Revamp

In my downtime from studying for the current exam season, I decided to have a crack at re-designing my portfolio website. I’m really happy with the result - and the actual design only took about an hour and a half to come up with and put into practice.

Then I just couldn’t resist porting it to this blog…

I think they’ve both turned out really nicely - the blog isn’t 800×600 friendly (like the portfolio is), but then I don’t really expect much of today’s web-viewing population to be running 800×600 - and if they are, they’re probably not interested in a web designer/developer or in a technical blog… (even though that’s severely grating on me as I’ve been reading Steve Krug’s book on usability [sample chapter]).

So, take a look around the portfolio and here, and let me know what you think. The blog template is a bit of a work in progress, and there may be small areas I haven’t noticed and haven’t ‘themed’ properly (odd font sizes, etc) - but that’s what you get for having a counter-intuitive and overly-complicated templating system… as opposed to something simple.

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5 Responses to “Revamp”

  1. nick wrote:

    Wow, I love this design! I am very impressed.

     January 18th, 2008 at 21:53
  2. James wrote:

    Thanks. It’s one that I’m very pleased with - more so than any of the previous designs I’ve had for my portfolio/blog.

    Unfortunately, as a designer (I’m sure you know), I have the problem of not being content with one design for an extended period… I’m always wanting to re-invent the wheel. :)

    January 19th, 2008 at 16:49
  3. Alon wrote:

    I like it a lot for the portfolio! It’s the best one so far in my opinion. For the blog, however, I feel like I’m being forced to view the content through a spyglass or a little window. It feels kinda limiting and confined. Overall though, pretty awesome.

    And your “problem” of not being content with a design for an extended period of time is probably a good thing. :)

    January 20th, 2008 at 08:28
  4. James wrote:

    Yeah, I’d been thinking about the “spyglass” problem. When I have a bit more time, I’m going to try and come up with a better solution!

     January 20th, 2008 at 09:37
  5. nick wrote:

    I totally know what you mean about not being content.

     January 20th, 2008 at 23:06

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