WakeMyself
Consumer and social
alarm and reminder service
SHOW HN2012
76points
58comments
#312of 1,677 in 2012
Top 19%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
6 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 6 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Idea: 3 for, 4 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean design and usability
From 1 comment
Great idea! My only complaint - I copied your URL without the "www." and thought the site was broken, but apparently it's just a subdomain issue. Other than that I like the clean…
sprobertson on HN
Useful for setting self-reminders during the day
From 1 comment
Apparently I'm already using this for something slightly different than the intended purpose and loving it. This may be an excellent tool for me to send myself reminders for…
dabent on HN
Dream recording idea is compelling
From 2 comments
This is brilliant. I would seriously pay for this service if it could use translation (edit: transcription) to keep my dreams sorted - I never remember dreaming after a few…
marquis on HNThis is really interesting. It promises to help bridge the gap between conscious periods, while allowing us to capture bits of our unconscious and dream state musings.
grandalf on HN
Objections
Phone call is easy to ignore or fall back asleep through
From 2 comments
I've tried services likes this before but it's too easy to know what it is and ignore it and then fall back asleep. Maybe I'm just more stubborn than everyone else.
joshmlewis on HNThere's still the issue that you have to answer your phone with this service (provided you don't write an Android app that automatically answers calls from this number and puts…
BHSPitMonkey on HN
Privacy concerns about storing personal messages in the cloud
From 2 comments
The phone app only replays a recorded message from yourself. I have one that runs on a laptop that does text to speech (it plays my music getting gradually louder with the time…
freshhawk on HNI have this same thing as an app on my phone (that I wrote myself and is not polished but who cares, it works). I think the idea is awesome, and it does work well to hear…
freshhawk on HN
Time zone handling is unclear; only relative times offered
From 2 comments
Very cool, congrats on shipping! Are you using Twilio to power the calls? Some quick feedback: 1. I'd recommend having a clock selector for the "wake up time" -- right now it's…
forgingahead on HNGreat idea! My only complaint - I copied your URL without the "www." and thought the site was broken, but apparently it's just a subdomain issue. Other than that I like the clean…
sprobertson on HN
Requests
Add a clock-time selector with time zone
From 2 comments
Very cool, congrats on shipping! Are you using Twilio to power the calls? Some quick feedback: 1. I'd recommend having a clock selector for the "wake up time" -- right now it's…
forgingahead on HNGreat idea! My only complaint - I copied your URL without the "www." and thought the site was broken, but apparently it's just a subdomain issue. Other than that I like the clean…
sprobertson on HN
Transcription of recordings
From 2 comments
This is brilliant. I would seriously pay for this service if it could use translation (edit: transcription) to keep my dreams sorted - I never remember dreaming after a few…
marquis on HNRight, transcription. I think Twilio has speech-to-text?
marquis on HN
Ability to delete entries
From 1 comment
This is brilliant. I would seriously pay for this service if it could use translation (edit: transcription) to keep my dreams sorted - I never remember dreaming after a few…
marquis on HN
Support for Europe / non-US users
From 2 comments
Just a few things: 1. Doesn't make much sense to have a link to home page on the home page - WakeMyself is a link. 2. It'd be nice to make step 1, 2 and 3 boxes to be same…
smartial_arts on HNIt's really awesome, but please, Europe exists...
luisivan on HN
Sign-in without leaving the front page
From 1 comment
Just a few things: 1. Doesn't make much sense to have a link to home page on the home page - WakeMyself is a link. 2. It'd be nice to make step 1, 2 and 3 boxes to be same…
smartial_arts on HN
Questions
Is it using Twilio for the calls?
From 1 comment
Very cool, congrats on shipping! Are you using Twilio to power the calls? Some quick feedback: 1. I'd recommend having a clock selector for the "wake up time" -- right now it's…
forgingahead on HN
How does the alarm do text-to-speech?
From 1 comment
How does your app do text-to-speech, if you don't mind me asking? The reason for building this as a service is because I thought there's more to this than just a single player…
ether on HN
Alternatives named
WakerUpper
From 1 comment
Here is a similar website. It was listed as a best website of 2010 by Time magazine. I think you'll need a different unique selling proposition. (such as the record yourself…
kkyang on HN
KeepDream.me
From 1 comment
I like the dream idea a lot. In a similar vein, I made http://keepdream.me/ to help people record dreams via email when you wake up. I can definitely see how people might prefer…
typpo on HN
Phone alarm apps
From 1 comment
The recording feature seems like a neat way to differentiate this from alarms, but I think I'm getting the wrong idea from your second paragraph. I've got an alarm on my phone…
masterzora on HN