Everybody else is wrong
This week on boagworld we slag off sliders, call css smelly and look at cartoons about mental models. Find The Latest Show Notes
Episodes
Boagworld: UX, Design Leadership, Marketing & Conversion Optimization
Boagworld: The podcast where digital best practices meets a terrible sense of humor! Join us for a relaxed chat about all things digital design. We dish out practical advice and industry insights, all wrapped up in friendly conversation. Whether you're looking to improve your user experience, boost your conversion or be a better design lead, we've got something for you. With over 400 episodes, we're like the cool grandads of web design podcasts – experienced, slightly inappropriate, but always entertaining. So grab a drink, get comfy, and join us for an entertaining journey through the life of a digital professional.
Episodes
Technological terror
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 post from the year 2000. Find The Latest Show Notes
Welcome to the world of tomorrow
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 responsive data tables. Find The Latest Show Notes
Bug herding, brackets and dealing with multimedia
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 services which will help with the multimedia on your site. Find The Latest Show Notes
Volia vs Skitch, Hammer vs Mixture, Mailchimp and CarTunes
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 The Latest Show Notes
Pixa, Smush.it, text expanders and Gusto
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 The Latest Show Notes
Spectrum, Emmet, Qualaroo and Analytics Tiles
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 mobile pick that everybody will love. Find The Latest Show Notes
Lorempixel, GTMetrix, Responsibility Matrix and What the Font
Dummy images that won't confuse clients. The ultimate performance measuring tool. A mobile app for identifying fonts and something called a responsibility assignment matrix. Not a bad line up for this week's show. Find The Latest Show Notes
Reflow, Transmit, Supportbee, Mention
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 Show Notes
Solidify, Sublime, Optimise and Ideas
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. Find The Latest Show Notes
Screenflow, Starkers, Mailchimp and Photosync
On this week's show we have screencast recording software, Wordpress starter templates, software for sending newsletters and an app for moving photos around seamlessly. Find The Latest Show Notes
Verifyapp, FitVid, Privacy Policy Generator and Pocket
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 reading list. Find The Latest Show Notes
Gridset, Trello, SoundGecko and Coda vs Espresso
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 The Latest Show Notes
TinyPNG, Twitter Boostrap, SocialSafe and Day One
Paul gets over excited about audio effects, Marcus proves clueless about Twitter bootstrap and we both think TinyPNG is the dogs bollocks. Find The Latest Show Notes
Axure, Fireworks, LESS and IFTTT
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 Notes
Gridlover, Codekit, Buffer and Flipboard
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
The Boagworld Show returns for season 4. Apps reviewed include ICOMoon, Adobe Shadow, Evernote and Everclip Find The Latest Show Notes
Managing feedback
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 of feedback? Find The Latest Show Notes
Dealing with design
Design is the subject most likely to undermine the client / designer relationship. This post focuses on how to get client and designer working together effectively over design, rather than it descending into a power struggle. Find The Latest Show Notes
A business embedded approach
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 the clients business. Find The Latest Show Notes
Nurturing a communicative relationship
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. Marcus and Paul are the love doctors laying down principles for the perfect relationship. Find The Latest Show Notes
A partnership of experts
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 as a pixel pusher to that of an expert. Find The Latest Show Notes
Introducing Client Centric Design
In the first episode of season 3 we introduce client centric design. This methodology addresses the negative attitude that exists towards client work and has the potential to transform your business. Find The Latest Show Notes
The whys, wheres and hows of going live
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 launch without problems?" Find The Latest Show Notes
Making analytics work for you
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 sessions, page views and bounce rates. Find The Latest Show Notes
An old guys guide to building modern websites
[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 The Latest Show Notes
Working with WordPress
[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 still the right choice for a site like Boagworld? Find The Latest Show Notes
Real Life Responsive Design: Ethan Marcotte
[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. Fortunately you can always ask Ethan Marcotte for help! Find The Latest Show Notes
Web Accessibility in the real world
[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. Find The Latest Show Notes
The big decisions about design and how to make them
[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 factors need considering? Find The Latest Show Notes