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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.

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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199. Time to generalise

Posted in Podcast on the 05-02-2010 | 14 Comments

This week on Boagworld: The changing role of web designers, Colin Firth on content and Becky Jones talks about the changes at Google.

Google is changing and it will affect your site

Posted in Marketing on the 25-01-2010 | 32 Comments

Google are never one to rest on their laurels, and the past few months have seen a lot of changes to Google’s search pages that you might have easily missed.

Lessons to be learnt from the new Google homepage

Posted in Design on the 06-01-2010 | 28 Comments

Have you noticed the new Google homepage? It is now the simplest it has ever been. I believe there is a lot we can learn not only from this simplicity but also to how Google has achieved it.

10 secrets to staying informed about web design

Posted in Reviews on the 15-10-2009 | 14 Comments

Keeping up in the world of web design is tough. Things move fast and its hard to stay informed. In this post I share 10 ways that RSS can come to the rescue.

Is Google Chrome Frame the right approach?

Posted in News on the 22-09-2009 | 16 Comments

Google have just released Google Chrome Frame for IE in an attempt to improve Internet Explorer. But will it have a real world impact?

Demystifying the “duplicate content penalty”

Posted in Random on the 07-09-2009 | 1 Comment

171. Access

Posted in Podcast on the 24-06-2009 | 5 Comments

On this week’s show: Ryan and Paul talk to Robin Christopherson from Abilitynet about web accessibility and Dave shares Headscape’s experiences of moving to Google Apps.

170. Versus

Posted in Podcast on the 17-06-2009 | 5 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul talks about the conflicts surrounding design decisions, and Teifion challenges a BBC article that asks “Are the days of the web amateur numbered?”

Hampshire Web Developer required

Posted in News on the 01-05-2009 | 4 Comments

Are you a web developer living in the south of england? Once again, Headscape is looking for a talented, enthusiastic developer to join our team. We really need to stop expanding ;)

161. In or Out

Posted in Podcast on the 14-04-2009 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul announces Micro-Boagworld, we discuss the pros and cons of outsourcing web work and see what recommendation the Boagworld forum has to offer.

160. Education, Education, Education

Posted in Podcast on the 08-04-2009 | 3 Comments

On this week’s show: We speak to Aarron Walter about teaching web standards. Ryan Carson starts a series on web applications and Paul talks about remote user testing.

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.

Headscape is hiring

Posted in News on the 25-02-2009 | No Comments

Are you a developer living in the south of england? Headscape is looking for a talented, enthusiastic developer to join their team.

Rent a room at Headscape

Posted in News on the 24-02-2009 | 5 Comments

Unfortunately our previous tenant has moved out so we now have a spare room available at the Headscape office. If you fancy working alongside a group of amazing designers and developers in the heart of rural Hampshire, read on.

10 tips for efficient design

Posted in Design on the 19-02-2009 | 29 Comments

Being a good designer is not always enough to survive hard economic times. You need to be efficient too.

10 ways to Battle Site Bureaucracy

Posted in Web strategy on the 17-02-2009 | 8 Comments

Running a large institutional website is frustrating. Your site is often held back by internal politics and bureaucracy. Let me show you 10 ways to cut through the crap and get results.

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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: