About (multiple versions of) me | Anh

One of the most thorough explorations of an About page I've ever seen, and packed with interesting, thoughtful ideas, such as the statuses as a pseudo "now page" and red/green/grey colour icons to suggest whether they're open for work etc. From the interface to the personality, this has made me want to explore similar themes myself. Very cool!

On why they've used multiple chat-style "users" to their about page:

Even in informal contexts, I communicate differently depending on the audience... Anyway, my point is—the language I use is always context-dependent, and writing an about page that satisfies all those contexts is hard.

On the UI design:

The messaging app concept is based on Discord and Slack. The idea is that each persona is a different contact in the message list. They have their own statuses and names and writing style.

On the clever use of a stealth "contact" page and very nice touch around pronouns:

Since anhbot is a bot and not a version of myself, it talks about me in third-person. This is also nice because then I can slide in some pronouns.

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