Wow…I think this new application has hit on something that’s game-changing for location-awareness. Most people think location programs are a little creepy, but some genius may have just solved that.
Say you and the family are headed over to a friend’s house. You’d planned a brunch at 10 am, but packing the kids’ stuff and corralling them is taking forever, or some little task became a giant one, etc. You still hope to make it by 10, but it may be 10:15…or 10:30. Instead of calling them as the clock ticks by, just email/text them a “Glympse”. This is a temporary link to a service that tracks you via gps on your phone, and provides your recipient with rights to view it on a webpage for up to four hours. Then it goes away.
That’s the key -- it’s a temporary permission, that automatically dissolves in a few hours. You send the email/text, and forget about it. There’s no social network to join, no “friending”, no decisions whether to allow this person to view you forever -- it’s just a quick email for a short peek at your whereabouts! Nice.
