Upon realizing this, Zoomie looked at his site not as something to be guided by cognitive heuristics, but as a challenge to present as much about his work and skills as possible without overwhelming his potential employers. He quickly swapped the 9 navigational buttons for 3, and simplified his site to reduce the amount of searching needed to find his best portfolio pieces. Instead of directly applying Cognitive Theory, he adapted general cognitivist ideas into his designs. He also grew quite fond of reading about great thinkers that tackeld similar issues of applying Cognitive theory to HCI, like Terry Winograd, Herbert Simon, and Susanne Bødker.



Zoomie completed his portfolio redesign and spread the word on all his social networks. Miraculously, he received a call from Microsoft the next day! His days of ramen and bad teriyaki were over!

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