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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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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.
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.

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Posts Tagged ‘branding’

190. Become a branding Ninja

Posted in Podcast on the 04-11-2009 | 9 Comments

On this week’s show: Ryan and Stanton interview Alex Hunter about managing your brand. Meanwhile Paul and Marcus look at how to speed up your website.

159. Special Guest

Posted in Podcast on the 01-04-2009 | 16 Comments

On this week’s show: The northerners are back with special guest host Sarah Parmenter. We answer your questions on how to quote for projects and whether using off-the-shelf software is wrong and we have a chat with Sarah on her experiences in the industry and the difference between developing for clients and developing for yourself.

10 criteria for selecting a CMS

Posted in Tech/Development on the 05-03-2009 | No Comments

Choosing a content management system can be tricky. Without a clearly defined set of requirements you will be seduced by fancy functionality that you will never use. What then should you look for in a CMS?

What’s in a name?

Posted in News on the 05-12-2008 | 14 Comments

I am proud to announce that the Boagworld podcast has won this years .net magazine award for best podcast. However, I do also have some regrets.

142. Community

Posted in Podcast on the 05-11-2008 | 4 Comments

In this week’s show Ryan and Stanton cover the news in Paul’s absence, we’re joined by Mark Boulton to discuss design by community and Marcus reminds us to keep positive.

128. Details

Posted in Podcast on the 30-07-2008 | 11 Comments

On this weeks show, to fill the void left by Paul, I’m accompanied by our Producer Ryan and Researcher Stanton. We Interview Dan Rubin on the Details of Design, and answer your questions on managing a bigger team and terms and conditions.

Website Owner’s Manual

Posted in News on the 05-06-2008 | 4 Comments

I have been working on my book (The Website Owner’s Manual) for a while, but finally I have something to show you.

109. Rissington?

Posted in Podcast on the 28-01-2008 | 7 Comments

On Show 109. IE8 divides the web design community, Anton Peck talks about imagery, and the Rissington Podcast crew stand in for Marcus.

Who do you ask to tender for your web project?

Posted in Web strategy on the 26-09-2007 | 3 Comments

With literally millions of web design companies worldwide where do you begin when trying to draw up a list of potential agencies? Who do you invite to tender?

Show 95: In honour of the the RAF

Posted in Podcast on the 25-09-2007 | 8 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul shares some techniques for selling your services through your online profile. Marcus discusses project time scales and Ben Hunt talks about marketing your web business.

Taking a brand online

Posted in Design on the 06-07-2007 | 2 Comments

“and here is our style guide”… thump! A huge tome lands on the desk in front of you. When it is written entirely for print, how do you begin to turn it into something that will work on the web?

Podcast 42: Choosing the right design

Posted in Podcast on the 10-07-2006 | 19 Comments

It’s not unusual to be in a position where you have to choose between more than one design for a site. Whether you are a website owner assessing the work of multiple agencies or a web designer considering different approaches, sooner or later you are left with the question “which design do I pick?”.

atMedia: Real world application

Posted in Reviews on the 16-06-2006 | 1 Comment

Yesterday I posted my thoughts on each session as I went along. Although this might have been useful to some of you it was more of a personal reference than anything else. Today I have decided not to post on each individual session but rather sum up the overall lessons to be learnt from this year’s show.

Site evolution

Posted in Web strategy on the 20-11-2005 | 5 Comments

In a previous article I talked about changing the client/web designer relationship from a “per project relationship”, to a more dynamic continual association, allowing for site evolution rather than site redesign. In this entry, I want to unpack that concept a little further and look at how a site can be enhanced over time rather than redesigned intermittently.

Web Design Podcast (6) – The future of the web

Posted in Podcast on the 27-09-2005 | 13 Comments

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 technobabble!

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:

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