy the show and we would love to hear your thoughts on the subjects discussed. Please make use of the comments below.

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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, has a personal blog and is addicted to twitter. He also writes and speaks regularly. Check out the most recent below:

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