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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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130. Air

Posted in Podcast on the 13-08-2008 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show; Paul talks about better understanding disabled users. We have a tip from Jeremy about problem solving and Jonathan Snook introduces us to Adobe Air.

128. Details

Posted in Podcast on the 30-07-2008 | 11 Comments

On this weeks show, to fill the void left by Paul, I’m accompanied by our Producer Ryan and Researcher Stanton. We Interview Dan Rubin on the Details of Design, and answer your questions on managing a bigger team and terms and conditions.

125. Copy

Posted in Podcast on the 09-07-2008 | 8 Comments

In this weeks show we discuss how to give personality to your site copy and we talk with Elliot Jay Stocks about going freelance.

123. Plight

Posted in Podcast on the 25-06-2008 | 5 Comments

In this weeks show we review Textmate and the Top 5 Tips for Web Designers and we discuss the plight of in-house designers.

120. WCAG 2

Posted in Podcast on the 04-06-2008 | 13 Comments

In this weeks show we talk with Patrick Lauke about WCAG 2 and we discuss the perils of blindly following conventions.

119. Fluid Elastic

Posted in Podcast on the 28-05-2008 | 10 Comments

On this week’s show Ed Merritt joins us to discuss fluid, elastic layouts and we take a look at PHP Designer, a feature rich code editor.

117. Friendly

Posted in Podcast on the 14-05-2008 | 19 Comments

On this week’s show, we review woopra, a google analytics alternative and we explore why friendly urls are so important and what tools are out there to help you set them up.

113. Hiring

Posted in Podcast on the 27-02-2008 | 2 Comments

On show 113: Christian Heilmann on common Javascript mistakes. Marcus talks about hiring new staff and Paul shares his journey into screencasting.

110. The mighty Meyer

Posted in Podcast on the 06-02-2008 | 4 Comments

On Show 110: Eric Meyer on version targeting, the business benefits of usability testing and do I have to have a blog?

109. Rissington?

Posted in Podcast on the 28-01-2008 | 7 Comments

On Show 109. IE8 divides the web design community, Anton Peck talks about imagery, and the Rissington Podcast crew stand in for Marcus.

107. Running to keep up

Posted in Podcast on the 15-01-2008 | 7 Comments

On show 107: What should you be learning about in 2008, Jason Beaird on web design basics and how to deal with portfolio pages.

Quick and dirty wireframes

Posted in Usability on the 06-12-2007 | 6 Comments

I am currently in the process of wireframing an internal project that we are working on at Headscape. It occurred to me that despite the fact that wireframes are a fundamental tool of web design, they are not something I have spoken about before.

Show 102: Worktime blues

Posted in Podcast on the 27-11-2007 | 8 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul looks at why you should have a training budget and how to spend it. Marcus looks at capturing requirements and Roo Reynolds introduces us to the possibilities of virtual worlds and their impact on web design.

Favicons: Small but significant

Posted in Design on the 18-10-2007 | 13 Comments

Favicons are those 16 by 16 pixel graphics that appear in your address bar, bookmarks and various other places. They maybe tiny, but they are becoming increasingly important.

Show 96: Moll on Mobile

Posted in Podcast on the 02-10-2007 | 4 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul suggests some ways a client can pick which agencies to ask to tender. Marcus asks when is speculative design okay and Cameron Moll explaining how to get started on the mobile web.

Show 93: dconstructed

Posted in Podcast on the 10-09-2007 | 4 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul talks about how to make the most of the footer, Marcus explains why cold calling never works and Gary Marshall shares some great advice on writing content.

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

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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, 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: