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Show HN: Nebula – Alarm clock where you grow stars while you sleep

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Re: Show HN: Nebula – Alarm clock where you grow stars while you sleep

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Post by osrec »

nblavoie wrote: post #30
osrec wrote: post #20

Congrats on going live :) The quotes from your mom are rather funny, especially because they remind me of what my parents used to say while I was building my own SaaS (URL in profile if anyone's interested)!

@osrec: DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

Interesting, it seems to be up everywhere I've pinged it from. Give it a try again if you have time - it should work. Are you accessing from a corporate network/unusual location by any chance?

Re: Show HN: Nebula – Alarm clock where you grow stars while you sleep

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Post by caio1982 »

diggan wrote: post #13
caio1982 wrote: post #10

Any app that guarantees I will not snooze nor ignore it (as in my brain simply gets used to the alarm and I won't even have a chance waking up with it if I want to)? It might cost $5.000 USD, I'll buy it.

How about one of these, requires you to solve a puzzle to turn off. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mathe-alarm-clock/id82353291... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wroclawstu... Otherwise I also remember some friends back in the days having an alarm clock that shoots away a thing in the other corner of the room, requires you to fetch it to disable the alarm.

I tried that one for iOS and it requires you to enable the alarm every night manually (which often I just forgot to) and I COULD solve some of them without even remembering I did later :-(

My current setup is an alarm clock with an actual bell that is noisy as fsck. Yes, an old school alarm clock :-(

Re: Show HN: Nebula – Alarm clock where you grow stars while you sleep

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Post by rocketsloth »

clearing wrote: post #38

This reminds me of apps published by ShaoKan Pi. Particularly, SleepTown. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleeptown/id1210251567?mt=8 Can't wait to try it on iOS because I love idle-growth apps like this. Might be worth looking into how Sleeptown/Forest implement features you're interested in.

That's a really well designed app, thanks for sharing. I really like their bedtime reinforcement mechanism. Sleep town seems to be much more focused on the scheduling aspect of sleep and reinforcing strict routines whereas at the moment Nebula is much more focused on going after the snooze button, but both of these things are quite related.

Re: Show HN: Nebula – Alarm clock where you grow stars while you sleep

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Post by caio1982 »

rocketsloth wrote: post #14
caio1982 wrote: post #10

Any app that guarantees I will not snooze nor ignore it (as in my brain simply gets used to the alarm and I won't even have a chance waking up with it if I want to)? It might cost $5.000 USD, I'll buy it.

I definitely can't guarantee you won't snooze cause the app is only a tool to help, but with some effort on a users part and settings like qr dismissal along with an annoying, loud ringtone like "digital style", this app can help fight the urge by annoying you out of bed and rewarding you for dismissing the alarm correctly.

I know it might sound stupid but something that actually works is drink a lot of water few minutes before going to bed. When I do that the alarm clock always work. Make the app remind people of drinking water when it's about bed time :-)

Re: Show HN: Nebula – Alarm clock where you grow stars while you sleep

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Post by wool_gather »

rocketsloth wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I just wanted to add that I'm looking for any kind of feedback on the app. I've been working on it since graduating in may and released it a couple of days ago.

Really neat idea.

On your website...why are you using an iPhone template to show off an Android-only app?

Re: Show HN: Nebula – Alarm clock where you grow stars while you sleep

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Post by rocketsloth »

snakeboy wrote: post #34
rocketsloth wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I just wanted to add that I'm looking for any kind of feedback on the app. I've been working on it since graduating in may and released it a couple of days ago.

Very minor, but on the website "You snooze, you loose" I assume should read "You snooze, you lose". Great concept and I look forward to trying it!

Thanks for the catch! Classic English language, am I right. Appreciate that :)

Re: Show HN: Nebula – Alarm clock where you grow stars while you sleep

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Post by randycupertino »

rocketsloth wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I just wanted to add that I'm looking for any kind of feedback on the app. I've been working on it since graduating in may and released it a couple of days ago.

I want to try it, looks awesome! Is it in the iphone store or only on google phone? I didn't see it in the apple app store but maybe I searched the wrong terms? Thanks.

Re: Show HN: Nebula – Alarm clock where you grow stars while you sleep

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Post by rocketsloth »

wool_gather wrote: post #45
rocketsloth wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I just wanted to add that I'm looking for any kind of feedback on the app. I've been working on it since graduating in may and released it a couple of days ago.

Really neat idea. On your website...why are you using an iPhone template to show off an Android-only app?

That's my mistake, I didn't even notice that and will fix it in a bit. Thank you.

Re: Show HN: Nebula – Alarm clock where you grow stars while you sleep

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Post by rocketsloth »

randycupertino wrote: post #47
rocketsloth wrote: post #2

Hi HN, I just wanted to add that I'm looking for any kind of feedback on the app. I've been working on it since graduating in may and released it a couple of days ago.

I want to try it, looks awesome! Is it in the iphone store or only on google phone? I didn't see it in the apple app store but maybe I searched the wrong terms? Thanks.

I should have been more clear about that, my apologies. I've only made the Android app so far and have plans to work on an iOS one soon

Re: Show HN: Nebula – Alarm clock where you grow stars while you sleep

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Post by egypturnash »

rosstex wrote: post #40
kovek wrote: post #8

I really like it. I didn't try it yet but it feel like I would enjoy this points system for waking up on time. I noticed that over the summer, when I was excited about my work (and trying to meet deadlines), waking up on time was not an issue. Now that I'm back to going to school, it's easier to snooze/sleep in. Also, it's easier to go to bed at more random times. What if you could also collect some points by going t…

Have you tried getting excited about school? :)

Easier said than done sometimes.
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