The Boagworld Ux Show

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?

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.

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.

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.

Jeremy Keith, author of DOM Scripting, joins Paul and introduces a new level to our web development... unobtrusive JavaScript.

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!

" 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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.