#### What This Is *Creating context, not content* Glimpses enable spontaneous voice conversations triggered by authentic visual context. Every 30 minutes while you're using the app, your phone buzzes. You have 10 seconds to pull it out. The camera opens automatically. 3-2-1, photo. If you want, tap the mic button to add a few words. This becomes a "glimpse" - a window into your actual life that your circle can see. Your circle sees these glimpses and and use them as an opportunity to connect. That's it. #### Core Philosophy *Mission: make connection effortless and authentic allowing technology to disappear into human connection?* **Anti-Performance Technology**: This isn't social media. There's no audience, no likes, no curated feeds. Photos happen automatically at unknown intervals, capturing real unperformed moments. **Technology That Disappears**: The goal is authentic human connection. The app gets out of the way so you can actually talk to people you care about. **Real-Time Connection**: Pushes toward synchronous audio conversation instead of endless async messaging. See context, make the call, have the conversation. #### Three User Actions 1. **Look at moments** - See glimpses from your circle (last 24 hours, chronological) 2. **Create glimpses** - Hold phone when it buzzes for automatic photo, or take one anytime manually 3. **Call people** - Tap someone's glimpse to call them That's the entire app. #### How It Works ##### Creating Glimpses - Every 30 minutes while using the app, phone buzzes - 10 seconds to pull phone from pocket - Camera opens automatically - 3-2-1 countdown, photo captures - Optional: tap mic button to add voice note (auto-stops after 10 seconds of silence) - Glimpse posts to your circle automatically ##### Connecting - See chronological glimpses from your circle - Tap any glimpse to call that person - You just **start talking** - no waiting for them to "answer" - Based on the receivers settings, they either hear you live (after 5-second buffer) or get it as a voice message - If they're already talking to someone: you join the conversation ##### Conversations - One conversation at a time per person - Anyone in your circle can join your conversations on your glimpse they'll see `In a conversation with ___` - Make conversation private if needed (others can't see or join) - Leave anytime - Everything audio-only - no video calls ##### Circles - Start with your phone contacts - Invite close people directly by number - Mark contacts you might want in your circle and when two people match they're connected - One circle per person (your trusted people) #### Key Design Decisions - **30-minute intervals**: Frequent enough for presence, not so frequent it's annoying - **24-hour expiration**: Everything disappears - glimpses and messages. Keeps focus on now. - if message is unheard, it sender is notified and can resend - **Audio-only calls**: No video. Reduces friction and battery drain. - **No answer anxiety**: Caller doesn't wait for pickup - just starts talking. Receiver's context determines if it's live or async. - **Public conversations by default**: Within your circle, conversations are joinable unless made private - **No typing**: Audio only for messages. More personal. #### What This Isn't - Not social media (no likes, comments, followers) - Not content creation (no filters, editing, curation) - Not messaging (no text, only voice) - Not video calling (audio + glimpses only) - Not surveillance (you control when you're live) #### Why This Matters With Glimpse, you stop managing communication and start having it. Glimpses happen automatically while you live. Conversations start naturally when someone has something to say. Everything expires so there's no history to maintain. You're not feeding an app - you're just talking to your people. #appIdea