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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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What we can learn from Flickr

Posted in Site content on the 13-09-2007 | 3 Comments

This years dconstruct really inspired me especially the talk by Tom Coates. It challenged my perception that web design is all about the website. Instead, as website owners, we need to start thinking about what content we hold rather than the method by which it is delivered.

Show 91: God Bless America

Posted in Podcast on the 28-08-2007 | 12 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul gets to grips with the fact that the whole world isn’t British, Marcus explains how to deal with the client from hell and Julie Howell shares her expertise on accessibility

Show 90: Digg

Posted in Podcast on the 14-08-2007 | 12 Comments

On this week’s show: Marcus abandons Paul to go on holiday. Paul talks about competitive analysis and does an in-depth interview with Daniel Burka, the creative director at digg.com.

Show 89: 404

Posted in Podcast on the 07-08-2007 | 11 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul talks about creating the perfect 404 page, Marcus covers some of the basics of rich media and Aral Balkan makes working with databases and APIs a whole lot easier in flash.

Advice for CMS users

Posted in Accessibility, Site content on the 23-05-2007 | 12 Comments

I have been putting together a document for work that provides some basic advice for people who work with content management systems. It covers things like accessibility and writing for the web so I thought there might be some value with sharing it with you all.

Show 79: Despise the listener

Posted in Podcast on the 15-05-2007 | 1 Comment

We have a great lineup this week: Paul talks about getting things done in web design and an alternative approach to your reading list. Marcus explains the exciting area of insurance for web designers and we have Andy Clarke on the show to give us an update on CSS 3.

Show 69: All alone

Posted in Podcast on the 06-03-2007 | 5 Comments

Abandoned by Marcus, Paul struggles on alone through this week’s show. Bravely he manages to cover; the cure to hiccups, how to hunt down those pesky CSS bugs and what’s new in Photoshop CS3.

Podcast 52: Javascript Libraries

Posted in Podcast on the 02-10-2006 | 18 Comments

This week on boagworld.com we talk to Dustin Diaz about Javascript libraries, discuss other web design podcasts, launch our web design forum and help you get started with Microformats.

d.construct: Full of questions

Posted in Tech/Development on the 06-09-2006 | No Comments

This will probably be my last chance to post before I am off to d.construct. I have a manic day tomorrow trying to get everything sorted before I go, however I wanted to share with you a couple of thoughts about the upcoming conference.

Come work with us!

Posted in News on the 01-09-2006 | 2 Comments

Headscape’s endless quest for world domination continues as we seek to recruit yet another member of staff. This time we are seeking a designer. He or she can work from home so this job is open to anybody in the UK.

Sample site review

Posted in Web strategy on the 13-07-2005 | No Comments

A part of my job at Headscape is to provide site reviews for clients. These range from short overview reports to detailed studies on particular aspects of a site. I recently completed a review for a small ecommerce site called TrapAWasp and felt that it neatly tidied together a number of different issues I had been discussing in this blog. The client has been kind enough to allow me to publish it here so hopefully it will be of some use to others. Please bear in mind that this is only a condensed site overview and doesn’t tackle issues in much depth.

Terrorist attack on London

Posted in Random on the 07-07-2005 | 1 Comment

As I sit here watching the bombings of London unfold I feel a need to write a few words on what I am seeing.

National Trails web site launched

Posted in News on the 01-07-2005 | 8 Comments

Today sees the launch of the Countryside Agency’s flagship website about the network of National Trails. This site is the culmination of month’s worth of work by the team at Headscape and I thought I would share with you a few of the highlights and lowlights of the project.

Is it time to upgrade your web site?

Posted in Web strategy on the 26-07-2004 | No Comments

How do you know when it’s time to upgrade your web site? Should you expect to have to upgrade your site regularly? This article gives you the answers.

Colour on the web

Posted in Design on the 16-06-2004 | 2 Comments

How to choose the right colours for your website

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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.

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