Alright, so, there are good and bad things about this. First, the good. The copy is pretty solid and for someone with a sense of humor, it's quite charming. It's not too rude and for the person with a decent head on their shoulders, it shouldn't upset them. The bad, however, is the quality of work that rests on the shoulders of that brass copy. It's not necessarily bad, but it doesn't muster up to the talk that's going on. Not to mention, you can't even click on anything in the portfolio so it sort of makes the work worthless. Cute, but the whole thing should be put back in the oven for a wee bit.
A web designer with an attitude (he did his site while drunk)
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Re: A web designer with an attitude (he did his site while drunk)
#52Unimpressive portfolio. All too common of an attitude in both creative and engineering oriented industries. The greatest things are built through collaboration, and the most brilliant people are generally the most humble — their work speaks for themselves. The markup isn't great at all, and the overall usability and typography choices suck. Get over yourself, millennial.
I'm not sure about you but I definitely don't show my humble side when I'm drunk.
In all seriousness though, I appreciate his attempt to be avant-garde. If it backfires, we know why. If it gets him a few jobs, we know why.
Re: A web designer with an attitude (he did his site while drunk)
#53everyone wants to rag on the portfolio (fine, go ahead) but the long-form copy on that page is great. it's really well laid out, easy to read, and got probably everybody to scroll from top to bottom and read almost the whole thing. as someone who's unsuccessfully been trying to coax something similar out of a designer, it's refreshing to see. my product requires a bit of convincing and explaining, so the standard bus…
Getting someone's attention is only one objective of a portfolio site. The most important one isn't as easy: convince people to hire you. Sure, many people are likely to scroll down. But his "argument" isn't compelling, nor is his work. He just comes off as difficult, arrogant, and not very good at design.
Maybe he has potential as a copywriter, but if he's going to use it, he needs to keep his eye on the objective for which he's writing.
Re: A web designer with an attitude (he did his site while drunk)
#54That guy sure is cocky, considering his profile consists of run of the mill/average website designs. Half of his portfolio looks like it could be from templatemonster.
I recognize the one in the 4th column, 3nd row from themeforest.net
Found it! Here it is on his site: http://i.imgur.com/9rFCs.png
And here it is on themeforest.net: http://themeforest.net/item/business-solutions/152308
Re: A web designer with an attitude (he did his site while drunk)
#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
I recognize the one in the 4th column, 3nd row from themeforest.net
Found it! Here it is on his site: http://i.imgur.com/9rFCs.png And here it is on themeforest.net: http://themeforest.net/item/business-solutions/152308
Props!
(Wonders if this feat can be replicated for the woman with the orange background and no text...nah, probably not.)
Re: A web designer with an attitude (he did his site while drunk)
#56This guy knows how to market. He's like Zed Shaw
Re: A web designer with an attitude (he did his site while drunk)
#57everyone wants to rag on the portfolio (fine, go ahead) but the long-form copy on that page is great. it's really well laid out, easy to read, and got probably everybody to scroll from top to bottom and read almost the whole thing. as someone who's unsuccessfully been trying to coax something similar out of a designer, it's refreshing to see. my product requires a bit of convincing and explaining, so the standard bus…
Getting someone's attention is only one objective of a portfolio site. The most important one isn't as easy: convince people to hire you. Sure, many people are likely to scroll down. But his "argument" isn't compelling, nor is his work. He just comes off as difficult, arrogant, and not very good at design. Maybe he has potential as a copywriter, but if he's going to use it, he needs to keep his eye on the objective f…
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Re: A web designer with an attitude (he did his site while drunk)
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Getting someone's attention is only one objective of a portfolio site. The most important one isn't as easy: convince people to hire you. Sure, many people are likely to scroll down. But his "argument" isn't compelling, nor is his work. He just comes off as difficult, arrogant, and not very good at design. Maybe he has potential as a copywriter, but if he's going to use it, he needs to keep his eye on the objective f…
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I kind of have the impression that "there is no such thing as bad publicity" is the general view here. I made a comment which I deleted* which was also downvoted and also agreed with the idea that not all publicity is good publicity. I like the quote (attributed to Mae West and various others) that "There's no such thing as bad publicity" but I don't think it's really accurate if taken too literally.
* Not because of the downvotes but just thought better of it -- like I think I am blathering on too much here about me in a way that could lead to trouble.
Re: A web designer with an attitude (he did his site while drunk)
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Getting someone's attention is only one objective of a portfolio site. The most important one isn't as easy: convince people to hire you. Sure, many people are likely to scroll down. But his "argument" isn't compelling, nor is his work. He just comes off as difficult, arrogant, and not very good at design. Maybe he has potential as a copywriter, but if he's going to use it, he needs to keep his eye on the objective f…
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There are two general reasons why a hn comment might get downvoted.
First, if you are not contributing something positive to the conversation, most people will downvote you. This is why the comment where you are asking why you got downvoted is now downvoted.
Next, it is generally considered acceptable to upvote comments you agree with and downvote comments than you disagree with. I think this is why the comment you are asking about was downvoted initially.
Note, there is some controversy about downvoting because you disagree. Personally, I feel like this makes hacker news a more uniform and less interesting place than it would be otherwise, but I believe I am outvoted in this matter. On the other hand, upvoting or downvoting is clearly better than content-free 'me too' posts.
Re: A web designer with an attitude (he did his site while drunk)
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
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I kind of have the impression that "there is no such thing as bad publicity" is the general view here. I made a comment which I deleted* which was also downvoted and also agreed with the idea that not all publicity is good publicity. I like the quote (attributed to Mae West and various others) that "There's no such thing as bad publicity" but I don't think it's really accurate if taken too literally. * Not because of…
I see, thanks for your response. I think that "there's no such thing as bad publicity" makes sense. It's certainly true that the downside of this site is not that it's drawing people in who don't like it. I think the problem is that the publicity isn't likely to overcome the deficit in work that's likely to result from serious potential clients being turned off. The publicity isn't necessarily bad, but the portfolio website is, if that makes sense.
Still, I thought generally "adding value" isn't contingent on agreement. Do people generally downvote things they disagree with? (Sorry if this is a dumb question, haven't been here for long.)