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Not sure what the other commenters mean with "HN is not the place for this". He is asking about an idea, he is not testing anything. As for the app, and also a
by wingerlang 13y ago
Not sure what the other commenters mean with "HN is not the place for this". He is asking about an idea, he is not testing anything.
As for the app, and also as someone who loves tracking himself, I would like it. In fact, I did this manually in my google calendar at one point but only for a month or so because there was too much friction.
I am also interested in how it would detect being with someone. Seems strange. Another solution, which I am using in a personal tracking project, could be to simply send a local notification at the end of each day - asking "Who were you with today?". I've noticed that this works pretty well. I send one to myself once after 24 hours, and then twice (+24more) if the first one was not "answered".
- captainbenises 13y agoI answered below, but basically post your location every 15 minutes to a server, and if you and a friend are near each other, send a notification asking you to 'check-in" with this person.
- wingerlang 13y agoThat sounds like it would take an awful lot of battery though. And it would mean most of your friends would have to have the app for it to be "useful" don't it?
- captainbenises 13y agoI've been running the prototype on my phone, and doesn't seem to use a noticeable amount of power at the moment. But you're right, all your friends have to be running the app for the detection to work.