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awesome! congrats ... was a great place to launch

So is there anything truly damning here or is it just a publicity stunt?

Personally I dont care about apps! There are a flood of them now and it seems reminiscent of all the Facebook apps that flooded that network - not for the better.

I just want an Internet mobile device that provides the full net experience in the palm of my hands; FLASH & VoiP access!

Congrats and dugg!

Is a domain name change in the future? Drop the word get?

Summize, Odeo, Mixx, FreeWebs, LaunchBox are all big names who hail from this area.

Also, DC has a very active social media scene, where many a fellow local entrepreneurs hang out and meet. There is a big event coming up...see here http://twintech2.eventbrite.com/

yep we have a windows mobile app were refining and working on multiple platforms!

See this video here ... http://www.vimeo.com/1629637

An alarm clock that tells you to go back to sleep, saves lives, reminds you, motivates you, provides greetings/well wishes on special days, allows you to remain close to those who are far away, provides personal information.... that is http://Sleep.FM!

Yes that would be a good idea!

As for organizing the world's health, we may look to the future toilet connected to the Internet as a solution?

Upon use this smart toilet sends your specimen data over the net to doctor's computer. If there are any irregularities in the data you receive an email to schedule an appointment. With the world using such a technology and all the data compiled, I'm thinking our life expectancy rate would increase!

Im not in the medical field so Im not sure if using specimen data would be a fool proof way for early detection of life threatening diseases or not?

*Not sure why this got dugg down? Is there someone in the medical field who knows this concept would not work or argue against it?

Someone please make Twitter Alerts, just like Google Alerts,

YOu would think that you would get Tweets about your brand via Google Alerts, but that does not seem to be the case. Searching Google yes, but they are not indexed for long. Also, with a Twitter Alert service it needs to be instantaneous!

bookmark us ... we should be opening soon!

http://Sleep.FM .... sleep music and a web 2.0 alarm clock

How so... through a market research firm? Can you provide a link to such or to the resource you speak on?

Thanks

yes i was using twist as i saw it on TechCrunch. I got to 200 out of 1220 tweets regarding my topic, where it said something like unable to show more then 200.

I assumed this is due to Twitter's API? If that is not the case can you code it to show all results on a topic from day one?

Though Im not sure what VCs or angels will think when I present my data being from Twitter. But to me its a cheap and solid way of gleaming demographics on topics; albeit the demographic is skewed for now.

I constantly right click on words or subjects to read their wiki entry. I wished there was a firefox extension in which I right clicked the word or subject and in doing so would bring up the entry in a box (CoolIris like) without leaving the page.

I see you have a firefox extension - does it do something similar to the above?

As for promotion, ironically this post here on Y News is a great place to start! Its a highly trafficked site with a demo that ranges from the tech influential to the next Sergey/Brin!

Yeah it has a lot of potential! I wondered the same myself and posted on their forum asking....

Maybe the founders are focusing on other aspects of life - wife and kids maybe?

Has there been a term coined for the Internet pervading into our home appliances - like the toilet, kitchen cabinets, the fridge, etc...

Some may sound silly but there are some amazing things going to happen in this space!

It's description and the inane posts I originally read made me think the same thing!

But, after much use it's a great piece of technology. It allows you to survey a crowd, use it for emergency purposes (San Diego Fire Dept did just this), learn about what your friends are reading/sharing, where they are going for the evening, how they feel, etc...

Yeah, as entrepreneur if you believe in your work and realize hey this is the Internet people are going to say whatever you should not be deterred.

Hear the positive , rather then all the static and noise. It is good to hear feedback that maybe negative, yet it helps render a better product! That's not noise that is feedback!

Why would Kramer be walking around in a sleep deprived state?

Maybe I need to be more direct, as it looks like readers get the impression that your friends have the power to randomly wake you up with their messages? That is not the case and I dont want to use an alarm clock that allowed people to wake me up to messages when they want to. Uggh, that would stink, I want to sleep until the time on my alarm clock goes off!

What's different here is the sound of your alarm clock. INstead of just hearing only a buzzer you hear some sorta of buzzer and then audio messages left from those you allow. THis is only heard after the alarm time you set passes... same principle as a normal alarm clock.

If this is clear to you cool ... though I dont understand your statement, "Kramer would be sleep deprived"

So how many times has the sound of your alarm clock informed you of something pertinent to your day, made you laugh or allowed you to remotely share a moment with someone close to you? It hasn't...

For those who want to continue to wake up to just some meaningless noise can continue to do so... But, hey it's the 21st century and now through Sleep.FM we can wake up to personal pieces of communication from those closet to us or those we allow!

But, I really was not asking for feedback this time!

Was sincerely looking for a UI designer/consultant...

This a brand new concept and Im encouraged by the following articles...

http://tinyurl.com/3xk392 http://krisabel.ctv.ca/blog/CoolLinks/_archives/2007/12/12/3... http://tinyurl.com/3yzeo9 (translated from French)

Also, Sleep.FM was chosen as a TechCrunch40 semi-finalist, chosen to present alongside Google, Microsoft and Facebook at NY Tech MeetUp, landing on Engadget.com (the readers comments do not all mirror comments here) and other encouraging things!

Again, i was just politely posting for a UI designer who maybe available and interested.

My post here was not asking for feedback. I already heard from you guys in this regards. Thanks...most of it was helpful!

I was politely asking if any UI designers are available and interested.

If not cool.. I just thought I'd reach out to fellow entreprenuers/designers & coders.

Dude thanks for your passionate opinion!

LoL

Yes, we have a Windows Mobile prototype working and it will be finished soon. iPhone in Feb. when they release their SDK.

We definitely are aware of of other uses of The Social Alarm and will be detailing that in a presentation on Tuesday.

There are a ton of things to be done by meshing the alarm clock(or an audio alert system if you prefer to classify it as such) with the Internet. We plan on implementing a lot more to this concept!

Again, thank you everyone for your comments and honesty!

Thanks for your input! Not everyone will enjoy this, but we hear both sides of the fence.

Sleep.FM was a semi-finalist for TechCrunch40 and recently chosen out of 20 companies(they pick 6) to present to a crowd of 400 where Microsoft and Facebook will be present.

Thanks for your comments!

hi

thanks... it is not compatible for MAC yet.

The alarm clock time is set by the time on your computer.

Sleep.FM is introducing a new form of communication that further enhances our always connected digital society. The always connected generation enjoys IM, Voip, Email, Social Networking, Twitter, text messaging, chat rooms, lifecasting and now they can start off their mornings providing each other with personal greetings, pertinent information or having fun with one another through alarm clock messaging.

Yes, this definitely can be used for practical jokes(which some may enjoy and others not, but either way it's something both parties will talk about). Practical jokes aside, we have used Sleep.FM' Social Alarm Clock to send...

- Happy Birthday alarm messages - Messages detailing an important meeting has moved to an earlier time - My colleague's cousin in Iraq being awakened by his kids alarm messages - My friends(newlyweds) who have different sleep schedules waking each other up

The Social Alarm Clock has been wrapped around a modern concept(a social network), one that allows users to regulate who sends them alarm messages, as well as upload alarm message to their Sleep.FM friends. As a social network there more ways to monetize users, as if you look at lone applications like Skype and Twitter they are challenged in this regards!

Thanks I appreciate your comments and suggestions :)

LoL - RickRolled... yes you can have a lot of fun with it, but you can regulate your Social Alarm Clock, impeding the practical jokes.

I only allow few people to send me alarm messages, like my g/f who is away at school and some of my family members who are sure not to RickRoll me.