A computer implemented method for managing experience information includes: defining an overall blueprint representing a collection of experiences in a two-dimensional matrix having a plurality of entries organized into a plurality of rows and columns such that each entry in the matrix corresponds to one experience in the collection; defining a plurality of specific blueprints each modeled after the overall blueprint such that each specific blueprint represents the collection of experiences in the two-dimensional matrix and indicates a relative priority of each experience in the collection for the particular specific blueprint; obtaining experience information for a plurality of individuals using the overall blueprint, the experience information obtained for each individual defining a personal experience profile for that individual and indicating which experiences in the collection the individual possesses; and, storing the personal experience profile for each individual, each stored personal experience profile including the obtained experience information defining the personal experience profile for that individual.