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and compartmentalize or deliberately
fragment their experience. When the
app or service or system knows the
boundaries (home vs. car vs. office,
or even the bedroom vs. the dining
table, or talking with mom vs. cooking
dinner for family), it can anticipate
what’s desirable for interruption or
not. And then rejoining smoothly,
effortlessly, without user interaction,
feels like real continuous magic,
paradoxically. This is the true value
of a multi-device setup: a sense
of continuity that doesn’t disrupt
unnecessarily and lets me smoothly
go about my daily routines in an
enhanced manner, providing what
John Dewey poetically referred to as
an “integrative aesthetic experience,”
whole in and of itself. That’s when
multiplicity of information expression
achieves the continuity of magical,
natural engagement, regardless of
device or screen, brimming with
a quiet powerful intelligence that
supports our daily living.
Uday Gajendar is a catalyst for design
innovation, driving “next-gen” concepts and
coaching start-ups on UX fundamentals. He
constantly pushes critical thinking behind
the pixels by frequently writing and speaking
around the world. You can read more at his
blog, ghostinthepixel.com.
MARCH–APRIL 2015 IN TERAC TIONS 21 INTERAC TIONS. ACM.ORG
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