Using CD's for a portfolio presentation?

There are some pros and cons to this, but I think it would be neat to get one, so go for it.

Not everybody knows what to do with these. I guess it would depend on your market. Even CEOs of dot-coms, who would presumably have the money to hire you, often are not the most tech savvy folks, and do things like print out all their email.

Flash is not an easy to program to learn, unless you already have experience with timeline-based programs. It also manages jpgs in a fumbling sort of way.

Director is more ready-made for this kind of application, and will produce files that auto-run (Flash might, I only have Flash 5). It too is confusing to learn, but it's a nifty skill to have, if you're up for it. Both Flash and Director are $$$.

The easiest way is to make yourself a website, and save that to a CD. It takes a bit of explaining to get someone to open it, but it's lots easier for you. You can write opening instructions on the CD insert.

Actually, that wasn't true - the *easiest* way is just save a bunch of files to a CD and let the user figure it out. But the easiest way taking the user into account is the website way. If you know someone techie, they can probably write you an autorun program that will start up a browser, but I don't know how to do it.

Good luck!