A podcast for those who design, develop and run websites.

Boagworld is the web design blog of Paul (the Wurzel) Boag who lives in the heart of rural Dorset. He produces a weekly podcast with Marcus (pop star) Lillington on all things relating to building and running websites. They also run web design agency - Headscape.

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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.
198. jQuery goodness: This week on Boagworld: Dave interviews Remy Sharp creator of jQuery for Designers and Matt Bee dares to review the Website Owners Manual.
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.
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.
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.

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The Ultimate Website Prelaunch Checklist

Posted in Web strategy on: 08-02-10 by Andy Wickes

All of a sudden the site you have been working on for months is approved and the client wants it live. However, things can still go horribly wrong if you are not prepared.

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Podcast / 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.

Design / Designing for the next generation of devices – don’t get left behind

I believe we live in a world where the hand-held web device equipped with an accelerometer is going to become more and more prevalent, and quickly.

News / I was on net@night

Wow. That was exciting. I got to chat with Leo Laptorte & Amber Mac on one of my favourite shows net@night.

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From the Website Owners Manual

The Website Owners Manual is my guide to running a successful website. From hiring a web designer to planning a web strategy, the Website Owners Manual tells you all you need to know. To accompany his book I have started recording daily tips on managing your website. Listen to the latest advice below.

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Worth reading

Here are some recommended reading for those who want more. You can subscribe to these links via Twitter. If you have a suggestion for a link email Paul Stanton.

Produced by Headscape

Boagworld is produced by the web design agency Headscape founded by Marcus, Paul and Chris Scott. Headscape also has a number of other talented guys who blog. Check them out.

Craig Rowe is one of our amazing developers and writes some superb posts on everything from .net to AIR apps.
Ed Merritt is a Headscape designer who's blog contains examples of his work and a number of free Wordpress themes.
Dave McDermid is a Headscape developer who has an excellent blog. He blogs on everything from AJAX to security.
Rob Borley is one of our project managers and blogs regularly on client and project management issues.
Leigh Howells is our multimedia design guru (whatever one of those is). He blogs on a mixture of design and music.

Paul elsewhere

Paul just can't shut up. He publishes regular audioboos, has a personal blog and is addicted to twitter. He also writes and speaks regularly. Check out the most recent below:

Why hiring a web designer is like getting married
Paul shares his thoughts on hiring a web designer with the readers of econsultancy.com.
What makes a website successful? It might not be what you expect!
Paul shares his thoughts on the secret to a successful website.
Misconceptions about social media
Paul shares why he believes people are misunderstanding what social media is all about.

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