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Nition
Personal blog · nition.momentstudio.co.nzgamesdesign
Nition is a personal blog at nition.momentstudio.co.nz about games and design. Since 2019, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 11 times, most often “The Nokia N9 Alarm Clock (2014)”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-09-04, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Nition's post on the Nokia N9 alarm clock app, quoted as an example of thoughtful, functional design and of what a good smartphone alarm app looked like.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- The Nokia N9 Alarm Clock (2014)4 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2019-04-07
What Hacker News says?
Quote: "I want to talk about the Nokia N9 alarm clock application because it’s a really nice example of thoughtful, functional design – and because it’s only on the N9, so a lot of people won’t have seen it. There are more important things in life than getting excited about an alarm clock app, but it's nice when simple things are done well." From here: http://nition.momentstudio.co.nz/2014/08/the-nokia-n9-alarm-...
Comment linking /2014/08/the-nokia-n9-alarm-clock/
on “Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?”Submitted The Nokia N9 Alarm Clock (2014) as a story · 164 points
HN discussionEverything worked in harmony on the N9. Even the slightly curved screen worked together with the swipe-based interface. It'd be brilliant on an all-screen phone like an iPhone X (so would its successor Sailfish for that matter). No buttons to emulate. I wrote a post about the alarm clock[1] a while ago, which I feel is pretty indicative of the thought that went into each feature. Too bad about the rare bug that neve…
Comment linking /2014/08/the-nokia-n9-alarm-clock/
on “Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed?”Submitted The future of human creativity in an AI world as a story · 3 points
HN discussionWhat a good smartphone alarm app looked like over 10 years ago: https://nition.momentstudio.co.nz/2014/08/the-nokia-n9-alarm... Discussion on it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19597253
Comment linking /2014/08/the-nokia-n9-alarm-clock/
on “The time picker on the iPhone's alarm app isn't circular, it's just a long list”Submitted The origin of client-side prediction in games as a story · 3 points
HN discussionThe Nokia N9 was very well-received. If you need lots of glowing citations: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N9#Reception If anything, "promising" may be the wrong choice of words because it was arguably better and more mature than the equivalent debut iOS and webOS devices at launch. Of course that's cheating a bit, as the tech stack had some history behind it by that point. Still, for a line-incepting product i…
Comment linking /2014/08/the-nokia-n9-alarm-clock/
on “Why Microsoft Wants Discord”Submitted Obscure Steam Games and Digging for Hidden Gems as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Last Interview as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Nokia N9 alarm clock isa nice example of thoughtful functional design as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Maintenance of Everyday Things (2016) as a story · 1 points
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