Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Apps that makes your morning better?

Summary
Most people nowadays have a morning problem, by that I mean they can't wake up early and are not always organised. Mashable have put up 6 apps that will help makes your day better starting off with an app to wake you up in the morning. This app is called alarm clock extreme, what this app does is that it helps you wake up in the morning. Everyone hates the snoozing sound of the alarm clock in the morning, with this app it allows you to make the snoozing sound even louder every time it snooze. It can also gives you math problem for you to solve to unlock the snooze. So this app is designed to wake you up and there is a free version with ads and a paid version without ads for $1.99. The second app is called sunrise this apps makes people who love to check their e-mail every morning easier. Just by opening this app it is linked with Facebook, google calendar, LinkedIn, etc.So it will show you todays weather, event or even who is celebrating their birthdays. The third app is called Sworkit is an app that makes people who wake up in the morning and likes to exercise enjoy their morning. It is a training app that makes you workout for around 5-60 minute in the morning. Morning workouts are for your muscle to not get used up in certain routines. The fourth app is called Ted this app is just an app with science, technology and random things. There are short videos that are put together nicely and it helps you go through your day without being bored. The fifth app is called Guide, it is an app that allows you to get news from a robot, celebrity, anime, etc. The last but not least app is called spotify, this is an app for a person like me who like to play a song and get ready for my morning. You can subscribe to playlist like billboard top 100 or even compile your own playlist.

Major Concept

  • Showing how lazy we people are nowadays.
  • Mostly a lot of people use phones daily.
  • Different ways to make our day better.
Potential Strength/Advantages 
  • Help others wake up earlier.
  • Create apps to make people's day better.
Potential Strength/Disadvantage
  • People could become lazier by relaying on these apps.
  • People could overdose on working out.
Discussion Question
  • How does some of these apps help people's day better?
  • Why do people have a hard time waking up early
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Citation
Drell, Lauren. "Mashable." Mashable. N.p., 14 Feb. 2013. Web. 19 Feb. 2013.