I recently added an application to my phone called Glympse, (sorry folks, it’s not available for iPhone yet). It is a GPS location app that simply shares your location (and motion) with specific people for a specific period of time, and even allows you to enter your destination so it can estimate your time of arrival.

Glympse’s tagline is “Share your where,” and for some reason it has really stuck in my head. I find myself wondering where all this social networking is going next, and what else we can share. Journey sharing may be the next big thing. Most smartphones will now capture your GPS location with the picture, so many of the photo sharing sites can display a map of where it was taken. One site, EveryTrail , will take the GPS track from your phone (whatever app you use on your device), add the photos you took during your journey, and create a map of your trip with the photo pinned to the location along your route. Then you share this with family and friends, or the world!

In this visual world, photos and videos do really help communicate more than just words. Sharing what you are doing or thinking via Facebook or Twitter is wonderful, but sharing where you are and what you saw begins to tell a story. I’m not saying we do away with Facebook or Twitter, but as we start looking for the next way to network, interact and build community, why don’t we start sharing our journeys as well? Go ahead and give it a try. Share a trip or simply a bike ride or hike. Who knows what journey sharing might lead to next.