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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

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.
197. Energise your ecommerce
This week on Boagworld: We examine ways to improve the conversion rate on your ecommerce site, review CSS Mastery 2nd Edition and take a look at Zen Coding.
196. Interview with Kevin Rose
This week on Boagworld: We interview the founder of Digg.com Kevin Rose, take a first look at Codeslam and plan the future of the show.
195. Christmas Cheer
On our 2009 christmas special: Your favourite tweets of the year, a review of 24 ways, gifts for geeks and web design trends for 2010.

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199. Time to generalise

Posted in Podcast on the 05-02-2010 | 12 Comments

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

Website owners need more than web designers

Posted in Web strategy on the 28-01-2010 | 27 Comments

Why is it many website owners are changing their web designer even when he or she has built them a great looking, usable website? What more are they looking for?

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.

Are you always looking for a new challenge?

Posted in News on the 18-11-2009 | 3 Comments

Headscape has a position available for the kind of person always looking for new challenges and experienced in marketing and managing startup projects.

The biggest ecommerce lies and how to avoid them

Posted in Site content on the 06-11-2009 | 25 Comments

I am amazed at some of the advice I read about building successful ecommerce sites. I seriously wonder who writes this stuff! In this post I debunk 5 common myths.

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.

189. How to keep up with web innovations

Posted in Podcast on the 28-10-2009 | 23 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul looks at keeping up with web innovations, Marcus shares how we make the podcast and Nora Brown reviews building findable websites.

Make your website go viral

Posted in Design on the | 6 Comments

Sometimes even a small design technique is enough to make your website go viral.

187. Jedi Mind Tricks

Posted in Podcast on the 12-10-2009 | 11 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul looks at how to better communicate and we ask whether you should mask your email address to avoid spam.

Jedi mind tricks: How to persuade your users, boss, or clients

Posted in Web strategy on the 11-10-2009 | 7 Comments

Whether you are trying to get signoff for a site’s design or persuade a user to complete a call to action. We all need to know how to be convincing.

185. Innovate

Posted in Podcast on the 23-09-2009 | 3 Comments

On this week’s show: We talk about Google Chrome Frame, how to be an innovator, and measuring the success of your website.

How to Win Pitches, Charm Clients and Get Signoff

Posted in News on the 21-09-2009 | 2 Comments

Being a great designer or developer is only half the battle. You also need to be able to promote and sell your services, unfortunately there is little advice online about how to do this effectively.

177. Back in business

Posted in Podcast on the 05-08-2009 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul and Marcus talk to Brett Welch about the business of web design, and Paul chats with Ryan Taylor about creating a buzz.

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.

167. Beyond Technology

Posted in Podcast on the 26-05-2009 | 2 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul shares his inspiration on blog writing and we talk to Mike Kus about our obsession with technology.

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.

10 ways to put your content in front of more people

Posted in Site content on the 12-05-2009 | 3 Comments

What is more important – driving traffic to your site or encouraging as many people as possible to see your content? Believe it or not, they are not one in the same thing.

About Boagworld

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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:

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