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 experience is to have no alarm clock. It works if your internal clock tends to run early, or if you can get yourself to wake up at some regular time. It might be worth experimenting with. If it works, it works really well. Once awake, you can pad over to an ordinary un-alarming clock to find out what time it is. You might still need an ordinary alarm clock on days when you have to get up *really* early. Best wishes, Bruce On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Todd Moy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 response :). > Similar ones can be found by doing a google search for "alarms clocks for > the deaf." Here's an example from HammacherSchlemmer, though not the one I > own: http://tinyurl.com/5x8bwk > > Unfortunately, the ones I've seen are quite ugly. > > -Todd > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:44 PM, Michael Micheletti < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've had a Zen Alarm Clock for some years now: > > > > > http://www.now-zen.com/cgi-bin/orders/shop.pl?ACTION=ENTER+SHOP&thispage=zenclocks&AFFILIATE=google73&ORDER_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 are > > better than the little portable ones with the lids IMHO. > > > > Michael Micheletti > > > > On 6/20/08, Jonathan Abbett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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, let's say money is no object. What's the most > > > delightful alarm clock experience you've had? > > > > > > -Jon > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
