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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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201. Are clients stupid?
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200. A taste of the show
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199. Time to generalise
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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.

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.

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.

123. Plight

Posted in Podcast on the 25-06-2008 | 5 Comments

In this weeks show we review Textmate and the Top 5 Tips for Web Designers and we discuss the plight of in-house designers.

122. Screencasting

Posted in Podcast on the 18-06-2008 | 6 Comments

In this weeks show we have Ian Lloyd discussing Sitepoints HTML reference and we take a look at creating screencasts.

120. WCAG 2

Posted in Podcast on the 04-06-2008 | 13 Comments

In this weeks show we talk with Patrick Lauke about WCAG 2 and we discuss the perils of blindly following conventions.

116. Back

Posted in Podcast on the 07-05-2008 | 30 Comments

Returning with a new site. Jeff Croft talks about his view on web standards and we discover why the personal website is dead.

Headscape is recruiting (again!)

Posted in News on the 26-03-2008 | 3 Comments

Headscape are currently after two new members of staff. If you are an experienced Information Architect or a newly qualified developer, we would love to speak to you.

111. Utopia

Posted in Podcast on the 14-02-2008 | 8 Comments

On show 111: Designer and developer work together in utopian harmony. Two great listener reviews and Aral Balkan announces the biggest online web design conference ever.

105. Christmas Cheer

Posted in Podcast on the 19-12-2007 | 2 Comments

On this week’s show: Paul suggests some gifts to buy the geek in your life. Marcus talks about wireframes and Matthew Paterson talks about the Email Standards Project.

Quick and dirty wireframes

Posted in Usability on the 06-12-2007 | 6 Comments

I am currently in the process of wireframing an internal project that we are working on at Headscape. It occurred to me that despite the fact that wireframes are a fundamental tool of web design, they are not something I have spoken about before.

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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: