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

Boagworld is the blog of web strategist Paul Boag who lives in the heart of rural Dorset (hence the cows). He produces a weekly podcast with UX consultant Marcus Lillington on building and running websites. They also run the web design agency Headscape.

Latest Shows

203. Why your blog fails
This week on boagworld: the secret of successful blogging, will Google personalisation affect your sites ranking and how to help users too busy to read.
202. Rocket Surgery Made Easy
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 Europe.
201. Are clients stupid?
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.
200. A taste of the show
This week's show gives you a taste of the live 12 hour marathon that took place to celebrate the 200th Boagworld.
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.

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‘Boagworld Bites’ archive

SXSW a unique experience

Posted in Boagworld Bites, News on the 17-03-2010 | 2 Comments

For me SXSW is a unique experience. Nothing is quite like it. In this post I ask why it is so special and look at how you can recreate the experience.

Britt Selvitelle from Twitter talks about passion

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Tech/Development on the 16-03-2010 | No Comments

Britt Selvitte from Twitter talks about enthusiasm, passion and just getting your web application up and running.

Pain free design sign off

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Random on the 13-03-2010 | 16 Comments

Getting design sign off for a website can be a painful process for both the client and designer.

Does Google personalised listings affect your ranking?

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Marketing on the 11-03-2010 | 9 Comments

Google has added a number of tools that allow users to personalise the search results they see. The question is – does this affect how you approach SEO?

The secret of successful company blogging

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Site content on the 10-03-2010 | 4 Comments

Increasingly organisations are publishing a blog. They are perceived as a powerful marketing tool and a great way to engage with customers. However, the majority fail for one simple reason…

Web Design News 09 /03/10

Posted in Boagworld Bites, News on the 09-03-2010 | 4 Comments

This week: Giving and receiving design feedback, are you bored of your sites design, CSS typography and helping users when they are too busy to read.

Building better forms with Steve Marshall

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Tech/Development on the 04-03-2010 | 2 Comments

Steve Marshall from Yahoo! draws on his many years of experience to share with us best practice in form design.

Monthly usability testing with Steve Krug

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Usability on the 03-03-2010 | 1 Comment

Steve Krug, usability expert and author of “Don’t make me Think”, shares with us his unique approach to usability.

Web Design News 02/03/10

Posted in Boagworld Bites, News on the 02-03-2010 | 9 Comments

This week: the search for inspiration, using CSS3, ecommerce tips and why the browser landscape in Europe is about to change.

Creating your first web application

Posted in Boagworld Bites on the 28-02-2010 | 4 Comments

Drew Mclellan and Rachel Andrew share their experiences of launching their first app (Perch). They talk about their successes and failures focusing particularly on the business, marketing and customer support challenges.

The Stupidest thing: The beginning of the 200th show

Posted in Boagworld Bites on the 27-02-2010 | No Comments

This is the first extract from the 200th show with complete transcript. Unfortunately, this is the introduction section which mainly consists of pointless waffle!

Reviews: Noded and Support Details

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Reviews on the 25-02-2010 | 5 Comments

This week we have two reviews for the price of one. First we review the freelancing book ‘Noded’ and then take a look at a useful web application called ‘Support Details’.

Is ‘John the client’ stupid or are you failing him?

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Random on the 24-02-2010 | 13 Comments

Meet John the client. John runs a reasonably large website. He is a marketeer who considers himself smart, articulate and professional. That said, he doesn’t know much about web design and so needs your help.

Web design news 23/02/10

Posted in Boagworld Bites, News on the 23-02-2010 | 4 Comments

This week: Why speculative work suck, progressive enhancement explained, how to be different and should designers be able to code?

Audition to get your product on Boagworld

Posted in Boagworld Bites on the 22-02-2010 | No Comments

With the introduction of Boagworld Bitesizes there are now more opportunities to feature great applications of interest to designers, developers and website owners. If you have a product you would like us to feature we want to hear from you.

Content is King

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Site content on the 02-02-2010 | 10 Comments

If ‘content is king’ then the designer is like the King’s tailor – there to make the King look fabulous without taking any of the limelight for themselves.

Remy Sharp talks jQuery

Posted in Boagworld Bites on the 28-01-2010 | No Comments

Remy Sharp is the creator of jQuery for Designers, a superb collection of screencasts and tutorials for adding jquery to your website.

Reach a point of zen in your code

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Reviews on the 21-01-2010 | 17 Comments

Zen Coding is set of plugins for various text editors that enable you to code much faster than you normally do.

Review: CSS Mastery 2nd Edition

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Reviews on the 20-01-2010 | 5 Comments

Hi, my name is Yaili and I’ll be reviewing the Second Edition of CSS Mastery, by Andy Budd.

Kevin Rose on Community

Posted in Boagworld Bites on the 14-01-2010 | 6 Comments

At this years at Future of Web Apps I was fortunate enough to interview Kevin Rose, the founder of digg.com about running online community.

Additional Information

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: