News archive

One of the things I love most about the web is how fast everything changes. It is hard to keep up, but that is perfect for somebody like me who seems to suffer from ADD. There is always something new happening and that is exactly what I try to share in this category. If you want to stay up-to-date keep an eye on what I post here.

News: Do you need to worry about the cookie crisis?

The European Union has introduced legislation over the use of cookies on website. Recent guidelines help clarify what this means for your site.

News: Headscape Is Looking For A Web Developer

It’s that time again! Headscape are once again recruiting. This time we are looking for a web developer.

News: My Web Design Challenge

As web designers we like to complain that clients don’t “get it”. However, the truth is we suck at explaining our designs.

News: Web Design News 08/06/10

This week: A psychologist’s view of web design, a gaggle of usability testing posts, the need for speed and inspiration kills.

News: Web Design News 25/05/10

This week: Things I discovered at Future of web design, google open source web fonts, using flash to fill in the gaps and choosing the right image.

News: Web Design News 17/05/10

This week: how design and content work together, running a design workshop, the importance of control and top tips for effective landing pages.

News: Web Design News 11/05/10

This week: Engaging and helping your users, the power of habits, why business writing is so awful and things to do at the beginning of each project.

Mobile: Web Design News 04/05/10

This week: Steve Job’s shares his thoughts on Flash, Ben Ward makes us understand the web and learn how to calibrate color for the web.

News: Web Design News 27/04/10

This week: Is the homepage dying? Everything you need to know about HTML5 and CSS3. Solve problems rather than add features. And why you shouldn’t be tied to a process.

News: Web Design News 20/04/10

This week: The dying art of design, the disappearance of flash, tasks not goals, twitters developer tools and google rank by speed.

News: Web Design News 13/04/10

This week: How to be the worlds worst project manager and how to alienate visitors. Also, why FAQs are failing and why page weight still matters.

News: Web Design News 30/03/10

This week: Does the fold matter after all, 5 quick ways to improve your sites usability, how to blog when you’re not a writer and ensure your projects run smoothly.

News: Web Design News 23/03/10

This week: IE9 is revealed, a new web design resource is launched, visual hierarchy is explained and we apply some phycology to our sites.

News: SXSW a unique experience

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.

News: Are you enthusiastic about content and structure?

If you are enthusiastic about content and information architecture then we would love to hear from you.

News: Web Design News 09 /03/10

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.

News: Boagworld at sxsw

Once again we are off to SXSW the biggest web design conference of the year. This year we hope to bring you better coverage than ever.

News: Web Design News 02/03/10

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

News: Web design news 23/02/10

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

News: 200th Boagworld Live!

Welcome to the 200th episode of Boagworld.com, a 12 hour marathon starting at 10AM (GMT) on Friday 12th February.

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.

News: After 200 episodes is it time to change Boagworld?

With the 200th episode of Boagworld only 5 weeks away we are asking ourselves whether it is time to change the show. What do you think? Update: Introducing ‘Boagworld Bitesize’.

News: Getting serious about GetSignOff

In October 2008 Headscape launched Getsignoff, a tool to help web designers get design approval. Like all startups we made some mistakes, but 2010 is our chance to set things right.