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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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‘Tech/Development’ archive

Beautiful design, robust technology

Posted in Design, Tech/Development on the 27-07-2010 | 14 Comments

Temporary websites are often the most tricky to build. Their transitory nature and short bursts of high traffic can be extremely demanding on both designer and developer.

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.

Dustin Diaz on Javascript and coding at Twitter

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Tech/Development on the 12-05-2010 | 1 Comment

Dustin Diaz talks about the shortcomings of jQuery, explains how object orientated coding can help your javascript and discusses testing your code.

Francisco Tolmasky talks about Atlas, Cappuccino and 280 slides

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Tech/Development on the 05-05-2010 | No Comments

At the last Future of Web Apps Ryan and Stanton had a chat with Francisco Tolmask about the work he’s doing on Atlas, Cappuccino and 280 slides.

Chris Lea on hosting and customer support

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Tech/Development on the 21-04-2010 | 5 Comments

Chris Lea works for Media Temple probably the best known hosting company within the web design world. He shares his advice on hosting and their experience of dealing with customer support.

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.

Britt Selvitelle from Twitter talks about passion

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Tech/Development on the 16-03-2010 | No Comments

Britt Selvitte from Twitter talks about enthusiasm, passion and just getting your web application up and running.

Building better forms with Steve Marshall

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Tech/Development on the 04-03-2010 | 2 Comments

Steve Marshall from Yahoo! draws on his many years of experience to share with us best practice in form design.

Great Demo of HTML 5 canvas

Posted in Tech/Development on the 22-02-2010 | 7 Comments

There seems to be endless talk about HTML5 at the moment and particularly the new canvas tag. But what exactly can be done with it?

10 problems your content management system will not solve and how to overcome them

Posted in Tech/Development on the 30-10-2009 | 14 Comments

Content management systems are often perceived as a silver bullet that will solve all your content problems. In reality having a CMS is not enough. You must also address broader issues associated with the content of your website.

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.

Creating a Draggable Sitemap with JQuery

Posted in Tech/Development on the 01-09-2009 | Comments Off

A couple of weeks ago I was tasked with building a drag-and-drop sortable sitemap for our in-house content management system. After a number of failed attempts, here’s how we ended up solving the problem.

Why .NET MVC? (and why should we Care?)

Posted in Tech/Development on the 18-08-2009 | 5 Comments

Having previously written about the highs and, perhaps more importantly, lows of working as a .NET developer. This article will continue the trip into Microsoft World, only this time it’s to the land of MVC.

10 criteria for selecting a CMS

Posted in Tech/Development on the 05-03-2009 | No Comments

Choosing a content management system can be tricky. Without a clearly defined set of requirements you will be seduced by fancy functionality that you will never use. What then should you look for in a CMS?

Our First AIR App

Posted in Tech/Development on the 13-02-2009 | 10 Comments

With Adobe AIR now up to 100 million downloads, being utilised by big name players such as the BBC and increasingly invading our desktop Headscape decided to give it a go.

Effective browser support

Posted in Tech/Development on the 05-01-2009 | 12 Comments

Browser support should focus on usability and accessibility rather than pixel perfect design. Sites should render in all browsers, but provide advanced features and aesthetics to those which can support it.

A dedicated follower of fashion

Posted in Tech/Development on the 15-10-2008 | 33 Comments

My name is Paul and I am an addict. I lust after anything new and shiny. But is that really wrong?

Fixed Footers without JavaScript

Posted in Tech/Development on the 04-09-2008 | 31 Comments

Ed Merritt (one of our very awfully clever designers at Headscape) has come up with a innovative little CSS technique I have encouraged him to share with you.

To Version Control or Not?

Posted in Tech/Development, Web strategy on the 18-08-2008 | 23 Comments

Version control can seem like a very daunting thing to incorporate into your work flow, but once it’s there you can be left wondering how you ever lived without it. Paul Stanton gives his thoughts and experiences on the subject.

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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