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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Posted in Podcast on: Monday, January 9, 2006 by Paul Boag
Well, Christmas is over and our new year’s resolutions are long since broken. However, it is not all doom and gloom. The boagworld podcast is back and this week Paul and Marcus are discussing the thorny subject of when to redesign your site.
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Ed Merritt is a Headscape designer who's blog contains examples of his work and a number of free Wordpress themes.
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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 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:
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Great to have you guys back. One little thing, Marcus does get a wee bit too quiet. I was listening today at my desk and even with the volume up to max I could hardly hear him at some points.
Yeah that is because the aging pop star doesnt know how to hold his mic properly! He forgot to bring the mic stands so his mind is obviously going too.
Have listened to a couple, has given food for thought about doing something similar for QGate. Most people can listen to this at their desks if not actually on an iPod, so why not. Thanks for a great idea.
By the way you are getting better at this, looking forward to the new improved ping!
Hi Rowland,
glad to hear we have inspired you and that we are getting better! We have found a very effective marketing tool as well as great fun to do. I presume you have read my recent article on podcasting on the Headscape website?
Waffle on! I enjoy the early minutes of banter as a warm up. Would hate a change that had you providing tips,review, (techno babble) upon hitting play.
Agree that the cast is great and a worthy listen.
Cheers.
Hi Gregg,
glad you enjoy it. To be honest I dont think we could do it any other way. I dont think I could get through a podcast without being rude to Marcus and talking rubbish!
Is that Marcus doing the widley widley on his guitar in the background then?
oh yes simon, unfortunately it is :)
Paul, I like your idea of start-to-finish web development podcasts. One topic I would be interested to hear about is how a web designer can get her clients to tell her what they really want from a website – both aesthetically and functionally. Getting this established up front isn’t easy (sometimes clients don’t even know what is possible on the web), but would make everything easier in the long run. What kind of questions do you ask? Do you look at examples of existing sites, etc.?
Hi Nora,
glad you like the idea. However, as I have said before this podcast is produced primarily with the client in mind not the web designer. With that in mind I am not intending to cover techniques for dealing with clients. After saying that however, we are going to have an episode on success criteria which is about encouraging clients to consider what they want from their site.
Gentlemen -
Love your podcast – glad to see a little structure to the show, but don’t cut out the pre-show banter – it’s always good for a few chuckles. Keep up the good work guys.
Paul – forget the mics and stands. Get some quality headsets – they act as a wonderful monitor for you – that way we can hear Marcus!
I absolutely love the show and I’m learning so much, however they’re a few broken links to some of the articles that I wanted to read one being (http://www.boagworld.com/archives/2004/07/is_it_time_to_u.html)