It was a busy afternoon. My wife and I were ready to go on a trip to Charlotte from Raleigh. I came home from work early expecting my wife Renuka to be excited and all packed up. But I found her sitting in a corner with a bewildered look. I inquired and she shared a picture with me. It was the same picture she sent to my phone earlier. I didn’t make much of the it and the two lines in it. I was too busy and excited about our weekend. I insisted she get ready and she asked me to look again. It finally struck. I was going to be a father. A thousand thoughts rushed through my mind. How long will I be around for my kid? There was so much I wanted to share with him (I’ll refer to my kid as ‘him’ here on out as that is the present case). I wanted him to know how I felt about him from day one of his news. I wanted him to know that his very existence helped me with my own fear of mortality because a part of me would live on in him. I wanted to tell him how to be a good student at age 13 and how to be a good boyfriend at age 17. I wanted him to see the sunset from Lake Tahoe and donate to a charity in my hometown when he was 18. I wanted to create a diary for him where he could see my thoughts be revealed as his life went by. But it would be controlled. I’d control the time, space, and contacts that would unlock my thoughts for him. I thought this would give him something to look forward to. The greatest part of this is if something unexpected happened to me, he would have a part of me live on and be revealed to him. He would get surprises from me long after I am gone, when he is old. I would make him smile from beyond my grave. This is my original vision for the app. This was the beginning of what is now Event Gravity. My son is now 7 months old. I’ve started my collection of messages and I am planning out my presence and influence in his space and time and I am at peace knowing that a part of me will live on in my son's space-time.
The purpose of Event Gravity extends beyond it’s original intended use as a diary. A contact paired message can be sent to two grand parents revealing a grandson’s first walk. Time locked messages are ideal for many uses such as birthday wishes or sport bets. Time and Space sensitive messages are great for business communications and employee time tracking in real estate and corporate world. Beyond messages and calls, Event Gravity will support monetary transactions as well with the same control of time, space and contacts as messages provide. Apart from the diary for my son, I am most excited about how all the brilliant minds out there will use Event Gravity to be creative with their communications.