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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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115. sxsw

Posted in Podcast on the 19-03-2008 | 8 Comments

On show 115: Lessons learnt at SXSW, Garett Dimon on form design and how to find usability test subjects.

113. Hiring

Posted in Podcast on the 27-02-2008 | 2 Comments

On show 113: Christian Heilmann on common Javascript mistakes. Marcus talks about hiring new staff and Paul shares his journey into screencasting.

HTML snippets

Posted in Tech/Development on the 18-02-2008 | 9 Comments

If you are part of a web design team or skip constantly between projects, then you might want to consider an alternative approach to writing your HTML.

Yahoo Live!

Posted in News on the 11-02-2008 | 12 Comments

Yahoo have launched a new live webcam broadcasting service that has some real potential.

The profit and loss of usability

Posted in Usability on the 31-01-2008 | 2 Comments

We have looked a number of times before at user testing but have never really asked why it is important.

104. Give us your money

Posted in Podcast on the 12-12-2007 | 9 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul shares 10 tips for getting designs signed off. Marcus looks at how to present to a prospective client and Michael Slater introduces us to Ruby on Rails.

Show 96: Moll on Mobile

Posted in Podcast on the 02-10-2007 | 4 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul suggests some ways a client can pick which agencies to ask to tender. Marcus asks when is speculative design okay and Cameron Moll explaining how to get started on the mobile web.

Show 91: God Bless America

Posted in Podcast on the 28-08-2007 | 12 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul gets to grips with the fact that the whole world isn’t British, Marcus explains how to deal with the client from hell and Julie Howell shares her expertise on accessibility

Show 90: Digg

Posted in Podcast on the 14-08-2007 | 12 Comments

On this week’s show: Marcus abandons Paul to go on holiday. Paul talks about competitive analysis and does an in-depth interview with Daniel Burka, the creative director at digg.com.

Show 86: Boagworld Book

Posted in Podcast on the 10-07-2007 | 17 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul talks about taking a brand online, Marcus gives some advice about reviewing your information architecture and Ian Lloyd introduces us to the challenges of designing for screen readers.

Show 83: iphone bollocks

Posted in Podcast on the 19-06-2007 | 11 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul talks about the importance of undo, Marcus explains the benefits of stakeholder interviews and Struan Robertson highlights some legal deathtraps waiting for us online.

The importance of Undo

Posted in Usability on the 13-06-2007 | 5 Comments

Many internet users lack confidence when interacting with the web. It is our job as web designers to try and reassure them and provide a safety net when things go wrong. Providing various methods by which users can undo actions is a useful crutch to the less confident user.

Show 79: Despise the listener

Posted in Podcast on the 15-05-2007 | 1 Comment

We have a great lineup this week: Paul talks about getting things done in web design and an alternative approach to your reading list. Marcus explains the exciting area of insurance for web designers and we have Andy Clarke on the show to give us an update on CSS 3.

Show 76: Clients and Agency

Posted in Podcast on the 24-04-2007 | 6 Comments

Marcus and Paul swap roles this week. Marcus talks about setting up a web design company in the agony uncle section while Paul talks about the role of the client in the client corner. Finally we have also have Derek Featherstone talking about making your web application accessible.

Show 68: Tagtastic

Posted in Podcast on the 27-02-2007 | 7 Comments

On this week’s show; Matthew Patterson from Campaign monitor shares some handy hints on sending an email campaign, Marcus finishes his series on web design contracts and Paul looks at some interesting alternative approaches to site navigation.

Show 64: Hosting

Posted in Podcast on the 22-01-2007 | 12 Comments

This week on Boagworld we explain all you need to know about hosting , look at how to interpret other people’s CSS and review an excellent HTML email testing tool. Oh yes… and Marcus drones on about client stuff.

Podcast 61: Christmas Special

Posted in Podcast on the 11-12-2006 | 13 Comments

In our Christmas Podcast Special; Skype murders Marcus rendition of Silent Night, Paul shares his list to Santa and they both look at the successes and failures of the web over the last year.

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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: