Comments on: How Does Sleep Cycle Work? http://www.sineadcochrane.com/2010/01/28/sleep-cycle/ This lifestream was once a blog. Articles about Technology, the Internet, and Cyberpsychology are available in the archive. Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:42:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kath http://www.sineadcochrane.com/2010/01/28/sleep-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-92971 kath Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:34:41 +0000 http://www.sineadcochrane.com/?p=579#comment-92971 works great! I get up refreshed in the mornings which is unusual for me. Am looking forward to seeing the graph and what it says compared with the type of sleep I got. I always thought it took me ages to get back to sleep if woken at night. Turns out it just feels that way! works great! I get up refreshed in the mornings which is unusual for me. Am looking forward to seeing the graph and what it says compared with the type of sleep I got. I always thought it took me ages to get back to sleep if woken at night. Turns out it just feels that way!

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.sineadcochrane.com/2010/01/28/sleep-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-92828 Jennifer Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:50:11 +0000 http://www.sineadcochrane.com/?p=579#comment-92828 Hey Eoin, You are using it wrong. The app is designed to wake you up when you are in your lightest sleep so you wake up refreshed. If you had waited another 30 minutes you may have been in a deep sleep cycle, and then you would wake up feeling groggy. Hey Eoin,

You are using it wrong. The app is designed to wake you up when you are in your lightest sleep so you wake up refreshed. If you had waited another 30 minutes you may have been in a deep sleep cycle, and then you would wake up feeling groggy.

]]> By: Sinéad http://www.sineadcochrane.com/2010/01/28/sleep-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-87851 Sinéad Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:37:57 +0000 http://www.sineadcochrane.com/?p=579#comment-87851 I think if I relied on the sun to wake me up here in Ireland I'd be getting FAR too many lie-ins! :) I think if I relied on the sun to wake me up here in Ireland I’d be getting FAR too many lie-ins! :)

]]> By: iPhone Auctions Australia http://www.sineadcochrane.com/2010/01/28/sleep-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-87639 iPhone Auctions Australia Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:49:28 +0000 http://www.sineadcochrane.com/?p=579#comment-87639 Hey Sinead, I downloaded this app ages ago but never used it. Can't say i like the idea of being woken up by the iPhone's AI of my sleep patterns. Best clock i know of is the sun (& a open curtain!) Might give this another try... Anthony. Hey Sinead,

I downloaded this app ages ago but never used it. Can’t say i like the idea of being woken up by the iPhone’s AI of my sleep patterns. Best clock i know of is the sun (& a open curtain!)

Might give this another try…

Anthony.

]]> By: Sinéad http://www.sineadcochrane.com/2010/01/28/sleep-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-87637 Sinéad Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:30:07 +0000 http://www.sineadcochrane.com/?p=579#comment-87637 It's true that the app doesn't allow for any snooze time, but that's the whole point of the app, you're supposed to get up exactly when it tells you otherwise you might fall back asleep and into another REM cycle. I set it for 7am and it usually wakes me between 6.45 and 7.15, so the margin of error is 30mins. It’s true that the app doesn’t allow for any snooze time, but that’s the whole point of the app, you’re supposed to get up exactly when it tells you otherwise you might fall back asleep and into another REM cycle. I set it for 7am and it usually wakes me between 6.45 and 7.15, so the margin of error is 30mins.

]]> By: Eoin Redmond http://www.sineadcochrane.com/2010/01/28/sleep-cycle/comment-page-1/#comment-87477 Eoin Redmond Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:11:56 +0000 http://www.sineadcochrane.com/?p=579#comment-87477 Hey Sinead, I used this app for the first time last night with mixed results. Firstly, it does show your sleep pattern which is very interesting. I really look forward to the nights I go sleep walking now. However, unlike a conventional alarm that you have set for 8am, allowing 15 minutes of snooze time, the Sleep Cycle builds these snooze minutes into the time you've set. The Sleep Cycle alarm went off at 7:30, 45 minutes before I planned to get up!! I instinctively turned it off and then didn't wake till 9am! My warning to anyone beginning to use the Sleep Cycle Alarm, is learn from my lesson and don't make a Friday after a long week the first morning you rely on it. Eoin. Hey Sinead,

I used this app for the first time last night with mixed results.

Firstly, it does show your sleep pattern which is very interesting. I really look forward to the nights I go sleep walking now.

However, unlike a conventional alarm that you have set for 8am, allowing 15 minutes of snooze time, the Sleep Cycle builds these snooze minutes into the time you’ve set. The Sleep Cycle alarm went off at 7:30, 45 minutes before I planned to get up!! I instinctively turned it off and then didn’t wake till 9am!

My warning to anyone beginning to use the Sleep Cycle Alarm, is learn from my lesson and don’t make a Friday after a long week the first morning you rely on it.

Eoin.

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