Ask HN: What are the best personal project websites you've seen?

You know, I've dealt with many clients who ask for flying text, moving pictures and looping videos in their websites. Don't be that client to yourself. When we work with such clients, we usually start probing with lots of WHYs, and the other "W" questions, something in the lines of

- "Why, according to you, do you believe that is the best way of displaying the information?"

- "Why do you believe that all the 5 points are equally important?"

- "Who are your most ideal users?"

etc, etc, etc. We kept probing till it comes down to the simplest, bare-bone answers, at best -- YES or NO. For instance, "YES, the user will need to provide just the email ID and nothing else."

Now, apply that to your own personal website, get down to the simplest core of your personality/quality/characteristics/qualification. Better yet, think of your target industry and come up with a compelling, different take on it and make it interesting for your prospective employer.

One of the biggest mistakes most "providers" make, is talking about themselves, as that is the easiest. Instead, talk of the recipient, be it the employer, the client or the user. They talk of themselves since they everything about themselves more than anyone else, so they stay in that comfort zone. Go, venture to your prospects, focus on them and not you.

Do that, and they will be the one to come to you and "ask you for more." When they start asking for more, the journey forward is easy - now unfold your story, build it up, surprise them. Go on.

The narcissism part:

Personally, I've had people surprised, smiled, and intrigued at conferences, events with my business card[1, 2] and they usually go to my website[3].

1. Front - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1308/photos/business-car...

2. Back - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1308/photos/business-car...

3. https://brajeshwar.me/

http://motherfuckingwebsite.com

edit: Seriously, why does a site need to be like a fucking pop-up book?!