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9 years ago from Surjith S M, Freelance Web Designer

  • Joe BarberJoe Barber, 9 years ago (edited 9 years ago )

    Work in progress - iamjoebarber.com

    13 points
    • Tyler Finck, 9 years ago

      Work in progress? NAH, perfect the way it is! Love it.

      4 points
    • Tyreil PTyreil P, 9 years ago

      If the some work is under NDA, is it worth putting it on your portfolio? Have you considered not leading with it?

      2 points
      • Joe BarberJoe Barber, 9 years ago

        I've thought about not leading with it, but it's all in chronological order. I've got a couple personal projects that will be going in front of it soon :)

        1 point
    • Carolann Merchant, 9 years ago

      This is my favorite.

      0 points
    • Giulio MichelonGiulio Michelon, 9 years ago

      EVERYTHING IS HUGE

      4 points
    • Joe Blau, 9 years ago

      LOL@The Under NDA. That is so frustrating.

      1 point
      • Joe BarberJoe Barber, 9 years ago

        It's the worst..

        "So what have you been working on for the past year?"

        "...nothing I can show you.."

        1 point
    • Abriel Shipley, 9 years ago

      It's really great so far! :-) I'm in the process of revamping my portfolio site right now. Hope I will be able to show everyone soon.

      1 point
    • Ian ClarkeIan Clarke, 9 years ago (edited 9 years ago )

      One slight improvement I would make is to make the center Mac bigger than the two at the sides. It would be physically impossible to create a natural photograph the way they currently are, thus it looks a little fake.

      0 points
      • Joe BarberJoe Barber, 9 years ago

        Valid point. Although I was never really aiming for realism.

        I might just ditch the laptops completely, so the screens can be bigger.

        0 points
    • Alfred XingAlfred Xing, 9 years ago (edited 9 years ago )

      I made it to the bottom of your website and all I got was this stupid Mailto link

      Yep. Looks great!

      1 point
      • Joe BarberJoe Barber, 9 years ago

        Haha. I'm glad someone found that. I'm always curious if anyone clicks it

        0 points
    • Adam Brace, 9 years ago

      I think you should remove the work in progress blurb at the bottom of the page. Regardless of you're opinions on the site I think it looks unprofessional and lazy, putting myself in a potential clients shoes, that could reflect badly on you. Its all about first impressions and to me it gives of a sense that you're going to half ass a clients project when that is totally not the case. Other then that it looks pretty cool, an interesting approach. I would look to add a little prompt telling users to scroll.

      1 point
      • Joe BarberJoe Barber, 9 years ago

        I disagree that's it's unprofessional and lazy. It's an iterative experiment (I should probably switch the link to direct to the github commits page). I don't have the time to plan out a portfolio to the level I would plan out client work, nor do I really think that's a valuable use of my time. Because of that, I've come up with this solution. I think being transparent about that is valuable. It may not seem professional to a freelance/contract client, but frankly I don't give a shit. That's not what I built the site for. I'd have a completely different feel to my site if I was trying to solicit work.

        It's a portfolio, not a company. It's one of very few places where I can just do whatever I want with little to no regard for affordances or usability. I mean, the only contact link in the site is hidden inside a giant "KTHXBYE" that's only affordance is a cursor change.

        TL;DR: Nah, It's a site I work on for fun, to give an image of me as a person and designer, not to solicit client work.

        0 points
        • Adam Brace, 9 years ago

          Cool man that works perhaps when you have more time it can all be refined, I think in my opinion I prefer to see more fleshed out portfolios but given your objectives I totally see where you're coming from.

          0 points