Sunday, May 27, 2012

It's time to bring the GPS into the connected Web

Okay, the GPS devices really changed the way we get around....but that was so five years ago.

It's time to bring them into the new connected web.  I like that I can find the way to the bike shop across town, but when I want to find a path to something, it is usually because I am interacting with somebody else -- my wife, relative, friend, client... you know what I mean.

And usually only one of us know where the location is at.
You're at the hospital and I need to know how to get there -- why can't your GPS send a message to my GPS to show where I need to go. Why do I have to look it up and maybe get the wrong place name.

Other instances:
Message me the location of

  • the restaurant,
  • the park where the party will be,
  • the ball field our kids are playing at,
  • the location where the meeting is being held ( don't just message my GPS, do it to the whole list of 100 who will be attending,
  • the garage sale you want me to see,
  • where Uncle Pete's grave is,
  • where the boat launch that you found in Florida is located,
  • The locations of the five houses where I have to drop boxes off to,
Get the idea?
Remember when doing a fax blast was a radical idea?  It's 2012.  Why can't we do a GPS blast?