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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 ‘inspiration’

A great example of moodboards in action

Posted in Design on the 08-03-2010 | 5 Comments

Moodboards are a valuable tool in the design process. However many web designers lack experience in producing them. Find out how to produce a stunning moodboard that will impress clients.

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.

Stop Using Stock Photography Clichés

Posted in Design on the 04-01-2010 | 58 Comments

I am sick of stock photography. We should refuse to use one more photograph of business men shaking hands or ethnically diverse people laughing together.

Stop designing websites, start designing posters

Posted in Design on the 24-11-2009 | 43 Comments

A new generation of websites are emerging that look less like websites and more like posters. They are easy to use, visually engaging and most of all different.

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.

How to become an innovator

Posted in Web strategy on the 22-09-2009 | 4 Comments

Whether you are a website owner, web designer or web developer you need to innovate. But how do you make it happen?

3 ways to make your site stand out from the crowd

Posted in Design on the 11-09-2009 | 19 Comments

Too many websites look the same as their competition. If you want users to remember your site it needs to stand out from the crowd.

How to Manage Your Inspiration

Posted in Random on the 08-09-2009 | 13 Comments

How do you find your design inspiration? More importantly how do you manage those sources of inspiration?

174. Twitterverse

Posted in Podcast on the 15-07-2009 | 6 Comments

On this week’s show: The entire boagworld community shares its thoughts on web design and Megan Fisher gives us practical advice on building a mobile website.

173. UX

Posted in Podcast on the 03-07-2009 | 4 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul talks to Leah Buley from Adaptive Path about user experience design and Marcus provides some advice on warranties and other legal stuff.

166. Boldly Go

Posted in Podcast on the 20-05-2009 | 5 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul shares 10 ways to put your content in front of more people, Emily reviews Bubble Timer and we discuss the role of gender in design.

165. Creativity

Posted in Podcast on the 13-05-2009 | 2 Comments

On this week’s show: Jim Coudal shares his thoughts on monetizing creativity, Marcus talks about questioning clients and Paul gets excited about eye candy.

158. Home

Posted in Podcast on the 25-03-2009 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show: We share the highlights of SXSW, discuss home working, and interview Rob Borley about project management.

7 Harsh Truths about running online communities

Posted in Site content on the 23-02-2009 | 9 Comments

In ‘10 harsh truths about corporate websites‘ I highlighted some of the problems I perceive in how companies run their websites. However, many organisations are not content to simply run a website, they want to run an online community too.

Why speculative design is wrong

Posted in Design on the 06-02-2009 | 23 Comments

Many web design agencies are refusing to do unpaid design work before a contract is signed. This is not because it is damaging to them. It is because they believe it is damaging to their clients. But why?

146. Obsessive

Posted in Podcast on the 03-12-2008 | 5 Comments

On this week’s show, Paul interviews Nicholas Felton about designing with data, we celebrate the return of 24Ways, and explain how community can keep users coming back for more.

139. Brand

Posted in Podcast on the 15-10-2008 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show we’re joined by Ryan Carson to discuss building an online brand. We look at promoting your site with minimal budget and Marcus shares his views on working in an office.

A dedicated follower of fashion

Posted in Tech/Development on the | 33 Comments

My name is Paul and I am an addict. I lust after anything new and shiny. But is that really wrong?

136. Stagnation

Posted in Podcast on the 24-09-2008 | 11 Comments

In this week’s show we talk about overcoming stagnation and Ed Merritt shares a technique to achieve fixed footers without the use of javaScript.

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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