Show HN: WakeMyself. Get a wakeup call from your yesterday's self.

Very cool, congrats on shipping!<p>Are you using Twilio to power the calls?<p>Some quick feedback:<p>1. I'd recommend having a clock selector for the "wake up time" -- right now it's not clear whether I'm setting an alarm for minutes from now, or for a specific time in the future, and what time zone it will be in.<p>2. Signing up initially is a friction point -- you might want to just let people set an alarm with a phone number, and then after they set a few alarms, send them a text prompting them to create an online account where they can manage all their alarms. You can use the phone number as a unique identifier before they create an account to store all the different reminders.<p>Congrats again on launching!

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 design and usability. Also I imagine you did the hours until time instead of time itself because of tricky time zone issues, but if you had both options it'd be even easier to use. Good luck.

Just a few things:<p>1. Doesn't make much sense to have a link to home page on the home page - WakeMyself is a link.<p>2. It'd be nice to make step 1, 2 and 3 boxes to be same height, as well as vertically align the controls in those boxes, so they are on one visual line. Currently it's a bit too "jumpy" (look at big text field, then look a bit up to see time entry, then down on "wake myself" button).<p>3. I'd be nice to have "sign in" as either popup or just sliding area on the frontpage, without having to navigate to a separate page.<p>4. "remember me" does not align with actual checkbox (osx, latest chrome)<p>5. No error messages seems to be displayed when logging in with non-existing account.<p>6. When signing up, on "Fill out profile" page there seems to be a bit too much of the whitespace between the actual title ("Fiil out profile") and controls panel.<p>7. "Sign up" text on button on "Fill out profile" is a bit misleading - have I already signed up or not? If yes, than it should read something else. If no, then it should reflect that as well.<p>8. Is service US-only? It probably should say that straight away, so people from other countries don't waste their time signing up. (Actually you do already, but only on the front page - needs to be on sign up page as well I guess).<p>9. "Sign out" should probably mention user name somewhere, that's just a common UI convention.<p>That's just a cursory glance.<p>Thanks.

Really cool. To me though they should be apps and 2 separate ones at that, even if the functionality can be used in both ways. If you were to just market one app as a 'dream catcher' that is synced to an alarm that allows people to record their dreams, I think that would clarify your value proposition. Separate from that is the app that wakes you up with a previous recording you set.<p>They offer different things even if they both occur when someone is waking up..<p>Either way, well done!

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 moments after waking up and this would fascinating for me.<p>An important request: make entries deletable, I just tried a test and the sound quality wasn't sufficient (mobile issues).

Awesome app! I used it to wake myself up while taking a nap at a hackathon. Keep up the work!

Nice. I did something like this (tho MUCH more limited!) back in the 80s. I created a little Turbo Pascal program that let you enter the wake-up time, and at that time it would make my home phone ring, which was guaranteed to always wake me up.<p>It used the AT commands of the modem to do a little onhook/offhook toggling and then dialing my own number and then going back onhook. The local phone company would interpret the sequence as a ring-test request and call my number.<p>It was fun to write and I used it for years.<p>Good luck!

I have this same thing as an app on my phone (that I wrote myself and is not polished but who cares, it works).<p>I think the idea is awesome, and it does work well to hear yourself when in that just-5-more-minutes-mom half awake state of mind.<p>Why a service rather than an alarm app? That strikes me as pushing the user into a less effective/usable solution to the problem that gives other parties access to personal information in order to ... I'm not even sure why, but I can't think of any reason the customer would prefer this.

Apparently I'm already using this for something slightly different than the intended purpose and loving it.<p>This may be an excellent tool for me to send myself reminders for tasks I'm doing later in the day. I often write a task list in one moment, then forget it in the midst of the day's work. It's the use of the "Call yourself after" section being a timer, rather than a clock that makes that easy to think about.<p>I've currently got it set to remind me to leave work on time for an evening appointment.

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.

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.<p>I've got an alarm on my phone already. The tone is the same as my ringtone. The slide required to shut it off is identical to the slide required to answer. If it weren't for the record feature, would this really be adding anything? If not, why not emphasise the record as the primary feature?

Would be cool if you could record tomorrow's message by responding to the current wakeup call - I find something like talking involves waking up more than just listening.<p>Although judging by my mood in the mornings, my message would be along the lines of "Don't wake up, don't do it. It's too late for me now, go back to sleep whilst you still can!"

I like the dream idea a lot. In a similar vein, I made <a href="http://keepdream.me/" rel="nofollow">http://keepdream.me/</a> to help people record dreams via email when you wake up. I can definitely see how people might prefer voice recording though. Another option to consider is SMS, as a phone call requires you to know when you're waking up.

I have developed a similar app before. Users can set up reminders through a message to a bot on AIM, gchat, MSN ... Then later they will receive a reminder message from the bot.

This 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.

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 feature)<p><a href="https://wakerupper.com/" rel="nofollow">https://wakerupper.com/</a>

It's really awesome, but please, Europe exists...

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