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mitchivin··on Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod
Aside from the fact that Graphic Designer is barely if ever mentioned on the site, I don't think you understand what Graphic Design is
mitchivin··on Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod
Thanks dude!
mitchivin··on Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod
ahah thanks for making the effort to comment again

in the same way, it's been cool getting feedback from the same person after those changes/time has passed

mitchivin··on Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod
it's been mentioned a few times so ill take a look into it. from memory i think it was a choice but i'll go back and reaccess the loading bar smoothness :)

and yeah there's some really cool one's out there!

mitchivin··on Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod
thank you!
mitchivin··on Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod
I don't know if dodgy is the word I would use

https://mitchivin.github.io/gameboy/

mitchivin··on Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod
thanks boss! one of the first songs I ever heard/saw the video for. Never left me haha
mitchivin··on Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod
no offensive taken dude, great eye you have and at some point i'll go through and see if I can address each of these things

aside from the pixel grid effect - thats just there for fun and I like it

mitchivin··on Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod
check the bar above the gameboy when it asks you for the code :)
mitchivin··on Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod
haha welcome back, your feedback last time was 100% fair and balanced - I used it along with the other comments in that thread to resolve the issues I felt deserved attention and the things you mentioned fell into that category, so I appreciate it!

in regards to the new my projects bug, thats honestly something I noticed myself just recently too and its a result of changing which projects I have up. at one point they all had at least 1 project they were filtering - that is something I will be sorting out!

Im getting back to fleshing out the projects now, I've been spending time working on some other stuff - i needed a break after the amount of time that went into this originally haha. but im aiming to circle back now and polish up/add to the copy/projects

haha! Im fully prepared for some roasts but this time i'm 9 months more experienced in dealing with it. Thanks so much for the thoughtful feedback, I really appreciate it and its even better coming from someone who saw the original version.

mitchivin··on Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod
thanks boss!
mitchivin··on Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod
thanks mate! it was countless hours of obession & frustration back in the days of Sonnet 3.5

For sure! Im a big advocate for anything outside the box haha

mitchivin··on Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod
That was the idea! I can't stand here and say that it's made me completely stable in my freelance career but it defintely got some eyeball's on me that would have no clue who I otherwise was
mitchivin··on Show HN: My Windows XP portfolio with working Game Boy and iPod
haha thanks! turns out it isn't as easy as searching for a standard audio file for the sound (being a machine sound i guess/think?) so I had to find someone doing ASMR and cut it up hahah
mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
it’s actually closer to family guy/bobs burgers than Ghibli, so it’s pretty obvious you just jumped on the AI hate train around the Ghibli craze

And if that’s your only complaint, thanks so much - I’m glad you could find something to try and drag me down though for your own enjoyment

mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
Thanks so much dude!! really appreciate it, I couldn’t agree more and I can’t wait to make the next project even sloppier

It’s cool hey

mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
So you can’t take me seriously based on the use of a tool that almost definitely is used on a daily basis by everyone in my industry? Or would I be taken more seriously if I took a moral stand like you, and failed to adapt to my changing profession?
mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
:)
mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
cheers!
mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
thanks for the support mate! don't worry about people like that, If people want to be so rigid in their thinking - let em!
mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
it took me way too long to find but i've 'fixed' it haha, thanks!
mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
fixed the typo! thanks
mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
thank you!
mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
thanks dude!
mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
Will check out the chrome scrolling on android, is that in the my projects app?

Sadly the address bar does not drop down haha Maybe one day

mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
At this point it seems like the debate around if the portfolio site is effective or not is opinion based but I will say, I know my actual projects are lacking - that’s just proof that I’m a junior haha and that I didn’t intend on ending up with this.

If anything it’s the best motivation I could have to raise the quality of all my work though

mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
Thanks boss! Appreciate the kind words.

I’m not phased by the comments at this point haha I take them all on board but I’d already considered the large majority of their points before I decided to go all in!

The people that get it, get it

mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
I will get around to it, sorry! Thanks for letting me know
mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
Oh interesting, that’s not intentional but it might be something I just hadn’t considered - does it scroll again after the keyboard is hidden?
mitchivin··on Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
Nothings off the table so maybe I’ll look into that eventually! Before that id probably go the other way and allow the viewing of a basic single page basic portfolio haha

Maybe styled like a word doc or something

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