Interstitial moments are:

• waits at airport gates
• Uber rides
• taxi rides
• time in the waiting room at a doctor’s office or barber shop
• i.e., those slices of time that happen between scheduled events or during transitions / pauses.

Lately, I’m hearing more and more people talk about how they (or we can) use interstitial moments to consume programming or education . . . or to practice mindfulness or some other creative act. I’m not suggesting that any of those choices are good or bad, but I do intend to start noticing the interstitial moments in my life and to see how I naturally fill them. If I’m being honest, I think I’m in one right now. Maybe you are, too.

Or maybe this would be better classified as interstitial space?

Sources:

• https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/06/the-future-of-television-is-being-able-to-pick-shows-by-length/562547/
• Dan Pink’s bi-weekly newsletter
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstitial_space_(architecture)