Collection of Digital Clock Designs

rfmoz 5 hours ago|

What would be the best device to put any of these ones over the desk? And old phone? Maybe an esp32?

makeitdouble 4 hours ago|

It might not be for everyone, but sticking ones active phone on a qi2/magsafe stand is great IMHO.

Time and notifications are on one place, so they're only noticed when you're trying to plan or organize your work. Switching to timer mode is seamless.

The desk is also less cluttered thanks to the verticality of it, and the phone stays visible from afar when taking small breaks, so you don't mind leaving it there.

Razengan 2 hours ago||

For some really quirky/weird/cool physical clocks, the British Museum channel has a few great videos:

Curious Clocks and Watches through time with Oliver Cooke | Curator's Corner S8 E1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywD5kngMuYM

Nice inspiration for world building, especially Steampunk!

macintux 2 hours ago|

I had one of these in my bedroom as a kid. Clearly I slept more deeply than I do now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_ball_clock

mthoms 2 hours ago||

This is cool. I'd love to see a collection like this for date representations. Anyone?

diego_moita 4 hours ago||

I've seen and used some variations of these in my Pebble watch.

They're cool for one day or two. But, in the end, I will always go back to some boring but more information-dense one (with battery charge, weather, heart rate, steps, etc).

Theodores 3 hours ago|

I am not sure I want to use the API when it is not that hard to get the hands of a clock going with Javascript. I know I can do the latter, but the former poses a new learning challenge that doesn't guarantee a result.

My current SVG clock is modelled on a wall clock and it has the really small text that can normally found on a clock, for example 'Made in China' and 'Quartz'. I also have a fictional brand name, plus a bezel specified with 'pathLength="60"' and a dash array.

As a design exercise, a standard clock is interesting because you have to remember the stack order of the hands, and, despite looking at clocks many thousands of times, that detail requires a modicum of thought.

I think it is a good start to get a credible wall clock that tells the time at a glance before branching out into 'cool' clocks that put design before telling the time.

I now want to add a drop shadow that changes throughout the day, as if the clock is south facing, in the northern hemisphere, corresponding to my lat/lon.

This would be easy with three js because it could be modelled, along with the entire solar system, with the camera pointed at a 3D modelled clock, however, in SVG filters, could be a while.

Getting the hands to move is the easy bit, all considered. I really don't need another API for that, but I am not in the Svelte ecosystem.