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Ask HN: How to improve my personal website?

2 points by ahmedbaracat 10y ago

You can check it out at http://www.barac.at/ Thanks in advance ;)

mtmail 10y ago
All good. I wouldn't change anything.
- ahmedbaracat 10y ago
  Not a single thing ;)? Thank you, but what about the resume?
brudgers 10y ago
It's hard to suggest improvements without knowing the goal of the changes. I mean as a resume, it duplicates much of the Linkedin profile. On the other hand, it does not really reflect the impression created by the Github profile which is dominated by reasonably successful open source projects...and depending on the significance of contributions to those projects may or may not be appropriate. Anyway, it would be helpful to have a bit more depth to what 'improve' means. Good luck.
- ahmedbaracat 10y ago
  Thanks for the comment. The goal is to have it as a portfolio of the projects I have published over the years. The Github contributions are very minor btw :)
  - brudgers 10y ago
    For a portfolio, quality, context and relevance matter. The goal of a portfolio is to make someone say 'Wow'. As Mies Van der Rohe said: Less is more. It's better to tell the reader about three good projects, what makes them good, and why the reader should care than provide a link to ten projects of variable quality. The more the reader sees, the more likely the reader is to find a 'mistake' or something of lesser quality. A text list of other projects can convey quantity and breadth. It can still contain links. The idea is still that it is better to have three projects supported by seven more than ten competing for the attention of the portfolio's reader. To put it another way, it's good to be proud of all one's work. But just as some code is better than other code, some projects are better than others.
    - ahmedbaracat 10y ago
      Thank you so much. That's the kind of feedback I was looking for. I will try to focus on few projects and cover them in depth and link to others like you described. Thanks again :):)

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Ask HN: How to improve my personal website?

2 points by ahmedbaracat 10y ago

You can check it out at http://www.barac.at/ Thanks in advance ;)

mtmail 10y ago
All good. I wouldn't change anything.
- ahmedbaracat 10y ago
  Not a single thing ;)? Thank you, but what about the resume?
brudgers 10y ago
It's hard to suggest improvements without knowing the goal of the changes. I mean as a resume, it duplicates much of the Linkedin profile. On the other hand, it does not really reflect the impression created by the Github profile which is dominated by reasonably successful open source projects...and depending on the significance of contributions to those projects may or may not be appropriate. Anyway, it would be helpful to have a bit more depth to what 'improve' means. Good luck.
- ahmedbaracat 10y ago
  Thanks for the comment. The goal is to have it as a portfolio of the projects I have published over the years. The Github contributions are very minor btw :)
  - brudgers 10y ago
    For a portfolio, quality, context and relevance matter. The goal of a portfolio is to make someone say 'Wow'. As Mies Van der Rohe said: Less is more. It's better to tell the reader about three good projects, what makes them good, and why the reader should care than provide a link to ten projects of variable quality. The more the reader sees, the more likely the reader is to find a 'mistake' or something of lesser quality. A text list of other projects can convey quantity and breadth. It can still contain links. The idea is still that it is better to have three projects supported by seven more than ten competing for the attention of the portfolio's reader. To put it another way, it's good to be proud of all one's work. But just as some code is better than other code, some projects are better than others.
    - ahmedbaracat 10y ago
      Thank you so much. That's the kind of feedback I was looking for. I will try to focus on few projects and cover them in depth and link to others like you described. Thanks again :):)