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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
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214. When to hire a web designer
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213. Getting all emotional
This week on Boagworld: Stephen Anderson on emotional design, I review the iPad and we talk fonts, flash and fotos.
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Posts Tagged ‘clients’

Web Design News 16/07/10

Posted in News on the 16-07-2010 | 2 Comments

This week: A presentation from Relly about Microcopy, using Twitter for customer testimonials and saying ‘no’ to clients.

Is ‘John the client’ stupid or are you failing him?

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Random on the 24-02-2010 | 13 Comments

Meet John the client. John runs a reasonably large website. He is a marketeer who considers himself smart, articulate and professional. That said, he doesn’t know much about web design and so needs your help.

Educating clients to say yes

Posted in Talks on the 12-11-2009 | 9 Comments

The guys at Carsonified have published my talk at FoWD New York (Educating clients to say Yes)

How moodboards can save time, money and your sanity!

Posted in Design on the 22-10-2009 | 15 Comments

Mood boards are a traditional design tool. However, few web designers use them. This post looks at how they can transform your process, increase profitability and reduce the stress associated with design sign off.

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?”

Big mistake

Posted in Web strategy on the 15-06-2009 | 28 Comments

Every web design agency screws up from time to time? We’ll tell you our screw ups, if you tell us yours!

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.

Hampshire Web Developer required

Posted in News on the 01-05-2009 | 4 Comments

Are you a web developer living in the south of england? Once again, Headscape is looking for a talented, enthusiastic developer to join our team. We really need to stop expanding ;)

There is a disturbance in the force

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Case Study: Wiltshire Farm Foods

Posted in Usability on the | 12 Comments

One of the biggest challenges of running a successful website is balancing the needs of users with those of the business. This is especially true when an existing business model conflicts with user needs.

Bamboo Juice

Posted in Talks on the 18-04-2009 | No Comments

I was fortunate enough to speak at the first ever Bamboo Juice conference on the subject of selling web design services. If you were there or are just curious, this page will allow you to access my slides.

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.

When to outsource web work

Posted in Web strategy on the 09-04-2009 | 14 Comments

Your in charge of your organisations website. It has become moderately successful and now you have a decision. Do you hire a full time web designer or outsource to a web design agency?

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.

What is speculative design work?

Posted in Design on the 26-03-2009 | 25 Comments

What is speculative design work and why it is wrong?

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.

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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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