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A podcast for those who design, develop and run websites.

Boagworld is the blog of web strategist Paul Boag who lives in the heart of rural Dorset (hence the cows). He produces a weekly podcast with UX consultant Marcus Lillington on building and running websites. They also run the web design agency Headscape.

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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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Posts Tagged ‘review’

Reviews: Noded and Support Details

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Reviews on the 25-02-2010 | 5 Comments

This week we have two reviews for the price of one. First we review the freelancing book ‘Noded’ and then take a look at a useful web application called ‘Support Details’.

198. jQuery goodness

Posted in Podcast on the 29-01-2010 | 2 Comments

This week on Boagworld: Dave interviews Remy Sharp creator of jQuery for Designers and Matt Bee dares to review the Website Owners Manual.

Reach a point of zen in your code

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Reviews on the 21-01-2010 | 17 Comments

Zen Coding is set of plugins for various text editors that enable you to code much faster than you normally do.

Review: CSS Mastery 2nd Edition

Posted in Boagworld Bites, Reviews on the 20-01-2010 | 5 Comments

Hi, my name is Yaili and I’ll be reviewing the Second Edition of CSS Mastery, by Andy Budd.

Great Free Software for Web Designers

Posted in Reviews on the 18-01-2010 | 34 Comments

Ask anyone who has just upgraded the software on their Mac to the latest version, or even splashed out on the latest Creative Suite and they will say the same thing: Software is EXPENSIVE.

Super charge your browsing

Posted in Reviews on the 17-01-2010 | 15 Comments

As web designers and website owners we spend a lot of time working within the web. Discover how you can streamline your browsing experience with launchbar and quix.

Why you will regret using Vimeo.

Posted in Reviews on the 21-12-2009 | 91 Comments

You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I’m telling you why… vimeo will ban you.

194. Focus on User Tasks

Posted in Podcast on the 04-12-2009 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show: Gerry McGovern talks about user tasks, Colin Firth discusses content and we have a review of Powerpoint alternative – Prezi.

193. Get more from Google Analytics

Posted in Podcast on the 27-11-2009 | 3 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul and Marcus are joined by Matt Curry who shares some advanced Google Analytics techniques. We have a review of Fancy Form Design by Jina Bolton and Paul goes on endlessly about the Website Owners Manual.

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.

10 ways to get more involved with Boagworld

Posted in News on the 27-09-2009 | 1 Comment

Boagworld is no longer just my personal blog. It has become a community. Why not get involved.

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.

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.

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.

Contact the show

Posted in News on the 10-03-2009 | Comments Off

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?

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.

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.

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: