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9 years ago from Surjith S M, Freelance Web Designer
Joe 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.
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.
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.