In recently changing universities the author has had to transition from being a regular Mahara user to now being a regular PebblePad user. In making this transition there have been a number of insights gained as to the affordances, or otherwise, of each of these systems. This presentation will attempt to offer an unbiased view of each system, from the users' perspective, with a view to providing advice and guidance as to the different approaches required for each system. However, as an experienced user of an ePortfolio, the author, in making this transition, has developed a suite of design heuristics that can be adopted for use by other users' (of either system), as a way to generate, promote and maintain a significant public profile.