Boagworld: UX, Design Leadership, Marketing & Conversion Optimization

Skills, maintenance and proposals

16 May 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week on little web design podcast we look at the key skills every web designer should have, how to win over clients and how to manage them over t...

Freelancing, popups and performance

09 May 2013

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This week on the Boagworld podcast it’s all about the performance of your site, changing your career and discussing the fact that pop-ups just never...

Sprites, UX advice and long term clients

02 May 2013

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This week on the Boagworld show, awful accents asking about sprites, the thing all non ux people should know and working with long term clients. Find ...

Schemas, RSS and the beginning of all things

25 Apr 2013

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This week on Boagworld we talk schemas, ask whether there is still a role for RSS and talk about our first ever client. Find The Latest Show Notes

Plagiarism, age and competition

18 Apr 2013

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On our first episode of season 6 we cover, what to do about stolen content, can old people work in web design and more besides. Find The Latest Show N...

We were right all along

14 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

On the last show of this series we ask whether the RFP is broken, look at lean usability and investigate ways of working closer with our clients. Oh y...

Mumbling about mobile

07 Mar 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the most lushish web design podcast: One size fits none, nine questions about your mobile strategy and how do you hold your mobile phone?...

It’s all about me

28 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Boagworld, its all about me… oh yes and Jeffrey Zeldman. We cover choice paralysis, 10 commandments of web design and the evils of emai...

All apps are evil (but Mark Boulton is great)

21 Feb 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week on our little web design podcast; facebook breaks the internet, Mark Boulton refines the canons of design and we all queue up for mailbox. F...

Design differently

14 Feb 2013

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This week on Boagworld its all about design. Design at Google, moving beyond user centric design and designing with audio. Find The Latest Show Notes

Blind criticism

07 Feb 2013

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On this week's podcast David Ball goes blind, Christian Heilmann rants at the ranters and I widen the scope of web standards. Find The Latest Show Not...

Everybody else is wrong

31 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week on boagworld we slag off sliders, call css smelly and look at cartoons about mental models. Find The Latest Show Notes

Technological terror

24 Jan 2013

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the world’s best podcast: responsive design turns out to be more complicated than we thought, we all get typographical and we revisit a...

Welcome to the world of tomorrow

17 Jan 2013

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On this week’s show, we kick off a new season that focuses on inspirational posts including redesign versus realignment, what the heck is SEO, and r...

Bug herding, brackets and dealing with multimedia

20 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show. A tool for bug reporting, an amazing new code editor and a news feed app that gets better over time. We also look at a couple of ...

Volia vs Skitch, Hammer vs Mixture, Mailchimp and CarTunes

13 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the boagworld show, A screen capture showdown, Hammer vs Mixture, email newsletters get even easier and I rant about my car stereo. Find ...

Pixa, Smush.it, text expanders and Gusto

06 Dec 2012

Contributed by Lukas

This week we organise our inspiration libraries, compress our clients images and speed up customer support. We also kick the butt on Diet Coda. Find T...

Spectrum, Emmet, Qualaroo and Analytics Tiles

29 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Something for everybody this week. A colour tool for designers, a web developers toolkit and a nice survey tool for website owners. We also have a mob...

Lorempixel, GTMetrix, Responsibility Matrix and What the Font

22 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Dummy images that won't confuse clients. The ultimate performance measuring tool. A mobile app for identifying fonts and something called a responsibi...

Reflow, Transmit, Supportbee, Mention

15 Nov 2012

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Marcus gets excited about FTP, I enthuse about Adobe Reflow, we both pretend to care about customer support and then go ego surfing. Find The Latest S...

Solidify, Sublime, Optimise and Ideas

08 Nov 2012

Contributed by Lukas

This week on the show we look at a new user testing tool, explore your multi-variance options, review Sublime text and get some design inspiration. Fi...

Screenflow, Starkers, Mailchimp and Photosync

01 Nov 2012

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On this week's show we have screencast recording software, Wordpress starter templates, software for sending newsletters and an app for moving photos ...

Verifyapp, FitVid, Privacy Policy Generator and Pocket

25 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's podcast; quick and dirty user testing, and the challenges of responsive design. We also look at privacy policies and managing your read...

Gridset, Trello, SoundGecko and Coda vs Espresso

18 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

This week we cover a great grid tool, enjoy list nirvana, and learn to listen to our reading list. We also put Coda 2 and Espresso head to head. Find ...

TinyPNG, Twitter Boostrap, SocialSafe and Day One

11 Oct 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Paul gets over excited about audio effects, Marcus proves clueless about Twitter bootstrap and we both think TinyPNG is the dogs bollocks. Find The La...

Axure, Fireworks, LESS and IFTTT

04 Oct 2012

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This week I claim Axure is overpriced, @leigh explains why we should all be using Fireworks and we delve into pre-processors. Find The Latest Show Not...

Gridlover, Codekit, Buffer and Flipboard

27 Sep 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In our continual hunt for the best apps and tools for web designers we look at Gridlover, Codekit, Buffer and Flipboard. Find The Latest Show Notes

ICOMoon, Adobe Shadow, Evernote and Everclip

20 Sep 2012

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The Boagworld Show returns for season 4. Apps reviewed include ICOMoon, Adobe Shadow, Evernote and Everclip Find The Latest Show Notes

Managing feedback

20 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Client centric design encourages clients to comment on the web design process. But how do you keep the client focused and encouraging the right type o...

Dealing with design

06 Jun 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Design is the subject most likely to undermine the client / designer relationship. This post focuses on how to get client and designer working togethe...

A business embedded approach

23 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

A big part of client centric web design is being focused on business drivers and objectives. In this post we look at how to increase your knowledge of...

Nurturing a communicative relationship

09 May 2012

Contributed by Lukas

Too many client relationships are like something from a bad romantic comedy. In this post we look at how working with clients is much like dating. Mar...

A partnership of experts

25 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

For the client/designer relationship to work both parties need to respect the other. In this post we explore how to move the clients perception of you...

Introducing Client Centric Design

11 Apr 2012

Contributed by Lukas

In the first episode of season 3 we introduce client centric design. This methodology addresses the negative attitude that exists towards client work ...

The whys, wheres and hows of going live

09 Nov 2011

Contributed by Lukas

If you thought building a website was hard, wait until you try to launch it. In this post we ask "when do you launch?" and "how do you ...

Making analytics work for you

26 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Do you get the most out of Google analytics or are you just scratching the surface? In this post we discover that analytics is about more than user se...

An old guys guide to building modern websites

12 Oct 2011

Contributed by Lukas

[S02E09] Boagworld.com is the first site I have personally coded in a long time. Things have certainly come a long way and become very exciting. Find ...

Working with WordPress

28 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

[S02E08] WordPress has come a long way since its humble beginnings as a blogging tool. It’s now a fully fledged content management system. But is it...

Real Life Responsive Design: Ethan Marcotte

14 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

[S02E07] We have all read articles on responsive design. However, when you put theory into practice things are never as simple as they first appear. F...

Web Accessibility in the real world

31 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

[S02E06] The accessibility of our websites is not something many of us like to think about. However, we have a legal and morale obligation to do so. F...

The big decisions about design and how to make them

10 Aug 2011

Contributed by Lukas

[S02E05] Design is full of decisions from whether to design in the browser to which typeface is best. But how do you make those decisions and what fac...

Helping users find content and take action

20 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

[S02E04] A successful website should enable users to find the content they require as quickly as possible, while encouraging them to complete your des...

The secret power of personality

06 Jul 2011

Contributed by Lukas

[S02E03] The design of your site should communicate something of your organisations personality as well as make a connection with users. Knowing who y...

Defining your audience and their tasks

22 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

[S02E02] This week on the boagworld show we look at defining your target audience and identifying their goals, activities and tasks. Find The Latest S...

Laying the ground work

12 Jun 2011

Contributed by Lukas

[S02E01]: Before you can create an effective website you need to know what you are trying to achieve, how you are going to measure success and what yo...

Live ‘end of season one’ show

25 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

To mark the end of season one of the Boagworld Show we recorded a live special from SXSW in Austin Texas. Find The Latest Show Notes

When driving traffic, think quality as well as quantity.

03 Mar 2011

Contributed by Lukas

(S01:E06) As website owners how do we drive high quality traffic to our websites that will generate the return on investment we need? Find The Latest ...

Are you refining or rotting?

24 Feb 2011

Contributed by Lukas

(S01:E05) Too many websites are just left to rot. If you want your website to generate a return on investment you need to continually refine it. Find ...

Calls to Action help users

17 Feb 2011

Contributed by Lukas

(S01:E04) Everybody seems to go on about calls to action. They offer obvious benefits to your business, but what about your users? Find The Latest Sho...

Becoming user focused

10 Feb 2011

Contributed by Lukas

(S01:E03) Although business objectives should be your sites number one goal, ignoring users would be a mistake. Happy users are a prerequisite of a su...

Measuring your successes and failures

03 Feb 2011

Contributed by Lukas

(S01:E02) What is the point of making changes to your website if you have no real way to tell whether it is an improvement or not? Stop guessing. Star...

Make better informed decisions about your site

27 Jan 2011

Contributed by Lukas

(S01:E01) As website owners we like to talk about the importance of business objectives but I suspect we talk the talk, rather than walk the walk. Fin...

A podcast present

09 Dec 2010

Contributed by Lukas

As it is Christmas we thought it was a good time to announce the return of the Boagworld podcast. In this special episode we introduce the new format ...

216. Thanks for all the fish

25 Jun 2010

Contributed by Lukas

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? Find The Latest S...

215. Web Directions

18 Jun 2010

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Boagworld: Emerging trends at Web Direction @Media, playful web design and death to design by committee. Find The Latest Show Notes

214. When to hire a web designer

11 Jun 2010

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This week on Boagworld: When to hire a web agency, user testing on disposable websites and a need for speed. Find The Latest Show Notes

213. Getting all emotional

28 May 2010

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Boagworld: Stephen Anderson on emotional design, I review the iPad and we talk fonts, flash and fotos. Find The Latest Show Notes

212. More Skills To Learn

21 May 2010

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Boagworld: 5 new skills every web designer needs to know and how to be inspired while maintaining focus. Find The Latest Show Notes

211. Give your users a nudge

14 May 2010

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Boagworld: Dustin Diaz from Twitter talks about Javascript and we look at how to nudge our users in the right direction. Find The Latest ...

210. Blue Smurf

07 May 2010

Contributed by Lukas

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 Flowplaye...

209. Uncontrolled ranting

30 Apr 2010

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Boagworld: Don't obsess over Google ranking, why mission statements must die and the decline of the homepage. Find The Latest Show Notes

208. My hosting company sucks!

23 Apr 2010

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Boagworld: Chris Lea talks hosting and customer service. Paul shares his wireframe commandments and we announce the end of Flash ;-) Find...

207. Content isn’t compost

16 Apr 2010

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Boagworld: The best wireframing tool available, do you need a content strategy and how to be the worse project manager ever. Find The Lat...

206. The future of web standards

01 Apr 2010

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

205. IE9 commeth

26 Mar 2010

Contributed by Lukas

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. Fin...

204. SXSW 2010

19 Mar 2010

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Boagworld: How to create the sxsw experience, pain free design sign off and Britt Selvitelle from Twitter talks about passion. Find The L...

203. Why your blog fails

12 Mar 2010

Contributed by Lukas

This week on boagworld: the secret of successful blogging, will Google personalisation affect your sites ranking and how to help users too busy to rea...

202. Rocket Surgery Made Easy

05 Mar 2010

Contributed by Lukas

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 Eur...

201. Are clients stupid?

26 Feb 2010

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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. Find The...

200. A taste of the show

19 Feb 2010

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This week's show gives you a taste of the live 12 hour marathon that took place to celebrate the 200th Boagworld. Find The Latest Show Notes

199. Time to generalise

05 Feb 2010

Contributed by Lukas

This week on Boagworld: The changing role of web designers, Colin Firth on content and Becky Jones talks about the changes at Google. Find The Latest ...

198. jQuery goodness

29 Jan 2010

Contributed by Lukas

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 C...

197. Energise Your Ecommerce

22 Jan 2010

Contributed by Lukas

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 C...

196. Interview with Kevin Rose

15 Jan 2010

Contributed by Lukas

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. Find The Lates...

195. Christmas Cheer

11 Dec 2009

Contributed by Lukas

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. Find The Latest...

194. Focus on User Tasks

04 Dec 2009

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show: Gerry McGovern talks about user tasks, Colin Firth discusses content and we have a review of Powerpoint alternative - Prezi. Find...

193. Get more from Google Analytics

27 Nov 2009

Contributed by Lukas

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 Des...

192. Next Generation

18 Nov 2009

Contributed by Lukas

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 Elevat...

191. Ecommerce Lies

11 Nov 2009

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show: Marcus explains how podcasting and blogging can support your business and Paul exposes the top ecommerce lies. Find The Latest ...

190. Become a Brand Ninja

04 Nov 2009

Contributed by Lukas

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 websit...

189. How to keep up with web innovations

28 Oct 2009

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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 web...

188. Clearscape or Headleft?

21 Oct 2009

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On this week's show, Richard Rutter, Jeremy Keith and Andy Budd join myself and Marcus for a round table discussion. Find The Latest Show Notes

187. Jedi Mind Tricks

13 Oct 2009

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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. Find The Latest Show...

186. Mobile Web

07 Oct 2009

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On this week's show: Brian Suda talks about the mobile web and Marcus suggests ways of responding to email inquires. Find The Latest Show Notes

185. Innovate

30 Sep 2009

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On this week's show: We talk about Google Chrome Frame, how to be an innovator, and measuring the success of your website. Find The Latest Show Notes

184. HTML5

23 Sep 2009

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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 applicatio...

183. Inspired

16 Sep 2009

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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 Barr...

182. North and South

09 Sep 2009

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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 ti...

181. Interview or death

02 Sep 2009

Contributed by Lukas

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. Fi...

180. Backend

26 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

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 q...

179. Affordance

18 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

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 an...

178. Bad Blogging

12 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...

177. Back in business

05 Aug 2009

Contributed by Lukas

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. Find...

176. Youth

29 Jul 2009

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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....

175. Collaboration

22 Jul 2009

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On this weeks show: Ryan and Stanton take the helm, we interview Simon Collision on client collaboration and answer your questions about improving you...

174. Twitterverse

15 Jul 2009

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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 mobil...

173. UX

08 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

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 othe...

172. Hand Drawn

01 Jul 2009

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s show: Paul looks at the seven wonders of wireframing and Anna reviews the new micro CMS Perch. Find The Latest Show Notes

171. Access

24 Jun 2009

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On this week’s show: Ryan and Paul talk to Robin Christopherson from Abilitynet about web accessibility and Dave shares Headscape’s experiences of...

170. Versus

17 Jun 2009

Contributed by Lukas

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 ...