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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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174. Twitterverse

Posted in Podcast on the 15-07-2009 | 6 Comments

On this week’s show: The entire boagworld community shares its thoughts on web design and Megan Fisher gives us practical advice on building a mobile website.

134. Chrome

Posted in Podcast on the 07-09-2008 | 14 Comments

In this weeks show we give you advice on choosing the right hosting company, Teifion and John send us a review of dConstruct and of course we discuss the release of Google Chrome, can it topple IE?

A Year on the Conference Circuit

Posted in News on the 04-08-2008 | 5 Comments

This week’s feature has stemmed from a listener who asked “which conference would I suggest for a first timer”? And “how difficult is it if you don’t actually know anyone there”? Having attended a couple of the big conferences this year I thought it would be useful to share my experiences.

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.

Location aware

Posted in Tech/Development on the 19-05-2008 | 6 Comments

The web is full of exciting innovations at the moment. However, it is geocoding that personally excites me the most. In this post I explain what it is and why I believe it offers so much potential.

Keeping your skills sharp

Posted in Web strategy on the 09-11-2007 | 6 Comments

I recently received a question from Harry asking “what approach do you take to training?”. He has some budget set aside and is wondering how he should spend it.

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 85: Bulletproof

Posted in Podcast on the 03-07-2007 | 5 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul provides some design advice for developers, Marcus provides so post launch pointers and we review Jeremy Keith’s Bulletproof AJAX book.

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.

Podcast 49: d.construct & web services

Posted in Podcast on the 11-09-2006 | 5 Comments

This week Paul reports from the d.construct 06 web conference, which covered mysterious topics such as APIs, Microformats and web services. By interviewing the likes of Jeffrey Veen, Andy Budd, Ian Forrester and Jeremy Keith, Paul endeavours to wade through the jargon to discover the real benefits to your business.

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.

Podcast 47: The mobile web

Posted in Podcast on the 29-08-2006 | 20 Comments

There are three times as many mobile phones than personal computers. By 2009, it is predicted that there will be 3 billion mobile phones worldwide. This week on boagworld, we discuss an evolution of the web almost as profound at the arrival of the internet itself… the mobile web.

Podcast 42: Choosing the right design

Posted in Podcast on the 10-07-2006 | 19 Comments

It’s not unusual to be in a position where you have to choose between more than one design for a site. Whether you are a website owner assessing the work of multiple agencies or a web designer considering different approaches, sooner or later you are left with the question “which design do I pick?”.

atMedia: Real world application

Posted in Reviews on the 16-06-2006 | 1 Comment

Yesterday I posted my thoughts on each session as I went along. Although this might have been useful to some of you it was more of a personal reference than anything else. Today I have decided not to post on each individual session but rather sum up the overall lessons to be learnt from this year’s show.

Podcast 35: An interview with Andy Budd

Posted in Podcast on the 22-05-2006 | 11 Comments

This week on boagworld.com Paul chats with Andy Budd, author of CSS mastery, founder of clear:left and “international” speaker. Paul and Andy discuss the state of web design, working with clients and a bit about Andy’s background and expertise.

Web Design Podcast (14) – Real World Web 2.0

Posted in Podcast on the 21-11-2005 | 10 Comments

Over the past few weeks, I have written a lot about Web 2.0 on boagworld.com. However, most of what I have written consists of questions rather than answers. In this episode of the boagworld podcast, Marcus Lillington and I try to take the characteristics of Web 2.0 and apply them to real world websites.

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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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