I don't mind the contact form personally, I get it that spam sucks and it's an easy way to help prevent _some_ spam. The bigger problem is the field labels being inside the input elements. Once you enter them and put anything the labels go away at which point you no longer have any reference for what was supposed to go in the fields. Also, if js is disabled as it was when I first entered the page you have to erase all the crap in the inputs before you can fill out the form.
Peter, good points -- I'll add the email address with the contact form instead of getting rid of it totally. Going to be adding a case study page that each piece of work links to, that has larger screenshots, more detail and depth on what work was done by myself etc.
You really need an about me page. I don't care nor do I want to read your blog, I want to know who you are and what you bring to the table.
Having links to work you did do nothing for me. Did you design and code the whole site or did you just create the search button? You need a separate page just for your work that explains what you actually did.
I don't mind a contact form to be honest, but that also should be its own page. You should provide email and a link to an actual resume on your about me page and/or home page. If they would like to use your form they have the navigation option to dive into that page. Majority of the time they will email you from their mail client so that it is documented.
Your page shows how good or bad you are. What it shows me currently is that you have some design skills but your UX is terrible. The Organization of content, easy of use and relevance of content is done poorly. Create some page flows and really abstract pages for a single purpose not an all in one page that shows everything. I want to get to where I'm going and bounce not search.
Cabose, taken on board your feedback. I definitely need to accompany the work with a case study page detailing what work was done for each project. In terms of keeping everything on one page, the initial goal was to keep it a one-pager (or at least try to), but I guess I'll need to iterate on that.
Tayib,
Overall, it is a nice portfolio. The flow from the top left logo to the "get in touch via email" button works well. A few things stood out at me.
1. Get rid of the Emerson quote. On a smaller display, it hides your contact information.
2. "Spam my inbox" sounds pretty negative. When combined with using a contact form (not how I like to email people) it would prevent me from writing you. Also, you call this email, but it is a contact form.
3. "Write your kickass message here". I'd change this - not because of the swearing but... "kickass"? I like the enthusiasm but I do not have a kickass message for you. Keep the enthusiasm, iterate on the message.
4. Keep the contact form but visually integrate my email address into it.
5. You're going to get a lot of comments about your form. I think it is a nice form, one of the better ones I've seen, visually, but some people will find it hard to accept that you have a big focus on user experience if you continue to use it. Not me, but some.
Good points Daniel. Definitely valid - I actually re-considered the "Spam my inbox" tag a lot, and didn't come up with anything better so stuck with it for the time being. I'll definitely be re-thinking that.
Overall, seems to be a big hate towards contact forms -- I don't quite understand why as maybe I want a bit more information to qualify the contact (like info on where they found out about me, or budget)? Just giving an email address doesn't allow for this.
Did you do the UX of the sites in your portfolio? Everything? Since there are so few, maybe turn them into case studies and describe what the client needed and why you did what you did.
2. Put your location, phone number and email at the top of the page.
3. If this is your portfolio to sell your design services, what's up with "blogger entrepreneur"?
4. Please explain what kind of work you specialize in. It may seem obvious to you, but it's not to us. Mobile experience? etc.
5. The examples are too small, and should link to a larger image, not to the actual website (which will change).
In short: right now, I can't tell what kind of work you do, and I can't contact you easily.