Who is my user?

I think I can divide my user categories in three different types:
- Businesslike
- Public
- Private

I think for all of them it’s important that they can easily find what they are looking for. However, they might all seek different content of my site.
Somehow I find it comfortable that my whole personal life can’t be found on the internet. For example: I have a hyves-domain which you can only enter when I added them as a ‘friend’.

So my content for the site I want to build will be about what I want to do for living: Architecture. As we spoke off in the lessons, it was said that companies think a portfolio is more than just the projects you did or you are working on, but they would want an impression how you are as a person.

I see a clear distinction between businesslike and public versus private. However, as can be seen in the image, there should be a bridge (link) between the two different sites.

What will the users be looking for?

Current clients: current projects, contact information
Future clients: architectural style, past projects,
current projects, contact information
Colleagues: updates, past projects, current projects,
inspiration, private information
Future boss: architectural style, past projects, current projects,
contact information, private information
Old boss: updates, current projects, contact information,
private information

Teachers: updates, architectural style, past projects,
current projects, assignments, contact information
Students: updates, past projects, current projects, private information
Foreign students: updates, past projects, current projects,
private information (content English)
Friends: private information, updates,
small view of projects (fancy pictures)
Relatives: private information, updates,
small view of projects (fancy pictures)
Acquaintances: private information, updates,
small view of projects (fancy pictures)

Living on Water presentation

What other forms of portfolio's can be found?

The name 'portfolio' originally comes from the two Latin terms portare (to carry) and folium (paper sheet). Nowadays however, the interpretation of a portfolio is a lot broader and I think the meaning of the word is the collection of works of a person.

I was looking for other forms of portfolio's. Is it still a portfolio or is it not?

Demo's (musicalbums):
All the numbers written by an artist (or band) in a certain time are collected on an album. Since music is audiovisual media, it is impossible for an artist to present themselves by a visual (paper) portfolio. The goal of the artist is to get a contract from a producer after he heard their demo (portfolio).

Best of - albums (musicalbums)
Succesful artists often create a 'best of-album'. Beside the fact that it's a easy way of making money. The goal of an album like this is to reach a broader crowd with the more popular songs they made.

Expositions (art):
Art is something you have to see for yourself instead of looking in a catalogue with tiny pictures. Therefore artists have expositions to present themselves to the outside world.