Boagworld Classics
By Paul Boag
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Podcast Description
Classic Boagworld is the original web design podcast hosted by Paul Boag and Marcus Lillington. The series ran for 216 episodes covering all aspects of web design. The show was cancelled to be replaced by 'The Boagworld Show' in January 2011.
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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? | 25 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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215. Web Directions | This week on Boagworld: Emerging trends at Web Direction @Media, playful web design and death to design by committee. | 18 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 11 6 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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213. Getting all emotional | This week on Boagworld: Stephen Anderson on emotional design, I review the iPad and we talk fonts, flash and fotos. | 28 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 21 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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211. Give your users a nudge | This week on Boagworld: Dustin Diaz from Twitter talks about Javascript and we look at how to nudge our users in the right direction. | 14 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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210. Blue Smurf | This week on Boagworld: Apple make their stance on Flash clear, Francisco Tolmask talks about the work he’s doing with Atlas and we review Flowplayer. | 7 5 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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209. Uncontrolled ranting | This week on Boagworld: Don't obsess over Google ranking, why mission statements must die and the decline of the homepage. | 30 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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208. My hosting company sucks! | This week on Boagworld: Chris Lea talks hosting and customer service. Paul shares his wireframe commandments and we announce the end of Flash ;-) | 23 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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207. Content isn’t compost | This week on Boagworld: The best wireframing tool available, do you need a content strategy and how to be the worse project manager ever. | 16 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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206. The future of web standards | This week on Boagworld: We interview Jeffrey Zeldman and Ethan Marcotte, ask should you care about people ripping off your work and look again at the subject of the fold. | 1 4 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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205. IE9 commeth | This week on Boagworld: The tables are turned as Paul and Marcus get interviewed. We talk about IE9 and hear a great perspective on accessibility. | 25 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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204. SXSW 2010 | This week on Boagworld: How to create the sxsw experience, pain free design sign off and Britt Selvitelle from Twitter talks about passion. | 19 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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203. Why your blog fails | This week on boagworld: the secret of successful blogging, will Google personalisation affect your sites ranking and how to help users too busy to read. | 12 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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202. Rocket Surgery Made Easy | This week on Boagworld: Steve Krug on monthly usability, Steve Marshall talks about form design and Paul rejoices over the new era for browsers in Europe. | 5 3 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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201. Are clients stupid? | This week on Boagworld: We review the freelancing book Noded, discover a new web tool called 'Support Details' and Paul tells us all a story. | 26 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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200. A taste of the show | This week's show gives you a taste of the live 12 hour marathon that took place to celebrate the 200th Boagworld. | 19 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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199. Time to generalise | This week on Boagworld: The changing role of web designers, Colin Firth on content and Becky Jones talks about the changes at Google. | 5 2 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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198. jQuery goodness | This week on Boagworld: We examine ways to improve the conversion rate on your ecommerce site, review CSS Mastery 2nd Edition and take a look at Zen Coding. | 29 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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197. Energise Your Ecommerce | This week on Boagworld: We examine ways to improve the conversion rate on your ecommerce site, review CSS Mastery 2nd Edition and take a look at Zen Coding. | 22 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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196. Interview with Kevin Rose | This week on Boagworld: We interview the founder of Digg.com Kevin Rose, take a first look at Codeslam and plan the future of the show. | 15 1 10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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195. Christmas Cheer | On our 2009 christmas special: Your favourite tweets of the year, a review of 24 ways, gifts for geeks and web design trends for 2010. | 11 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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194. Focus on User Tasks | On this week's show: Gerry McGovern talks about user tasks, Colin Firth discusses content and we have a review of Powerpoint alternative - Prezi. | 3 12 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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193. Get more from Google Analytics | On this week's show: Paul and Marcus are joined by Matt Curry who shares some advanced Google Analytics techniques. We have a review of Fancy Form Design by Jina Bolton and Paul goes on endlessly about the Website Owners Manual. | 27 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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192. Next Generation | On this week's show: We have interviews with two great upcoming web designers (Jamie Rumblelow and James Proud) as well as a new segment called Elevator Pitch. | 18 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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191. Ecommerce Lies | On this week’s show: Marcus explains how podcasting and blogging can support your business and Paul exposes the top ecommerce lies. | 11 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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190. Become a Brand Ninja | On this week’s show: Ryan and Stanton interview Alex Hunter about managing your brand. Meanwhile Paul and Marcus look at how to speed up your website. | 4 11 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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189. How to keep up with web innovations | On this week's show: Paul looks at keeping up with web innovations, Marcus shares how we make the podcast and Nora Brown reviews building findable websites. | 28 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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188. Clearscape or Headleft? | On this week's show, Richard Rutter, Jeremy Keith and Andy Budd join myself and Marcus for a round table discussion. | 21 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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187. Jedi Mind Tricks | On this week's show: Paul looks at how to better communicate and we ask whether you should mask your email address to avoid spam. | 13 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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186. Mobile Web | On this week's show: Brian Suda talks about the mobile web and Marcus suggests ways of responding to email inquires. | 7 10 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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185. Innovate | On this week's show: We talk about Google Chrome Frame, how to be an innovator, and measuring the success of your website. | 30 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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184. HTML5 | On this week's show: We interview Jeremy Keith about the truth of HTML5 and Ryan Carson shares some more advice about building your own web application. | 23 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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183. Inspired | On this week's show: Paul shares 3 ways to make your site stand out from the crowd. Matt Curry introduces us to Google website optimiser and Lyle Barras reviews Dropbox. | 16 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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182. North and South | On this week’s show: Molly talks about the future of web standards. Paul explains the differences between print and the web, and Ryan asks if job titles matter. | 8 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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181. Interview or death | On this week’s show: how to avoid design by committee, why you shouldn’t bother submitting to Digg and how to specialise in being a generalist. | 2 9 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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180. Backend | On this week's show: The Northeners are joined by the Headscape duo Craig and Dave. We talk about why you should care about .NET MVC and answer your questions about managing your code and friendly URLs. | 25 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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179. Affordance | Ryan and Stanton are back yet again and we are joined by 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. | 18 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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178. Bad Blogging | On this week's show: We look at the harsh truths of corporate blogging, ask how luxury products can be sold online and discuss whether it is the role of a web designer to challenge a client's business model. | 12 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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177. Back in business | On this week's show: Paul and Marcus talk to Brett Welch about the business of web design, and Paul chats with Ryan Taylor about creating a buzz. | 5 8 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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176. Youth | On this week's show: Ryan and Stanton are joined by Sarah Parmenter to answer Justin's question about what he needs to learn to become a web designer. | 29 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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175. Collaboration | On this weeks show: Ryan and Stanton take the helm, we interview Simon Collision on client collaboration and answer your questions about improving your design skills. | 22 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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174. Twitterverse | 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. | 15 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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173. UX | On this week’s show: Paul talks to Leah Buley from Adaptive Path about user experience design and Marcus provides some advice on warranties and other legal stuff. | 7 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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172. Hand Drawn | On this week’s show: Paul looks at the seven wonders of wireframing and Anna reviews the new micro CMS Perch. | 1 7 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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171. Access | On this week’s show: Ryan and Paul talk to Robin Christopherson from Abilitynet about web accessibility and Dave shares Headscape’s experiences of moving to Google Apps. | 23 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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170. Versus | On this week’s show: Paul talks about the conflicts surrounding design decisions, and Teifion challenges a BBC article that asks “Are the days of the web amateur numbered?” | 17 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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169. Type | On this weeks show: Paul talks about the power of story telling and shares some tips for “getting in the zone” and Mark Boulton joins us to talk about web typography. | 10 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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168. Personality | On this week's show: Paul explains how to give your site real personality and Dave shares some top tips for writing secure code. | 3 6 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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167. Beyond Technology | On this week’s show: Paul shares his inspiration on blog writing and we talk to Mike Kus about our obsession with technology. | 26 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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166. Boldly Go | On this week's show: Paul shares 10 ways to put your content in front of more people, Emily reviews Bubble Timer and we discuss the role of gender in design. | 20 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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165. Creativity | On this week's show: Paul shares his experiences of working on the Wiltshire Farm Foods website, we examine the role of Twitter and Ryan Carson shares some more advice on building web applications. | 13 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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164: Case Study | On this week’s show: Paul shares his experiences of working on the Wiltshire Farm Foods website, we examine the role of Twitter and Ryan Carson shares some more advice on building web applications. | 6 5 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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163. One year on | On this week’s show: Ryan and Stanton return due to popular demand! We are joined by none other than Elliot Jay Stocks to discuss his experience of being a freelancer for the last year, and we also ask him some of your questions from the forum. | 28 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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162. Social Media (Yuck!) | On this week's show: Paul interviews Mel Kirk about using social media for marketing. Marcus, explains why you need a thick skin as a web designer and we give you the chance to interview Elliott J Stocks. | 21 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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161. In or Out | 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. | 15 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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160. Education, Education, Education | On this week's show: We speak to Aaron Walter about teaching web standards. Ryan Carson starts a series on web applications and Paul talks about remote user testing. | 8 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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159. Special Guest | On this week's show: The northerners are back with special guest host Sarah Parmenter. We answer your questions on how to quote for projects and whether using off-the-shelf software is wrong and we have a chat with Sarah on her experiences in the industry and the difference between developing for clients and developing for yourself. | 1 4 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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158. Home | On this week's show: We share the highlights of SXSW, discuss home working, and interview Rob Borley about project management. | 24 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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157. SXSW09 | On this week's show: Andy Budd, Daniel Burka, Jeremy Keith and Joe Stump answer listener questions in a live Boagworld special from the floor of SXSW. | 18 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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156. IE8 | On this week's show: Ryan talks to Andy Clarke about Internet Explorer 8, Paul looks at how to simplify your site, and Michael argues that marketing should run the company website. | 11 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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155. Attitude | Boagworld is brought to by headscape.co.uk and shopify.com - a designer-friendly e-commerce solution. For information go to Shopify.com/boagworld. On this week's show: Paul asks if web designers have a bad attitude. Marcus talks about contracts and we take a look at working with browsers. | 4 3 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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154. Top Ten | On this week's show: Relly Annett-Baker talks about good copywriting, Paul learns how to be a more efficient designer and we look at the ultimate website launch checklist. | 25 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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153. Harsh | On this week's show: 10 harsh truths about your corporate website, Ryan reviews FreeAgent and Paul highlights the differences between print and the web. | 18 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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152. War? | 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?' | 11 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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151. Budget | On this week's show: Paul shares 5 tips for when your website budget gets slashed. We have a review of Dropbox and discuss ways to improve the typography on your site. | 4 2 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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150. User Manipulation | On this week's show Liz Danzico introduces us to user research, we learn 10 techniques for an effective call to action and discover how one button cost a company $300 million. | 28 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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149. White Hat | On this week's show: How to become number one on Google *cough*, are customer testimonials worth it and how do you create a reassuring website. | 21 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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148. Recession Cheer | On this week's show: Surviving the recession with Andy Budd, providing effective browser support and free boagworld consultancy. | 13 1 09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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147. Ho Ho Ho | This week on Boagworld: IT'S CHRISTMAS! | 10 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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146. Obsessive | On this week's show, Paul interviews Nicholas Felton about designing with data, we celebrate the return of 24Ways, and explain how community can keep users coming back for more. | 3 12 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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145. Baby Jack | 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). | 26 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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144. Scale | 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. | 19 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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143. Partnership | On this week’s show Paul and Marcus discuss how to promote your web application, ways to improve the client/designer relationship and tools for managing your font library. | 12 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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142. Community | 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. | 5 11 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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141. Feedback | 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. | 29 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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140. Launch | In this week's show GetSignOff has finally launched, we talk about how to use web stats to improve your site and we answer your questions about roles with web design and should you help clients with hosting. | 22 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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139. Brand | On this week's show we're joined by Ryan Carson to discuss building an online brand. We look at promoting your site with minimal budget and Marcus shares his views on working in an office. | 15 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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138. Freeform | In this week's show the entire boagworld production team answer listener questions. | 8 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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137. Adobe | In this week's show, Aral Balkan joins us to discuss the release of Adobe CS4 and we discuss how not to get blacklisted by Google. | 1 10 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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136. Stagnation | 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. | 24 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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135. Libraries | 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? | 17 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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134. Chrome | 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? | 9 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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133. Agile | In this week's show we talk to Jackson Wilkinson about Agile and answer your questions on web design courses and showing off development work. | 3 9 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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132. Drobo | In this weeks show Paul and Marcus return to talk about the abundance of content management systems and ask the question "Are there too many?", as well as discussing Paul's new Drobo and backing up. | 27 8 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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131. Version Control | In this weeks show Ryan and Stanton return to talk about the importance of version control and answer your questions on project management and invoicing applications, download sizes and page weight. | 20 8 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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130. Air | On this week's show; Paul talks about better understanding disabled users. We have a tip from Jeremy about problem solving and Jonathan Snook introduces us to Adobe Air. | 13 8 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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129. Conferences | This week's show sees the return of Ryan and Stanton, holding the fort while Paul and Marcus sun themselves on holiday. We'll be talking about taking your first steps into the world of conferences and answering your questions about font smoothing and browser emulators. | 5 8 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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128. Details | On this weeks show, to fill the void left by Paul, I'm accompanied by our Producer Ryan and Researcher Stanton. We Interview Dan Rubin on the Details of Design, and answer your questions on managing a bigger team and terms and conditions. | 29 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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127. Context | In this week's show we discuss taking context into consideration when designing websites and we answer your questions about video for an elderly audience and the most influential books in the industry. | 23 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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126. Scaling | In this weeks show we learn lessons from the botched iPhone launch here in the UK. We chat to Jeff Veen about the designer / developer relationship and Marcus talks about adding jingles to your website. | 16 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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125. Copy | In this weeks show we discuss how to give personality to your site copy and we talk with Elliot Jay Stock about going freelance. | 9 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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124. HTML 5 | In this weeks show we explore how to create better online surveys and Lachlan Hunt joins us to discuss HTML5 | 2 7 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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123. Plight | In this weeks show we review Textmate and the Top 5 Tips for Web Designers and we discuss the plight of in-house designers. | 25 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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122. Screencasting | In this weeks show we have Ian Lloyd discussing Sitepoints HTML reference and we take a look at creating screencasts. | 18 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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121. Coda | In this weeks show we discuss 5 quick fixes to accessibility, and we review the mac code editor Coda. | 11 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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120. WCAG 2 | In this weeks show we talk with Patrick Lauke about WCAG 2 and we discuss the perils of blindly following conventions. | 4 6 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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119. Fluid Elastic | On this week's show Ed Merritt joins us to discuss fluid, elastic layouts and we take a look at PHP Designer, a feature rich code editor. | 28 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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118. geo | On this weeks show we look at geocoding, Tom Coates talks about Fire Eagle and find out how we achieved the tabbed menu effect on the Headscape website. | 20 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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117. friendly | On this week’s show, we review woopra, a google analytics alternative and we explore why friendly urls are so important and what tools are out there to help you set them up. | 14 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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116. Back | 116. Back: Returning with a new site. Jeff Croft talks about his view on web standards and we discover why the personal website is dead. | 7 5 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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115. sxsw | On show 115: Lessons learnt at SXSW, Garett Dimon on form design and how to find usability test subjects. | 19 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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114. Forum | On show 114: Should designers stick to designing? What goes into a usability test script, and we talk to Alex Mogilevsky from Microsoft about Internet Explorer 8. | 4 3 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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113. Hiring | On show 113: Christian Heilmann on common Javascript mistakes. Marcus talks about hiring new staff and Paul shares his journey into screencasting. | 27 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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112. Jina | On show 112: How to be more efficient using HTML snippets, Jina Bolton on women in web design and moving to a mac. | 20 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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111. Utopia | 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. | 14 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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110. The mighty meyer | On Show 110: Eric Meyer on version targeting, the business benefits of usability testing and do I have to have a blog? | 6 2 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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109. Rissington? | On Show 109. IE8 divides the web design community, Anton Peck talks about imagery, and the Rissington Podcast crew stand in for Marcus. | 29 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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108. Future of | On show 108: The differences between work for an agency or being an in-house designer. Hosting bandwidth intensive content and what happens when Paul designs a web design conference. | 23 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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107. Running to keep up | On show 107: What should you be learning about in 2008, Jason Beaird on web design basics and how to deal with portfolio pages. | 15 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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106. Back to work blues | Paul and Marcus discuss common mistakes when creating your sites structure, we look at the future for Internet Explorer and Rachel Andrews shares her experiences of getting into web design. | 9 1 08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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105. Christmas Cheer | Paul suggests some gifts to buy the geek in your life. Marcus talks about wireframes and Matthew Paterson talks about the Email Standards Project. | 19 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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104. Give us your money | Paul shares 10 tips for getting designs signed off. Marcus looks at how to present to a prospective client and Michael Slater introduces us to Ruby on Rails. | 12 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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103. Bargain Basement | Paul looks at doing usability testing on a budget. Marcus explores the perfect working environment and we review writemaps an excellent online tool for creating site hierarchies. | 4 12 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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102. Worktime blues | Paul looks at why you should have a training budget and how to spend it. Marcus looks at capturing requirements and Roo Reynolds introduces us to the possibilities of virtual worlds and their impact on web design. | 27 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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101. Delusional | Paul finally looks at the subject of intranets. Marcus delvers deeper into the subject of rates and Andy Budd discusses getting design sign off. | 6 11 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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100. Live! | The audio quality isn't as great as it could have been, there is a lot of background noise and we are even more rambling than normal. However, this is our 100th episode and we are both proud and excited to have got this far. | 30 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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99. Don't Panic | The importance of the favicon, what to do when the work dries up and an alternative approach to storing content in your CMS. | 23 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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98. flybe Farce | 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. | 16 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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97. FoWA | On this week's show: Paul proposes tactics for overcoming design by committee. Marcus talks about extracting a budget from clients and Dan Cederholm compares pixels, ems and percentages. | 9 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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96. Moll on Mobile | On this week's show: Paul suggests some ways a client can pick which agencies to ask to tender. Marcus asks when is speculative design okay and Cameron Moll explaining how to get started on the mobile web. | 2 10 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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95. In honour of the RAF | 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. | 25 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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94. Flickr Features | On this week's show: Paul uses flickr as an example of best practice, Marcus discusses the use of client references and Patrick McNeil from Design Meltdown examines emerging design trends. | 18 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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93. dconstructed | 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. | 10 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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92. Royal Air Force | On this week's show: Paul asks how much you should blog, Marcus takes a look at the state of music online and John Oxton joins Jon Hicks in discussing the benefits and drawbacks of home working. | 4 9 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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91. God bless America | On this week's show: Paul gets to grips with the fact that the whole world isn't British, Marcus explains how to deal with the client from hell and Julie Howell shares her expertise on accessibility. | 28 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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90. digg | This week: 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. | 14 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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89. 404 | On this week's show: Paul talks about creating the perfect 404 page, Marcus covers some of the basics of rich media and Aral Balkan makes working with databases and APIs a whole lot easier in flash. | 7 8 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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88. Two fat ladies | On this week's show: Paul shares some thoughts on recording your creative ideas, Marcus discusses setting up a web design company and we review the Principles of Beautiful web design by Jason Beaird. | 31 7 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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87. Trends | On this week's show: Paul discusses about emerging design trends, Marcus talks about supporting existing websites and Ben Werdmuller introduces us to the open source community tool Elgg. | 24 7 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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86. Boagworld Book | On this week's show: Paul talks about taking a brand online, Marcus gives some advice about reviewing your information architecture and Ian Lloyd introduces us to the challenges of designing for screen readers. | 10 7 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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85. Bulletproof | 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. | 3 7 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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84. Maybe | On this week's show: Paul explains why Headscape does Design Testing, Marcus talks about growing your web design and Mark Buckingham provides an introduction to Search engine optimization. | 26 6 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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83. iphone bollocks | On this week's show: Paul talks about the importance of undo, Marcus explains the benefits of stakeholder interviews and Struan Robertson highlights some legal deathtraps waiting for us online. | 19 6 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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82. Microsoft drones | This week on Boagworld: Paul talks about managing enquiries, Marcus asks whether you should add links to your website on client sites and Rob Borley talks about ASP .net. | 11 6 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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81. Money Matters | 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. | 29 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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80. Home sweet home | On the show this week: Paul talks about preserving the design of your home page, Marcus takes a look at project management software and John Oxton shares his experiences of working as a freelancer for web 2.0. companies. | 22 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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79. Despise the listener | 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. | 15 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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78. POSH | 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. | 8 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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77. A dream? | 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?). | 1 5 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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76. Clients and Agency | Marcus and Paul swap roles this week. Marcus talks about setting up a web design company in the agony uncle section while Paul talks about the role of the client in the client corner. Finally we have also have Derek Featherstone talking about making your web application accessible. | 24 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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75. Christian Bears | 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. | 16 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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74. Marcus 2.0 | This week: Is scrolling a bad thing, using frameworks to speed development, encouraging goodwill among your visitors and Marcus 2.0. | 11 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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73. Drone | Marcus makes sweet love to our clients. I fiddle with my captions and our lead developer drones on about setting up a development server. | 3 4 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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72. Neverending Beta | 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. | 27 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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71. macBoag | On this week's show Paul talks about user login and registration, Patrick Haney shares his opinions on good design and Marcus covers picking the right web design agency. | 19 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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70. SXSW | This special episode of boagworld comes direct from SXSW. Paul and Marcus interview a whole host of webcelebs including the founder of Twitter, Ryan Carson and a gaggle of panelists. | 13 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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69. All alone | Abandoned by Marcus, Paul struggles on alone through this week's show. Bravely he manages to cover; the cure to hiccups, how to hunt down those pesky CSS bugs and what’s new in Photoshop CS3. | 5 3 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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68. Tagtastic | 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. | 27 2 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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67. Marcusworld? | This week on the Boagworld Podcast, Dan Rubin looks at the design fundamentals of white space and page layout. Marcus continues his series on the statement of work, while Paul explains openID and tackles the HasLayout bug in Internet Explorer. | 19 2 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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No Show | Unfortunately there will be no show this week. | 12 2 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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66. Beyond HTML | We have a bit of an audio and video theme to this week's show with Ian Forrester talking about online video and Paul sharing some advice on creating a podcast. Marcus also continues his series on client contracts by looking at "the statement of work". | 5 2 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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65. Dying (Man Flu!) | 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. | 30 1 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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64. Hosting | This week on Boagworld we explain all you need to know about hosting , look at how to interpret other people’s CSS and review an excellent HTML email testing tool. Oh yes... and Marcus drones on about client stuff. | 30 1 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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63. More than iPhone | This week on Boagworld Paul looks at whether it is possible to build HTML emails with CSS. Marcus discusses how to write a good brief and Christian Heilmann wades into the current Javascript library debate. | 15 1 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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62. Glitches | This week sees the launch of the new format show and despite a few audio problems it worked well. We discuss handling difficult requests from clients, the upcoming boagworld meetup and when to redesign your site. Jeremy Keith also shares his thoughts on when and where to implement Microformats. | 8 1 07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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61. Christmas Special | In our Christmas Podcast Special; Skype murders Marcus rendition of Silent Night, Paul shares his list to Santa and they both look at the successes and failures of the web over the last year. | 11 12 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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60. Return on investment | This week on the boagworld podcast we look at why return on investment should be at the heart of our approach to website development. | 4 12 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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59. Community websites Part 2 | This week on boagworld Paul and Marcus continue their discussion on social participation, focusing on growing a community and troubleshooting the problems that are inevitably encountered. | 27 11 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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58. Community websites Part 1 | This week a somewhat jet lagged Paul discusses virtual communities with Marcus. In particular they focus on the tools available to community builders and the business benefits of social participation. | 21 11 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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57. Afraid of Standards? | This week Paul and Marcus are joined by Ben Henick author of an excellent article about standards found on the List Apart website. Together they have a frank and open discussion about the downsides of designing with standards. | 5 11 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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56. To implement or not? | Despite the obscure title, this week's show is very relevant to everybody involved in web design. We look at how to decide what techniques and technologies to implement on your site and what should motivate your decision making process. | 30 10 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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55. Ecommerce 101 | Payment gateways, secure transitions, order fulfilment. Ecommerce can be a confusing subject. In this week's show we are joined by Eric and Ben from the eBiz Vodcast and together we endeavour to explain all you need to know in order to get started in ecommerce. | 22 10 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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54. Business Benefits of Web Standards | This week's boagworld special focuses on the business benefits of web standards. Available both as audio, video and a PowerPoint, our hope is that you can use this episode to promote the benefits of standards to your colleagues, managers and the online community. | 16 10 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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53. Ecommerce Usability | Product information can make or break an ecommerce site. In this week's show we look at the usability of ecommerce sites and in particular how you display your products. | 9 10 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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52. Javascript Libraries | 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 | 2 10 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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51. Better Google Listings | We all want better listings for our sites on Google, but search engine optimisation often appears to be a dark art and a morally murky area. In this show, we explore the issue and provide some practical advice. | 26 9 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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50. Question Time | On this 50th episode of boagworld.com we turn the tables allowing you the listener to set the agenda. Based entirely on listener submitted questions we cover the future of boagworld, top tips for podcasting, working with javascript libraries and whether tables and web standards can be combined. | 19 9 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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49. d.construct and web services | 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. | 10 9 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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48. Ten ways to ruin your design | In the 48th episode of Boagworld.com we look at ten ways to produce a lousy design! We also look at some of the highs and lows of the mobile web as well as review an extremely good open source forum system. | 4 9 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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47. The mobile web | 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. | 28 8 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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46. Selling web design services | This week on Boagworld.com, we discuss how to sell your web design services, the pros and cons of HTML emails and we review the .net web design magazine. | 21 8 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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45. The importance of art direction | This week on boagworld, we get all pretentious and arty as we talk about the need for "art direction". We share a few tips on how to ensure your site can expand easily over time and we look at what is in the news, including Google's plans to favour accessible sites. | 31 7 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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44. Writing for the web | This week on boagworld.com: How to write good website copy and why designers should care. Is using Dreamweaver cheating? And how to "super charge" your web feeds. | 23 7 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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43. The business of web design | In this week's show, we cover: running a web design agency, what employers look for when hiring a web designer, the best stats package in the world, should we stop testing in IE 5, and running multiple versions of IE on a single PC. | 17 7 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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42. Choosing the right design | 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?". | 10 7 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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41. Building better forms | This week on boagworld Paul and Marcus discuss how to create better forms and how to avoid damaging your search engine rankings when launching a site redesign. | 26 6 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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40. atMedia - Applying the lessons learnt | Paul and Marcus discuss the recent atMedia conference on web design. How do the subjects covered by the leading lights in web design apply in the real world, on websites that don't have limitless budgets and funky web 2.0 functionality. | 26 6 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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39. Mature Flash | This week on the boagworld podcast Paul chats with Aral Balkan, one of the leading figures in the open source flash community. Paul and Aral discuss the current state of flash development, where flash may go in the future and how flash has gone a long way to shaking off its bad reputation. | 18 6 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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38. Navigational Approaches | In this 38th episode of boagworld.com Paul and Marcus take a detailed look at the different types of navigation that can be used on a website. From the humble body link to the most complex site map, this episode tackles how to get the most from your sites navigation. | 12 6 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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37. Design Process | This week on boagworld.com, Paul and Marcus look at designing for content management systems, how to develop a design from scratch and a great introduction to standards based development. | 5 6 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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36. Developing a site structure | In this week's show, Paul gets depressed about the state of online accessibility, we debate the virtues of user testing design and discuss the basics of creating a good structure for your site. | 30 5 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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35. An interview with Andy Budd | 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. | 22 5 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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34. The roles of client and web designer | In this weeks show Paul and Marcus discuss the sometimes problematic relationship between web design agencies and clients. They also cover how the line between web pages and the browser have been blurred, the evils of speculative work and a great new book by Ian Lloyd. | 15 5 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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33. Creating a great search facility | In their 33rd podcast Paul and Marcus look at how to create the most effective in-site search facility, the differences between RGB, CMYK, Pantone and HEX, and the importance of keeping up-to-date with web development techniques. | 8 5 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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32. In-house vs. outsourcing | The decision of whether to develop your website in house (by taking on additional staff) or outsource it to the third party web design company can be a tricky. This week Paul and Marcus look at the pros and cons of both approaches as well as throwing in some additional options for good measure. | 2 5 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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31. Working with style guides | Taking a corporate identity and making it work online can be a challenging process. This week Paul and Marcus look at how to take a style guide and make it work on the web. | 24 4 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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30. The flash debate strikes back! | Last weeks show (the great flash debate) generated so much interest and so many comments that we have decided to do a follow up show looking at the feedback we have received. | 18 4 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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29. The Great Flash Debate | Flash is one of those web technologies that always generate a lot of debate. In this episode of boagworld.com Marcus and Paul go head to head arguing the pros and cons of this controversial plug-in. | 9 4 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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28. Understanding Accessibility Guidelines | In this weeks show we get "down and dirty" with web accessibility, including a step-by-step tutorial into the WAI guidelines. WARNING: Spot the deliberate mistake! | 2 4 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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27. Pragmatic Accessibility | How do you make sure your site is accessible while avoiding "design compromises" and ensuring a healthy return on investment? This episode of boagworld.com focuses on applying accessibility theory to real world scenarios. | 12 3 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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26. Technical considerations | What are the technical considerations you need to take into account before building your new website? Understanding things like the technical constraints faced by your users or inherent in your hosting environment, helps to define the functionality of your site. | 6 3 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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25. Geek Dinner Special | This weeks podcast comes from a geek dinner at which Paul was the speaker. Paul covers the subject of learning together as web designers as well as answering questions on web standards, podcasting and web 2.0. | 26 2 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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24. Selecting a content management system | With almost all clients wanting to have at least some control over their websites, the choice of content management system has become a key component in a successful website project plan. | 20 2 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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23. Defining your project | This week on Boagworld.com Paul and Marcus discuss the need to define clearly the scope of your web project before rushing into the build. They also review some great sites about website layout and gratuitously promote Practical web design magazine. | 10 2 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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22. How your website sells | Whatever your website is about, it has to sell something. From selling an idea to a product or service, every site has its place in the sales process. This podcast looks at what that process is and how your website plays its part. | 5 2 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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21. Working with stats | Are you getting the most from your web stats? Are they helping you identify areas on your site that require improvement? Marcus and Paul look at how web stats can keep you informed about how users interact with your site. | 29 1 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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20. Success Criteria | How will you judge if your new site is more successful than your old one? What do you want your site to achieve and how are you going to evaluate its success? This week Paul and Marcus discuss " success criteria " . What are they and how do you decide upon them? | 23 1 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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19. Know your users | In the second of their ongoing series on building and running a website, Paul and Marcus discuss the need to have a clear understanding of who your users are and how to go about finding out. | 15 1 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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18. When to redesign | Well, Christmas is over and our new year ' s resolutions are long since broken. However, it is not all doom and gloom. The Boagworld podcast is back and this week Paul and Marcus are discussing the thorny subject of when to redesign your site. | 9 1 06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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17. Christmas special | This special edition of Boagworld.com is probably the most pointless podcast ever released but at least you get to find out what the worst Christmas site ever is! | 12 12 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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16. Design 101 | However you are involved with web design, whether it is as a site owner, a developer or a content provider, sooner or later you will have to make some form of design decision. This podcast explains the basics of good design and provides some simple techniques to improve the design of your site while ensure you do not undermine the work done by your web designer. | 5 12 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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15. Project Management | Project management lies at the heart of a successful web project. This week Paul and Marcus discuss project management and look at was to ensure your web projects run smoother. | 28 11 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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14. What is Web 2.0? | 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. | 21 11 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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13. Choosing a web design agency | This week we look at the selection process for choosing a web design agency. As a client, how do you pick the right company for you? Conversely, as a web design agency, how do you make yourself attractive to clients? | 14 11 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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12. Writing an effective brief | Marcus once again joins me for this weeks show. The main subject is advising clients on how to write an effective brief and then advice to web designers on how to respond to an invitation to tender. | 7 11 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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11. Commercial blogging | This week we look at blogging. Is it just a cheap form of therapy for those who feel a need to unburden their emotional problems, or is it a powerful marketing tool for increasing your businesses exposure. | 30 10 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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10. Accessibility | On this life-changing episode of Boagworld.com (Okay, so I have delusions of grandeur), we look at the subject of web accessibility. What is it? Why it is important? And how to decide just how accessible your site needs to be. | 23 10 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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9. Unobtrusive JavaScript | Jeremy Keith, author of DOM Scripting, joins Paul and introduces a new level to our web development... unobtrusive JavaScript. | 18 10 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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8. Top Ten Design Mistakes of 2005 | Jakob Nielsen, usability guru, has released his top ten web design mistakes for 2005. Marcus and Paul review these results and share their pearls of wisdom on the subject! | 10 10 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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7. Working with content | " Content is king " they say. Why then do we give it so little attention? This week we look at content; why it is important, how to make it accessible, how to write it effectively and how to manage it online. | 3 10 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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6. Future of the web | So what does the future of the internet have in store? How will this affect your website? This week Paul and Marcus look at emerging technologies and how you can use them on your own site. All without techno babble! | 27 9 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5. Usability Testing | This week on boagworld.com Paul and Marcus cover the basics of usability testing. They cover the financial benefits of testing, how to test and the different types of testing available. Paul also reviews Dreamweaver 8. | 19 9 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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4. Search Engine Optimization | This week on Boagworld.com Paul looks at the subject of search engine optimization and how to improve your sites listing. He also reviews SEO Elite, a program dedicated to improving your sites position. | 12 9 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3. Classic Web Design Mistakes | This week on Boagworld.com Paul is joined by Marcus Lillington to discuss classic web development mistakes made by clients and designers alike. We also look at the latest news in web design including the improved W3C website and the Macromedia Podcasts. | 2 9 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2. Web Standards | This week on Boagworld.com we look at how web standards provide a better way to build web sites. We review Dreamweaver 8 and comment on the re-emergence of two old dates, what is accessibility and should a design be fluid or fixed width? | 28 8 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
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1. Working with PDF documents | Welcome to the first ever Boagworld.com podcast. In this episode we cover PDF documents and their associated problems. We also look at a couple of revamps of well known web design related sites and review a great WYSIWYG editor called Xstandards. | 22 8 05 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 217 Episodes |
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