{"id":1,"date":"2025-09-29T14:04:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T14:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madebymolly.uk\/journal\/?p=1"},"modified":"2025-10-08T10:10:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T10:10:55","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madebymolly.uk\/journal\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"3 good websites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Max Kohler<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Germany-based graphics reporter Max Kohler has a portfolio website<\/a> that really speaks to me as a project manager and organization nerd. He\u2019s taken a love of spreadsheets to the next level with a graph-themed display of nearly ten years\u2019 worth of content he\u2019s created. He\u2019s found a way to collect all of his projects, writing, teaching, and social media links in one place as a snapshot of his career. Initially it\u2019s a bit overwhelming, but he\u2019s implemented a purple-pink ombre in the background and a feature for the cursor to highlight specific cells, which makes the website straightforward to digest once you understand what you\u2019re looking at. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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His personality also shows through. Despite the inherent formality of spreadsheets, you can tell he has a sense of humor. Beyond career-oriented topics like his past work and courses, he\u2019s listed whimsical, non-career-related line items like his top running times, and his closest friends. It\u2019s clear that Max is a silly person who takes his design and his work very seriously, which is an impression I want to emulate in my career.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christian Baun<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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This one was made with Wix, but I feel like there\u2019s a trend or stereotype to Wix-made portfolios that this breaks out of. I associate Wix sites with oversized images, flashy templates, and several different pages splitting up portfolios, CVs, and a contact page. At the end of the day though, all most people really need is a one-pager that\u2019s well-organized and easy to read, like this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This digital CV was made by Canadian marketing manager Christian Baum, and hits all the notes you want a CV to hit. He describes who he is, what he\u2019s capable of, listed some past projects, and how best to reach him. He\u2019s cleanly hyperlinked all the relevant projects and profiles so it\u2019s easy to navigate to anything that would be pertinent to hiring him. You really can\u2019t beat this kind of simplicity. I can definitely see myself whipping up a resume like this in the future, since it\u2019s just a little more elevated than the traditional PDF and shows a base level of tech-savvy and aesthetic eye. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Letter Club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/letterclub.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letter Club has a website at the intersection of both encapsulating what the product is for, and a cute, colorful brand aesthetic. Often, flashy branding can backfire by not giving any kind of impression of what the product is about. However, the core of Letter Club\u2019s website shows exactly what they\u2019re about \u2013 emails. The necessary information is formatted like an email, which tells you right off the bat what this information is going to be about. Upon that, they\u2019ve layered the fun doodles and blue text, but it doesn\u2019t overpower the fact that it\u2019s email-related. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The blue doodles on the side illustrate different ways you could use Letter Club: for friends and family or for a club. It makes it easy to visualize yourself using Letter Club, and the website is tailored to move the images neatly to the bottom if you shrink your browser size, so it doesn\u2019t clutter the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They\u2019ve also got a call-to-action button at the bottom, drawing the eye down with the key blue color. I also appreciate that the button notes that it\u2019s free, since that would be my first question as a potential user \u2013 and they\u2019ve already answered it. Great marketing, great user acquisition, and a great overall design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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