> Conventional software systems, such as those based on the "desktop metaphor," are ill-equipped to manage the electronic information and events of the typical computer user.

> Lifestreams uses a time-ordered stream as a storage model and stream fillers to organize ,locate, summarize and monitor incoming information.

> Storage should be transparent. "Naming" a file as it is created and choosing a location for it is unneeded overhead.

> Directories are inadequate as an organizing device.

> Archiving should be automatic.

> Computers should make "reminding" convenient

> Personal data should be accessible anywhere andcompatibility should be automatic.