avidrucker / a12y-exp

A12Y means Accountability

In this project, I, Avi Drucker, ask for help from my community in order to create more accountability in my life. My intent and hope is that, with increased visibility, I can better perform and create value for myself, my community, and our collective future well-being.

Intentions

I will be labeling and categorizing tasks in this project repository to stay organized and focused. By segmenting tasks (called "issues" on this GitHub platform) into milestones / sprints, I hope to:

• create an environment where I can more easily enter work flow
• "work smarter" to leverage my strengths, and
• reduce the stress of working harder (challenging tasks) and/or simply longer hours

The Mile-stones

1. For starters, I will create a "getting started" mile-stone for the setup of this project, initial collaborators, intention setting, etc..
2. Secondly, I will create a "portfolio site" milestone. This will group together the work I do to enhance my personal portfolio website to a presentable status.
3. Thirdly, I will create a "self management" milestone that helps guide my health maintenance, sleep, exercise, and unplugging from work mode & digital devices.

More to come ...

a12y-exp's Issues

Avi takes screenshots of Haloeffekt site

Avi collects 3rd round of portfolios for analysis

Source: https://medium.com/bestfolios/8-product-designer-portfolios-with-brilliant-case-studies-4fcc267a2aa8
Note: Move only the portfolio designs that inspire/impress you to Figma for further analysis

Avi scours internet for awesome portfolio inspiration

• Step 1: Avi scours the internet for awesome portfolio inspiration
• Step 2: Avi reviews each page for 15 seconds to assess it's likely high value contribution

A 2nd targeted Duck Dugk Go search provides Product Designer portfolio related links:

• https://medium.com/bestfolios/8-product-designer-portfolios-with-brilliant-case-studies-4fcc267a2aa8 ✔️
  • todo: Move only the portfolio designs that inspire/impress you to Figma for further analysis
• https://www.behance.net/gallery/87789409/Product-Design-Portfolio ❌
• https://medium.com/bestfolios/8-amazing-portfolio-websites-from-product-designers-560e8211e9f6 ✔️
  • todo: Move portfolios & their creators' names to Figma for further analysis (30 min)
  • Feedback for further work: No need to copy everyone's portfolio if you are only interested in a few or less
• https://carbonmade.com/portfolios/product-design ❌
• https://blog.uxfol.io/product-design-portfolio/ ✔️
  • todo: Summarize this, create a handy checklist for yourself in this week's portfolio site revamping (30 min)
• https://www.bestfolios.com/home ❌

A 1 minute Duck Duck Go search provides the following:

• https://www.designbombs.com/best-modern-design-portfolios/ 👍
  • This looks to be high quality, todo: read this through
• https://millo.co/20-design-portfolios-you-must-see 👍
  • todo: read the text content, see if 2-3 portfolios stand out for you
• https://www.pixpa.com/blog/design-portfolio
  • todo: see Lindsay Zautke Graphic Designer and Healther Wilde's eLearning portfolios: https://www.pixpa.com/blog/design-portfolio
  • todo: Make note of Heather Wilde's value proposition "This is what I offer" : https://www.peopleperhour.com/freelancer/heather-wilde-elearning-developer-designer-zvaamwq
• https://medium.com/@bestfolios/7-stunning-graphic-design-portfolios-from-award-winning-designers-c4d88ab1860c 👍 ✔️
  • todo: review this thoroughly
• https://www.creativebloq.com/portfolios/examples-712368 👎
  • todo: review the app presentation design (layout, margins, info hierarchy, etc.) https://mister.studio/
• https://www.creativebloq.com/inspiration/8-great-examples-of-graphic-design-portfolios 👎
  • todo: review this stunningly good design portfolio: https://www.alexcoven.com/
• https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/graphic-design-portfolio
  • todo: if you are struggling to make progress, consider the 6 points below. if that doesn't help, read this article's more in-depth content

1. Curate your best work, and show a wide breadth of skill.
2. Choose the right platform to showcase your work.
3. Include a professional case study, or client recommendations.
4. Integrate your personality.
5. Describe the creative process.
6. Show non-client work, or side projects.

Avi meets coach friend to discuss next steps

Avi hosts AutoFocus on personal site

Alternatives:

• Avi hosts app on GitHub pages
• Avi hosts app elsewhere / elsehow

Avi breaks down the info architecture and layout of 3 favorite portfolio designs

• Alex Kirov
• Pratibha Joshi
• Ryan Scott

Avi has resume proof read

• LS proofs
• CF proofs
• TD proofs

Avi makes schedule for this week to stay focused

Avi meets designer friend Kyle, discusses portfolio site improvements

Avi creates banner for educational YouTube channel

Avi creates case study drafts

Question: What is your single source of truth? Where are these documents? In Google Docs or Figma?

• Avi locates the documents
• Avi chooses 1 location for these documents
• Avi notes where these documents are here
• Avi writes HE case study draft 1
• Avi writes TD case study draft 1
• Avi writes AF case study draft 1

Avi adds Montgomery Data Analytics certificate to LinkedIn profile

Avi creates resume PDF download Dropbox link

Avi schedules a12y session with engineer friend

Avi creates intentions doc for portfolio

for example: "want to go big & bold w/ theme customization"

Avi updates resume to include keywords for target role

Avi takes screenshots of AutoFocus app

Using Figma, you can slice the screenshot from the main repo into phone screens

Avi schedules a12y session with designer friend

Avi creates mockup of site in Figma w/ copy & content

but no layout or design

Avi writes first draft of case study quilter gallery site

Epic issue: #18

Avi includes YouTube channel as artifact to include in portfolio website

Avi requests endorsements from former coworkers

for LinkedIn, personal portfolio website, or elsewhere (?)

Rationale: This will help potential employers, clients, etc. see Avi as a high value contributor.

Project owner invites first collaborator

Avi conducts final check using product design guidelines

https://blog.uxfol.io/product-design-portfolio/ heavy_check_mark

• todo: Summarize this, create a handy checklist for yourself in this week's portfolio site revamping (15 min)
• todo: Conduct portfolio assessment using the above checklist (15 min)

Avi puts all 3 case studies into actual portfolio site

Requirement / Dependency / Prerequisite: #18

Avi writes first draft of case study Haloeffekt

Epic issue: #18

Avi creates template portfolio website for now

Rationale: The position you are applying for is not a developer role, so, demonstrating your software / web development skills is not probably an effective / productive use of your time this week. ( It introduces further dependencies, points of failure / delay, without giving a great ROI )

• Avi creates template portfolio using carbonmade or similar

Avi writes first draft of case study AutoFocus app

Epic issue: #18

Avi takes screenshots of tamar drucker site

Avi puts questions into centralized place

• Avi decides where to put questions (Google Docs or Figma)

Questions:

• What does KA need & want as a product designer?
• What are my strengths?
• What makes me stand out in a positive way?
• What are flaws I have / perceive that must be addressed?

Avi adds resume link to view, download resume

Project owner writes readme first draft