I agree with that a sunrise alarm clock is delightful. Absolutely my
last alarm clock.
Mine doesn't make any sound and allows any lamp to be plugged into it,
so it is a lovely as the lamp you choose (if you hide the box).
It is a small black box (~3inx5inx2in), with a red digital clock, 6
Great timing! As of this week, I'm in the position of designing an
alarm clock -- something I've been dying to do for quite a few years
now.
One of the things I've always craved in my own clock was a slow
ramping of volume from zero to whatever max volume I'd originally
set the alarm to go off
Speaking strictly for myself, I am prepared to overlook the phrase
Great timing, but don't do it again :)
As long as you're designing an alarm clock, why not allow the user to
set the start noise time, the end noise time and the beginning
and ending volumes?
katie
Great timing! As of
I caught the inadvertent Great timing pun too late... The post had
already left the station.
I'm focusing on providing some elegant features to the functionality of the
alarm that will ease people into their day. The slow ramp is something I've
always wanted. (I haven't quite figured out the
I wrote about my alarm clock quite some time ago here:
http://designaday.tumblr.com/post/1116463/why-i-have-an-ugly-alarm-clock
So, Shaun, make it really easy to set the time, and make it an
aesthetically pleasing industrial design, and I'm sold.
Jack
Jack L. Moffett
Interaction Designer
My July 2006 wake up call about this alarming topic was documented at:
http://blog.360.yahoo.com/nomodes
Here's the text:
The devolution of a clock
Some time during the 1990's, I purchased a Braun travel alarm
that was a delight to own until it eventually died last year. I
Good question. I designed one if grad school because I hated mine so much. I
eventually bought this one @ Costco and love it:
http://www.jr.com/sony/pe/SON_ICFC180/
--
Paul Nuschke
Senior Design Researcher
ELECTRONIC INK(c)
www.electronicink.com
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Jonathan Abbett
It's called iPhone, set with the 'harp' sound.
Quite pleasant, lovely interface... and snooze!
I'm at a point where I'm ready to buy the last alarm clock I'll ever need,
so for argument's sake, let's say money is no object. What's the most
delightful alarm clock experience you've had?
My iPhone is also my alarm but because I awake @ 5, I rarely use it
will evans
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On Jun 23, 2008, at 4:35 PM, Janna Hicks DeVylder
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It's called iPhone, set with the 'harp' sound.
Quite pleasant, lovely
The sunrise alarm clock is rather wonderful. We have one with a round orb
and a strong white light. We clipped one of the wires inside, so it just
glows for an hour without ringing at all. If you're willing to admit that
it's daytime, it makes waking up a natural experience.
The ultimate user
I have to sleep with earplugs in to combat a major electric bus line that runs
on my street. I bought a Sonic Boom - comes with a vibrating disc you stick
between boxspring and mattress. It not only gives the bed a really low dose
shake, but is amplified in the boxspring creating a very audible
I found a sunrise alarm clock at a yard sale a few years back. Basically,
it's a clock/lamp that slowly brightens in the minutes leading up to your
awake time. A bit after that, a typical alarm will softly ring and build in
intensity.
It's quite nice since you don't wake up in fight-or-flight
There was a list discussion a couple years ago about alarm clocks...
http://www.ixda.org/discuss.php?post=5934
...and it made me wonder-- what do usability-sensitive people use for alarm
clocks?
I'm at a point where I'm ready to buy the last alarm clock I'll ever need,
so for argument's sake,
I've had a Zen Alarm Clock for some years now:
http://www.now-zen.com/cgi-bin/orders/shop.pl?ACTION=ENTER+SHOPthispage=zenclocksAFFILIATE=google73ORDER_ID=%21ORDERID%21
I love it, but then I'm a left coast tree-hugger from the Pacific
Northwest, your mileage may vary. The tall triangular versions
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