I’ve always wondered about people who intentionally set their clocks a little fast, say by ten minutes, as I’d know that I’d set my clock ahead by ten minutes and automaticall adjust the time back in my head. Well, maybe David Seah has a better solution. His Clock for Procrastinators is an online clock that is always ahead, but how far ahead is randomized so you don’t know how fast it really is at any one point in time. Now if someone would move that feature into a bedroom alarm clock for those who have trouble getting out of the house in the morning, I think he’s have a hit on his hands.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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2 Replies to “A clock for procrastinators”
I have actually been known close my eyes and randomly pound the “minutes” button before going to sleep (rolling over before I can see the new time and accidentally do the math in my head). Then I reset the clock for the correct time when I get home at the end of the day. This is not very effective. I accidentally hit the “hours” button once and ended up getting to work at 5:45 am. (No, Mary – that is not my usual start time.)
I’ve tried setting clocks and watches 10 minutes ahead and it doesn’t work for me. However, setting the car’s clock 5 minutes ahead has worked very nicely.
I have actually been known close my eyes and randomly pound the “minutes” button before going to sleep (rolling over before I can see the new time and accidentally do the math in my head). Then I reset the clock for the correct time when I get home at the end of the day. This is not very effective. I accidentally hit the “hours” button once and ended up getting to work at 5:45 am. (No, Mary – that is not my usual start time.)
I’ve tried setting clocks and watches 10 minutes ahead and it doesn’t work for me. However, setting the car’s clock 5 minutes ahead has worked very nicely.