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by iodave 5274 days ago
Hey Tim,

I'm a little confused by the two different colored bars (blue and gray) in the skills section of your resume. What is the difference between them?

Also, it may be nice to include your name in the fixed header on the page. I think it's more important to constantly see your name rather than the navigation circles, especially if some people will simply scroll down the page rather than click on each circle.

Although people have said that resumes are no longer relevant, I'd still offer the viewers the option to print or download a standard resume from your site. Just cover your bases.

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Instead of being confused by the different colored bars, it caught my interest because I didn't see any legend explaining it.

After about 15 seconds of studying it, I deduced that what it must mean because of the blue text color of "beginner / expert" at top and grey text color of "rarely / everyday" at the bottom - although those color clues could be a bit more pronounced. The top and bottom placement of the labels also helped.

Some might think it lacking usability; but after figuring it out, others might think "smart".

I was also confused by the bar colours.
The top is "expertise" and the bottom is "how often I use it". Not clear, for sure.
Same here. I had to view source and see that it was expertise and frequency.
Ditto. I would include a clearer legend somewhere near the graph.