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Hi Runners
I'm working on an app that lets callers know where you are when can't take their call. It answers the "where are you" question so you can enjoy on your run.Is this something that you feel would be useful in any way as a runners?
Willem
Hi Runners I'm working on an app that lets callers know where you are when can't take their call. It answers the "where are you" question so you can enjoy on your run.Is this something that you feel would be useful in any way as a runners? Willem
Can you provide some examples of when you think this functionality would be needed?
I thought as a safety feature. Eg. woman running at night or anyone running a long distance in a potentially risky area.
Think it's useful or not particularly?
How does it notify the caller of your location? And does it notify any caller or just the ones you've preselected? Because the former could do way more harm than good.
There are already apps that you can use to let someone track your location. How is this different?
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Since my preferred means of communications is email and anyone that knows me knows that, a phone call is most likely from someone i don't know and not sure how they got my number. Therefore, I wouldn't want to let them know where I am.
On a different note, I can see where a spouse out for a run with or without a young kid / baby jogger with them may want their spouse to know just where they are along their route (as in how close to being finished). But aren't there already apps that can provide tracking?
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I'm working on an app that lets callers know where you are when can't take their call.
Oh good, so if I'm stalking some woman I can just call her phone to figure out where to ambush her?
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I think he is just saying that the app would generically say "Nathan is unavailable right now and can't take your call" or something like that. That's what I'm assuming people figure out on their own when I don't answer their call though.
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Isn't that what Strava is for?
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That was my thought.
steph
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Along the same lines, publicly viewable maps may not be a good idea. Especially if you keep a pretty regular training schedule and always start from home.
Non issue. Even being the paranoid bastard I am, I'm just having a hard time picturing petty breaking-and-entering artists sitting on RA all day trying to determine patterns from people's maps and times they run. Seems like there'd a lot of easier ways to determine a good break-in target.
Seems like you know way too much about this :-)
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I've re-read the OP's question a few times and pondered what unmet need the app would be solving....doesn't mean there isn't an unmet need, just I can't circle in on what it may be.
Let's see -- someone calls me.
There are 2 primary outcomes: 1 = I answer, 2 = I don't answer.
Action #2 may have happened for a variety of reasons: A=I chose not to answer; B=I wasn't available to answer; C=I didn't know there was a call for a variety of reasons (airplane mode, phone left on desk, etc, etc,)
So now I'm out running and someone calls, this hits outcome #2 = I don't answer. This app would then let the caller know the reason I didn't answer was that I was running? That seems the be the intent.
So it seems like it boils down to a core question -- "is it of value for me to tell a caller who did not reach me that I running?". Why does running get special call handling for outcome 2 = I don't answer? That's where I shrug.
(There is an app on Motorola phones -- Motorola Assist which does basically the same thing when you're driving -- it knows that you're driving and automatically offers canned replies to calls & texts...so there is some precedent for activity-based responses to calls/texts)
To the OP's question -- no, I would not purchase an app for this purpose. Just leave a voice mail and I'll get back when I feel like it.
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