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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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Posts Tagged ‘CSS’

CSS Trickster Chris Coyier

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Tech/Development on the 23-06-2010 | 5 Comments

Chris Coyer is best know for his work on CSS-Tricks a ever growing web design community. However, as you will discover in this interview it isn’t just limited to CSS.

Web Design News 15/06/10

Posted in Boagworld Bites, News on the 15-06-2010 | 2 Comments

This week: We look at emerging trends coming from Web Direction @Media including microcopy, HTML5 and CSS3 and inclusive design.

Web Design News 25/05/10

Posted in Boagworld Bites, News on the 25-05-2010 | 4 Comments

This week: Things I discovered at Future of web design, google open source web fonts, using flash to fill in the gaps and choosing the right image.

Web Design News 27/04/10

Posted in Boagworld Bites, News on the 27-04-2010 | 1 Comment

This week: Is the homepage dying? Everything you need to know about HTML5 and CSS3. Solve problems rather than add features. And why you shouldn’t be tied to a process.

HTML5 and CSS3 with Inayaili de León

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Tech/Development on the 06-04-2010 | 4 Comments

More from show 200: Inayaili de León tells us that we can be using HTML5 and CSS3 right now.

Zeldman and Ethan Marcotte on the future of the web

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Design on the 31-03-2010 | 1 Comment

Jeffrey Zeldman and Ethan Marcotte talk about the third edition of Designing with Web Standards as well as discuss the future of the web.

Web Design News 09 /03/10

Posted in Boagworld Bites, News on the 09-03-2010 | 6 Comments

This week: Giving and receiving design feedback, are you bored of your sites design, CSS typography and helping users when they are too busy to read.

Web Design News 02/03/10

Posted in Boagworld Bites, News on the 02-03-2010 | 9 Comments

This week: the search for inspiration, using CSS3, ecommerce tips and why the browser landscape in Europe is about to change.

The Stupidest thing: The beginning of the 200th show

Posted in Boagworld Bites on the 27-02-2010 | No Comments

This is the first extract from the 200th show with complete transcript. Unfortunately, this is the introduction section which mainly consists of pointless waffle!

Review: CSS Mastery 2nd Edition

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Reviews on the 20-01-2010 | 5 Comments

Hi, my name is Yaili and I’ll be reviewing the Second Edition of CSS Mastery, by Andy Budd.

190. Become a branding Ninja

Posted in Podcast on the 04-11-2009 | 9 Comments

On this week’s show: Ryan and Stanton interview Alex Hunter about managing your brand. Meanwhile Paul and Marcus look at how to speed up your website.

Make your website go viral

Posted in Design on the 28-10-2009 | 6 Comments

Sometimes even a small design technique is enough to make your website go viral.

5 ways to give your site a speed boost in less than 30 minutes.

Posted in Tech/Development on the 20-10-2009 | 19 Comments

In the age of broadband it is to think download speed does not matter. However, nothing could be further from the truth. I share 5 ways to add some zip to your site.

Guide to CSS support in email clients

Posted in News on the 03-09-2009 | 2 Comments

179. Affordance

Posted in Podcast on the 18-08-2009 | 2 Comments

On this week’s show: Ryan and Stanton are back yet again and we are joined by the one and only special guest Mr Marcus Lillington! We talk to Dan Rubin about making your interface invisible and answer your questions about failure and working on multiple projects at the same time.

167. Beyond Technology

Posted in Podcast on the 26-05-2009 | 2 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul shares his inspiration on blog writing and we talk to Mike Kus about our obsession with technology.

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.

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.

157. SXSW09

Posted in Podcast on the 18-03-2009 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show: Andy Budd, Daniel Burka, Jeremy Keith and Joe Stump answer listener questions in a live Boagworld special from the floor of SXSW.

Additional Information

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: