How sleeping through my phone alarm taught me a lesson in software usability

January 15th 2008 | Josh Frankel

I did it again last week. I slept through my alarm after accidentally setting the tiny “am” to “pm” on my phone alarm. This will come as no surprise to anyone who has used their phone as an alarm clock.
But why is this situation so familiar?
A user [...]

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