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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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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.

196. Interview with Kevin Rose

Posted in Podcast on the 15-01-2010 | 8 Comments

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.

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.

8 ways we increased ecommerce sales by 10,000%

Posted in Design on the 29-11-2009 | 47 Comments

Discover how Headscape increased the sales of Wiltshire Farm Foods by 10,000% and how you can do the same for your site.

192. Next Generation

Posted in Podcast on the 18-11-2009 | 14 Comments

On this week’s show: We have interviews with two great upcoming web designers (Jamie Rumblelow and James Proud) as well as a new segment called Elevator Pitch.

191. Ecommerce Lies

Posted in Podcast on the 09-11-2009 | 2 Comments

On this week’s show: Marcus explains how podcasting and blogging can support your business and Paul exposes the top ecommerce lies.

Do aesthetics need to be compromised for the sake of usability?

Posted in Design on the 06-11-2009 | 25 Comments

Gerry McGovern seems to believe designers are more concerned with aesthetics than usability. Do you agree? Is either more important?

The biggest ecommerce lies and how to avoid them

Posted in Site content on the | 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.

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.

184. HTML5

Posted in Podcast on the 23-09-2009 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show: We interview Jeremy Keith about the truth of HTML5 and Ryan Carson shares some more advice about building your own web application.

183. Inspired

Posted in Podcast on the 16-09-2009 | 2 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul shares 3 ways to make your site stand out from the crowd. Matt Curry introduces us to Google website optimiser and Lyle Barras reviews Dropbox.

ForeUI: Create Skinnable & Interactive Prototype

Posted in Reviews on the 01-09-2009 | Comments Off

175. Collaboration

Posted in Podcast on the 22-07-2009 | 2 Comments

On this weeks show: Ryan and Stanton take the helm, we interview Simon Collison on client collaboration and answer your questions about improving your design skills

Web Design Wisdom from Twitter

Posted in Web strategy on the 13-07-2009 | 6 Comments

I asked my twitter followers for their web design words of wisdom. I had over 200 responses. Here are some of the lessons learnt.

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.

The 7 wonders of wireframes

Posted in Design on the 25-06-2009 | 19 Comments

Quick, hand drawn wireframes can provide substantial benefits that will save you time and money.

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?”

169. Type

Posted in Podcast on the 10-06-2009 | 3 Comments

On this weeks show: Paul talks about the power of story telling and shares some tips for “getting in the zone” and Mark Boulton joins us to talk about web typography.

168. Personality

Posted in Podcast on the 03-06-2009 | 13 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul explains how to give your site real personality and Dave shares some top tips for writing secure code.

How site personas can enhance your site

Posted in Site content on the 27-05-2009 | 7 Comments

If your website was a person, what type of person would it be?

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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