Eric Smith blogs on UX/UI, jobs…and stuff

Sifting through online portfolios day in and day out, it’s occured to me that there’s a fundamental shift in user’s sophistication and expectations when online.  For the designer, I think it calls into question whether designing and building a custom web portfolio is a good use of their time.

 Unless you have the requisite skills to build a killer online experience, consider using prepackaged systems or blog to do the delivery job for you.  Going this route, especially WordPress, allows you to have flexability in the future to customize the CSS and url to make the site look completely custom, or at least, it provides a way to showcase what’s really important: the work in your portfolio

Pre-packaged:

1. Coroflot: a widely adopted forum with a decent interface
2. Carbonmade: a simple interface with cool technology, limited space
3. Portfolios.com: nice branding but clunky interface to sift through
4. Indexhibit.org: minimalist but fast, clean and scalable (thanks Rick!)

Blog:

1. WordPress: very verstatile and can be customized: url and CSS. limited options when it comes to site statistics.
2. Blogger: Google’s option might have less customizable options but functions very well.