I used to use a light/sound device. I was in my early twenties, and working a grave shift. When I got home around 9am, all my housemates were just getting up, so I'd talk with them, then I'd be quite awake because it was bright morning daylight, so I'd play around, wander the city, come back and think of going to sleep but then my housemates would be returning from school and I'd stay up talking, then eat dinner with them, and then finally I'd realize it was after 9pm and I would need to get on my bike (to travel 12 miles) in about two hours. I'd rush upstairs, set my light/sound 'dream' device to ramp me down to the deepest state (theta?) and ramp me back up in an hour and a half.

I'd fall asleep after about 10 minutes or so, and come back awake when it was almost finished ramping me back awake (beta waves) and then I'd rush out on my bike.

I did this five days a week for a few weeks. Not that it is recommended (I eventually fell asleep and started dreaming while at work standing in the kitchen preparing food) ... but it definitely gave me some deep zzzs.

I can't imagine just flashing lights would do the trick though. I'd think you'd also need the sounds to really help entrain your brain.

Maybe the app could second as a Rave accessory. :D

This is an amazing app, especially considering the alternatives:
Celestron SkyScout: $180
Meade MySky: $150

It's apps like this taking advantage of many technological wonders of the iPhone that will put a lot of independent device makers out of biz. But for the consumer, having all of these things in one device that is always carried around, it's a Good Thing. (If those stand-alone device manufacturers want to stay alive, they ought to get crackin' on making iPhone apps that out-do the current crop.)

David, If I'm understanding you correctly, you've been using the product since 2003, and yet even yesterday you still had to go through your spam bin and recover two emails that were incorrectly identified as spam.

Spam filtering is great, and there have been important advances (especially Gmail and some others as mentioned previously), but if after creating rules for SIX YEARS you still are getting false positives every day and still have to search through your spam bin, that doesn't really speak well for the product. IMHO

Top organizational priority is to get organized.

Scribblings on the backs of variously sized recycling. (No joke.)

I'd love a PC .. to sell so I can save up for the Mac Tablet. :D

To fix the world economy ... consume more!

RSSbot: A sweet looking rss reader would be nice .. see acrylicapps Times rss reader as an example of easy to use and beautiful design.

KFJC - Foothill College, CA

I've used TaskPaper, and it's flexible and easy ... but nothing compares to the slickness of Things. I used the beta, loved it, and would love to own a copy... winning a copy would be nice!