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The bubble is in full effect. There seem to be a lot of people that think their projects somehow require funding. Your online social alarm clock is not a start

The bubble is in full effect. There seem to be a lot of people that think their projects somehow require funding. Your online social alarm clock is not a startup. Stop imagining how you're going to make money off of crappy widgets. Get out there, be curious and build things that solve actual problems.

noodle 18y ago
online social alarm clock startup? already done: http://www.chumby.com/ http://www.chumby.com/
- tsetse-fly 18y ago
  Chumby is much more than an alarm clock; it's a cool extendable toy that people would buy. I was referring to: http://sleep.fm/ http://sleep.fm/
  - noodle 18y ago
    right, i was looking for something actually cool and useful :) i guess my unspoken point was to try and note that even if an idea kind of sounds stupid, there might be a good way to implement it to achieve success.
  - rokhayakebe 18y ago
    What is your argument against sleep.fm, what have you built that solves a problem? I am not attacking you or defending sleep.fm but since you brought it I thought you could share your views.
- boredguy8 18y ago
  The monthly "social alarm clock" thread is always entertaining. Let's do it again!
aswanson 18y ago
Get out there, be curious and build things that solve actual problems. Amen. You have the makings of an engineering commencement speech in there.
Baltropreneur 18y ago
Hmmmm have our paths crossed before, I do enjoy traveling and networking? Your passion and energy about my work is surprising! I am no different then anyone in this forum. Just a regular guy with ideas who decided to startup from his room in Baltimore, MD. As for our work ...There is a huge value in taking a 221 year old wake up device and injecting the Internet into it. Whether we wake up to social sounds(Happy Bday, get up meet me at gym) or intelligent sounds(wake up tornado, your plane is delayed (broadcast X is catching flight to X on network=social), it's Jane's Bday tomorrow (social)) our lives will be richer and safer! Maybe it seems that your friends can control the time you wake up... that is not the case! We are innovating the sound and waking you up during life threatening emergencies only! If you are not interested personal wake up communication, that's cool! Though since we responded we are curious as to who you are and have we spoken or met before offline? Cheers, Ryan

noodle 18y ago

online social alarm clock startup? already done: http://www.chumby.com/ http://www.chumby.com/

tsetse-fly 18y ago
Chumby is much more than an alarm clock; it's a cool extendable toy that people would buy. I was referring to: http://sleep.fm/ http://sleep.fm/
- noodle 18y ago
  right, i was looking for something actually cool and useful :) i guess my unspoken point was to try and note that even if an idea kind of sounds stupid, there might be a good way to implement it to achieve success.
- rokhayakebe 18y ago
  What is your argument against sleep.fm, what have you built that solves a problem? I am not attacking you or defending sleep.fm but since you brought it I thought you could share your views.
boredguy8 18y ago
The monthly "social alarm clock" thread is always entertaining. Let's do it again!

aswanson 18y ago

Get out there, be curious and build things that solve actual problems. Amen. You have the makings of an engineering commencement speech in there.

Baltropreneur 18y ago

Hmmmm have our paths crossed before, I do enjoy traveling and networking? Your passion and energy about my work is surprising! I am no different then anyone in this forum. Just a regular guy with ideas who decided to startup from his room in Baltimore, MD. As for our work ...There is a huge value in taking a 221 year old wake up device and injecting the Internet into it. Whether we wake up to social sounds(Happy Bday, get up meet me at gym) or intelligent sounds(wake up tornado, your plane is delayed (broadcast X is catching flight to X on network=social), it's Jane's Bday tomorrow (social)) our lives will be richer and safer! Maybe it seems that your friends can control the time you wake up... that is not the case! We are innovating the sound and waking you up during life threatening emergencies only! If you are not interested personal wake up communication, that's cool! Though since we responded we are curious as to who you are and have we spoken or met before offline? Cheers, Ryan