I am now beginning to think of portfolios in a different way. It seems that their success or failure largely depends on peoples understanding of what they are trying achieve as opposed to what tools they should select. It's probably fair to say that we already have a wide selection of tools to pick from and this list will continue to grow as the whole online medium matures. Therefore the skill will be in combining these tools and data sources in such a way as to make using portfolios an interesting and beneficial experience. Perhaps we need to create new kind of education professional - in the web world information architects are becoming quite a common within the development team - perhaps now is the time for the Portfolio Architect?