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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 ‘Jeremy’

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.

Show 81: Money Matters

Posted in Podcast on the 29-05-2007 | 2 Comments

This week on Boagworld: Paul gives advice to those who work with content management systems. Marcus finally talks about charge out rates and we talk to Dan Mall and Mark Huot about swfIR.

Show 78: POSH?

Posted in Podcast on the 08-05-2007 | 6 Comments

This week on Boagworld: Paul casually redesigns the way clients and designers interact, Marcus asks if you really need a content management system, and we have Garrett Dimon on the show sharing his experiences of information architecture.

Show 77: A dream?

Posted in Podcast on the 30-04-2007 | 5 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul talks about how a client’s work is never done, Marcus looks at dealing with scope creep and we review Dreamweaver CS3 (is it really worth upgrading?).

Show 74: Marcus 2.0

Posted in Podcast on the 11-04-2007 | 9 Comments

This week: Is scrolling a bad thing, using frameworks to speed development, encouraging goodwill among your visitors and Marcus 2.0.

Show 68: Tagtastic

Posted in Podcast on the 27-02-2007 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show; Matthew Patterson from Campaign monitor shares some handy hints on sending an email campaign, Marcus finishes his series on web design contracts and Paul looks at some interesting alternative approaches to site navigation.

Show 65: Dying (Man Flu!)

Posted in Podcast on the 30-01-2007 | 5 Comments

This week on the Boagworld Podcast, Paul and Marcus drag themselves from their death beds to share why you should care about Vista, which browsers you should support and introduce you to the exciting world of terms and conditions. Oh yes and Drew McLellan explains the pros and cons of Ruby on Rails.

2007

Posted in News on the 04-01-2007 | 8 Comments

Well I am back from my Christmas break and I am really looking forward to 2007. In particular I can’t wait to get going on the new .net podcast and the revised boagworld show.

My Sledge Hammer List

Posted in Random on the 04-12-2006 | 18 Comments

I got into a very strange conversation today on Twitter that resulted in Chris Heilmann suggesting I broke the hands of any designer I felt was more talented than me. With that in mind here is the list of people I intend to attack with a sledge hammer at SXSW.

Refresh06

Posted in Random on the 19-11-2006 | 6 Comments

So Refresh06 is now over and I am mere moments away from heading back to the UK. Although the conference suffered from the occasional hiccup it has been incredibly enjoyable and I have been inspired by the amazing people I have met.

No show: Making Marcus Jealous

Posted in News on the 14-11-2006 | 4 Comments

Just a quick reminder that there will be no boagworld podcast this week as I am living it up in Florida.

Book recommendations

Posted in Reviews on the 26-05-2006 | 5 Comments

One of the most common questions I get emailed with is “what book would you recommend for XXX”. As I find myself continually recommending the same set I thought I would post a list of them here.

External Links and new windows

Posted in Tech/Development on the 31-01-2006 | 29 Comments

Not long ago I shared some advice on handling links within your web pages. Today I want to cover linking to external sites. However, be warned, this is not a normal boagworld.com post… it contains code!

Web Design Podcast (9) – Jeremy Keith Interview

Posted in Podcast on the 18-10-2005 | 9 Comments

This week Paul is joined by Jeremy Keith, author of DOM Scripting and joint head of the WASP DOM Scripting Task Force. Paul and Jeremy look at how to take the principles of web standards a step further by separating function from content as well as just design.

Web Design Podcast (8) – Jakob Nielsen

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

This week usability guru, Jakob Nielsen, has released his top ten web design mistakes for 2005. Paul and Marcus review the article and provide their own unique perspective on the great man of usability!

@Media2005

Posted in News on the 13-06-2005 | 2 Comments

@Media 2005 was the first Web standards and accessibility conference here in the UK and only the second worldwide. The conference demonstrated a growing commitment to building accessible and standards friendly web sites.
So what came out of the conference and why will it affect the way we all build web sites.

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: