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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 ‘redesign’

No plans to redesign your site? Now is the time to hire a web design agency.

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Web strategy on the 09-06-2010 | 10 Comments

Many website owners hire their web design agency at the wrong time. Instead of hiring a web designer when you need work done, hire them when you don’t!

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.

There is a disturbance in the force

Posted in on the 23-04-2009 | Comments Off

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.

Three secrets to simplicity

Posted in Usability on the 03-03-2009 | 13 Comments

Many website owners damage their sites by continually adding features and content when they should be simplifying. In this post I reveal why that happens and how to simplify your website.

152. War?

Posted in Podcast on the 11-02-2009 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show: Daniel Burka and Joe Stump from Digg discuss the supposed war between designers and developers. Paul talks about using twitter effectively and we ask ‘are you placing too much emphasis on your homepage?’

10 harsh truths about corporate websites

Posted in Web strategy on the | 36 Comments

We all make mistakes running our websites. However the nature of those mistakes varies depending on the size of your website. As your site and organisation grow, the mistakes begin to change. This post addresses common mistakes in larger organisations.

5 options when website budgets get slashed

Posted in Web strategy on the 30-01-2009 | 10 Comments

Your site is in desperate need of a redesign, content is out of date and the technology is archaic. Unfortunately times are tight and your budget has been cut. What do you do?

150. User Manipulation

Posted in Podcast on the 28-01-2009 | 6 Comments

On this week’s show: Liz Danzico talks about user research. Paul explains how to create an effective call to action and we discover how one button cost $300 million in sales

147. Ho Ho Ho

Posted in Podcast on the 13-12-2008 | 6 Comments

This week on Boagworld: IT’S CHRISTMAS!

145. Baby Jack

Posted in Podcast on the 26-11-2008 | 1 Comment

On this week’s show Paul looks at how to communicate better with your users. Marcus examines ways to improve your contracts and Ryan has a baby (not actually on the show).

144. Scale

Posted in Podcast on the 19-11-2008 | 10 Comments

On this week’s show Paul talks to Joe Stump from Digg about scalable websites, we review the best apps for web designers and investigate services for sending bulk emails.

142. Community

Posted in Podcast on the 05-11-2008 | 4 Comments

In this week’s show Ryan and Stanton cover the news in Paul’s absence, we’re joined by Mark Boulton to discuss design by community and Marcus reminds us to keep positive.

141. Feedback

Posted in Podcast on the 29-10-2008 | 5 Comments

In this week’s show, Paul Annett joins us to discuss how he pushes the boundaries of CSS and we look at how to improve your website through user feedback.

136. Stagnation

Posted in Podcast on the 24-09-2008 | 11 Comments

In this week’s show we talk about overcoming stagnation and Ed Merritt shares a technique to achieve fixed footers without the use of javaScript.

135. Libraries

Posted in Podcast on the 17-09-2008 | 11 Comments

In this week’s show we talk with John Resig on javaScript libraries and address the question what is more important when we release an app: speed or quality?

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.

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