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If you’re not a regular listener of the Boagworld weekly web design / development podcast then you need to subscribe to it. They’ve had a month off and are back with episode 116 and a new site redesign - don’t mention the cows because its the part Paul didn’t design and everyone mentions it. They also provide a full written transcript on their podcast page. And don’t mention Paul’s new way of referencing his supporting links in the podcast (in human non-friendly terms), we’re all smarter than that right. Ha ha.

Seriously, if you’re a professional in this industry this is a staple of your diet. Get to it.

Luke Wroblewski’s new book Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks is published by Rosenfeld Media and available in paperback or digital. Its also on my must read list for 2008.

Magus have produced the Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 124: Defining, implementing and managing website standards. Its a hefty 85 pound price tag but for a company its small change when you think about it. (via Matt Robin)

Why Your Site Sucks is another good list of things you might fix on your website.

Daniel Lafreniere on Boxes and Arrows has written a great article on Extreme User Research and shows a solid example of its benefit on a recent web project. He says ask the call centre and helpdesk people to find out what the real users are about.

Design Coding from Poetic Prophet - SEO Rapper has put another dimension to the education of best practice website development. Who would have thought web standards, accessibility and usability would make it to the Rap scene?

DemoGirl asks how user friendly is your site?

Jamie Owen on Boxes and Arrows has a lengthy and well researched article on the use of cues in interaction design - Cues: the Golden Retriever. How our natural responses to stimuli can inform the design process. As designers we can’t be too interested in this topic.