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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
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214. When to hire a web designer
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213. Getting all emotional
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212. More skills to learn
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Posts Tagged ‘typography’

The plight of the in-house designer

Posted in Web strategy on the 19-06-2008 | 11 Comments

The more organisations I work with the more sympathy I have for in-house designers and developers. It is a role that can be thankless and isolating. How then can their lives be made that much easier?

122. Screencasting

Posted in Podcast on the 18-06-2008 | 6 Comments

In this weeks show we have Ian Lloyd discussing Sitepoints HTML reference and we take a look at creating screencasts.

111. Utopia

Posted in Podcast on the 14-02-2008 | 8 Comments

On show 111: Designer and developer work together in utopian harmony. Two great listener reviews and Aral Balkan announces the biggest online web design conference ever.

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.

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 98: Flybe Farce

Posted in Podcast on the 16-10-2007 | 8 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul looks at the ongoing role of the website manager. Marcus looks at when to allow a loss leading project and instead of an expert section we are looking at the ultimate web design reading list.

Show 95: In honour of the the RAF

Posted in Podcast on the 25-09-2007 | 8 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul shares some techniques for selling your services through your online profile. Marcus discusses project time scales and Ben Hunt talks about marketing your web business.

Show 90: Digg

Posted in Podcast on the 14-08-2007 | 12 Comments

On this week’s show: Marcus abandons Paul to go on holiday. Paul talks about competitive analysis and does an in-depth interview with Daniel Burka, the creative director at digg.com.

Emerging design trends

Posted in Design on the 16-07-2007 | 38 Comments

Web 2.0. brought with it a lot of things. One was a new style of design. However, design is a fickle thing and we are already seeing some new trends emerging.

Taking a brand online

Posted in Design on the 06-07-2007 | 2 Comments

“and here is our style guide”… thump! A huge tome lands on the desk in front of you. When it is written entirely for print, how do you begin to turn it into something that will work on the web?

When developers design

Posted in Design on the 27-06-2007 | 7 Comments

In an ideal world designers design and developers develop. However, we don’t live in an ideal world and from time to time we have to swap roles. The problem is that there is a lot of tutorials and articles showing designers how to develop but little showing developers how to design. I therefore thought I would share some very basic tips.

Show 79: Despise the listener

Posted in Podcast on the 15-05-2007 | 1 Comment

We have a great lineup this week: Paul talks about getting things done in web design and an alternative approach to your reading list. Marcus explains the exciting area of insurance for web designers and we have Andy Clarke on the show to give us an update on CSS 3.

Show 75: Christian Bears

Posted in Podcast on the 16-04-2007 | 14 Comments

Marcus is back and talks about what to do if a client doesn’t pay. I look at clearing floats in CSS and we have Richard Rutter on the show giving us the lowdown on good web typography.

Show 72: Neverending Beta

Posted in Podcast on the 27-03-2007 | 23 Comments

On this week’s show: web stats meet usability testing, Apollo and why it is important, working with corporate colour palettes and how to sell your web design services.

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?”.

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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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