Rationale
My pattern library represents who I am as a person: very quirky and energetic. The messaging of my portfolio site is that I’m not one specific thing but instead a multitude of different experiences that have shaped me to being who I am today. My drive is to make motion designs that are empathetic towards the audience and they feel they can connect to.
What did you do well?
I think that the messaging of my portfolio is very clear, you can get a sense of who I am and the kind of work I do.
What did you do poorly?
Location of my logo maybe…
What could be improved?
I think that I could improve on creating perhaps even a bit crazier, to fall even more with messaging. Some coding could be better written, more descriptions for the pattern libraries.
What problems did you run into?
I had a full website breakdown.
What complications did you overcome?
I overcome that issue by retrieving the previous commit from GitHub and working from there.
Does the website communicate the right message?
I think it does, because I incorporated a lot of motion.
Is the website usable?
Yes, I tried to make it very simple, not a big navigation=not navigation.
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Patterns
Barely started
Missing lots of patterns
Has most of the patterns, some missing
All patterns exist and are well done
Personality
Bland, boring, just another graphic designer
Fairly generic but may be better with visual design
Quality layouts and unique, personable content
Unique and recognizable as you, with engaging, personable content
Text content
Fake content only
Some real content, some fake
All real content but with lots of errors
Real content, well written, no grammar or spelling errors
Responsiveness
Not responsive
Works on some screens
Responsive but with lots of awkwardness
Looks great on all screen sizes
Documentation
No documentation
Very little documentation
Mostly well documented
Amazing! Anybody could understand
Use of systems
Everything is repeated
Some good use of Jekyll & Patternbot
Lots of good systemization & reuse
Lego!
Code quality
Barely started
Indentation is barely existent, lots of validation errors, very poor semantics
Decent indentation, just a couple validation errors, decent semantics
@thomasjbradley
Rationale My pattern library represents who I am as a person: very quirky and energetic. The messaging of my portfolio site is that I’m not one specific thing but instead a multitude of different experiences that have shaped me to being who I am today. My drive is to make motion designs that are empathetic towards the audience and they feel they can connect to.
What did you do well? I think that the messaging of my portfolio is very clear, you can get a sense of who I am and the kind of work I do. What did you do poorly? Location of my logo maybe… What could be improved? I think that I could improve on creating perhaps even a bit crazier, to fall even more with messaging. Some coding could be better written, more descriptions for the pattern libraries. What problems did you run into? I had a full website breakdown. What complications did you overcome? I overcome that issue by retrieving the previous commit from GitHub and working from there. Does the website communicate the right message? I think it does, because I incorporated a lot of motion. Is the website usable? Yes, I tried to make it very simple, not a big navigation=not navigation.