Hello HN: I am quitting school for freelance, here's my portfolio • Hacker News Board

Re: Hello HN: I am quitting school for freelance, here's my portfolio

#21

Post by zaidf » Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 10:47 PM UTC

I always believed the goal of a portfolio should be to show first, tell later.

IMO you have too much text. I think if you just showed me real examples of your work, it would be more powerful. We are lucky as designers/devs that we can communicate so much just through screenshots of our work. I'd do that! That gives you a shot at explaining everything else about yourself once your screenshots have impressed someone.

You should list yourself on Tekbob.com :)

Re: Hello HN: I am quitting school for freelance, here's my portfolio

#22

Post by ivanzhao » Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 10:48 PM UTC

andrewljohnson wrote: post #18

I don't see any iOS projects on your portfolio site. If you could email me what apps you have worked on at the email in my profile, I might have work for you.

It's on the page. Here's the link: http://www.threewiki.com

Thanks.

Re: Hello HN: I am quitting school for freelance, here's my portfolio

#23

Post by DanielN » Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 10:49 PM UTC

adrianscott wrote: post #14

i suggest you learn about the role of contrast in readability/usability

Not meaning to be obnoxious but do you, or anyone else, have any suggested reading material on this and similar topics as they apply to web development?

Thanks.

Re: Hello HN: I am quitting school for freelance, here's my portfolio

#24

Post by ivanzhao » Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 10:50 PM UTC

adrianscott wrote: post #14

i suggest you learn about the role of contrast in readability/usability

My take was that low-lighting allows me to pack in more information without cluttering the page, so all can be fit into one page.

Re: Hello HN: I am quitting school for freelance, here's my portfolio

#25

Post by jalpino » Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 10:51 PM UTC

Your site is broken in IE7. http://min.us/mvbDq8b

As sad as it may be, IE6 and IE7 are still the most prominent browsers used by corporate America. If you are building b2b apps you must be conscious of these antiquated beasts.

Best of luck in your freelance endeavors!

EDIT: I have found this tool to be pretty useful in testing against various versions of IE, IETester http://goo.gl/4Egz9

Re: Hello HN: I am quitting school for freelance, here's my portfolio

#26

Post by jacobolus » Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 10:52 PM UTC

I don’t know if you’re looking for photographic composition advice, but generally, I’d say: (1) cut out elements extraneous to the core concept of each photograph, and as one means to that end (2) crop closer and fill up more of the frame with your subjects.

My favorite shots were these:

http://ivzhao.com/photography/pics/randomone15.jpg • http://ivzhao.com/photography/pics/light2.jpg • http://ivzhao.com/photography/pics/randomone16.jpg • http://ivzhao.com/photography/pics/people1.jpg • http://ivzhao.com/photography/pics/randomtwo2.jpg • http://ivzhao.com/photography/pics/randomtwo5.jpg • http://ivzhao.com/photography/pics/randomtwo7.jpg •

Re: Hello HN: I am quitting school for freelance, here's my portfolio

#27

Post by TheSOB88 » Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 10:53 PM UTC

ivanzhao wrote: post #24

adrianscott wrote: post #14

i suggest you learn about the role of contrast in readability/usability

My take was that low-lighting allows me to pack in more information without cluttering the page, so all can be fit into one page.

I think that would be good if it was 'eyeover' rather than 'mouseover'. But requiring the user to expend effort just to read is frustrating.

Re: Hello HN: I am quitting school for freelance, here's my portfolio

#28

Post by csomar » Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 10:55 PM UTC

thechangelog wrote: post #5

plnewman wrote: post #3

I find that the low contrast between the text and the background make this site awfully difficult to read.

Mouse over for proper contrast. It took me a minute to figure it out.

But people with tablets or Mobile phones won't be able to do that.

Re: Hello HN: I am quitting school for freelance, here's my portfolio

#29

Post by mhitza » Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 10:58 PM UTC

Might I suggest making it 1024px friendly?

Re: Hello HN: I am quitting school for freelance, here's my portfolio

#30

Post by ivanzhao » Tue, Dec 07, 2010, 10:59 PM UTC

jacobolus wrote: post #26

I don’t know if you’re looking for photographic composition advice, but generally, I’d say: (1) cut out elements extraneous to the core concept of each photograph, and as one means to that end (2) crop closer and fill up more of the frame with your subjects. My favorite shots were these: http://ivzhao.com/photography/pics/randomone15.jpg • http://ivzhao.com/photography/pics/light2.jpg • http://ivzhao.com/photography/…

Glad you like the photos. However I usually don't associate concepts with my photos and like to response to scenes instinctively without thinking too much about composition. Thanks for your advice nevertheless.