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As I think more about the economics of Attention I am struck by the silos. Everyday of my life my attention is disrupted by the constant silo switching. I spend 2 to 2.5 hours per day driving to my place of employment. Today, that time is better spent thanks to my self […]

In the past I have listed the things that build a continuity of experience but I have not given a Formal (read Dictionary) definition. So here it goes:
con·ti·nu·i·ty of ex·pe·ri·ence
a coherent whole understanding of an object, thought, or emotion through the senses or mind.
Via American Heritage dictionary

I did some work on putting together a new interface design for an application. So, I thought I would provide my guiding principles.

“Information becomes the interface”, Edward Tufte in Visual Explanations p.142.
“OODA Loop” (Observation, Orientation, Decision, Action) By Col John Boyd, USAF (Ret).
Information displays should strive to be no wider than 16 choices and […]

The Continuity of Experience is:
About making the experience more ubiquitous.
About making the experience more consistent.
About making the experience more understandable.
About making the experience more actionable.
About making the collection of our experiences more contiguous.
This web 2.0 thing is just one of the more visible increases in our computing Continuity of Experience. Its all about increased […]