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Making the Simple Complex

alarm clock Seth Godin muses today about having an alarm clock that would have a "weekend" switch so it wouldn't go off on the weekend, letting you sleep in.

Why complicate the simple alarm clock? You don't want the alarm on the weekend? Turn it off. But if you really need this, it already exists.

I'd post a link to the product detail on Emerson's site, unfortunately their entire site is in Flash so you can't directly link to anything.

Posted by Eric Gockel on September 15, 2007 01:14 PM |

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Actually, it makes it simpler, not more complex. If the default is WEEKDAY, then you've made it so I (and most people) never have to touch it ever again. If I want to set a weekend time as well (the minority) I flip one switch to WEEKEND, I can set this alarm, which is probably a different time anyway. PLUS, the chip means I don't have to do daylight savings time or worry about blackouts. How is that less simple?

Posted by: seth godin | September 15, 2007 02:40 PM

Seth,

I agree about the chip handling the automatic time updates, that's a no brainer.

Perhaps if it was part of the alarm setting process. Its the sprouting of buttons that concerns me.

Posted by: Eric | September 15, 2007 03:16 PM

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