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title: "Wake me up in one hour"
url: https://perrotta.dev/2026/04/wake-me-up-in-one-hour/
last_updated: 2026-04-26
---


**Problem statement**: get reminded to pick up the laundry after starting to
wash it.

The most practical workflow is to yell to my Google Home: _wake me up in one
hour_.

It feels silly to say _wake me up_ in a context that does not involve getting
out of bed, but it's the most practical sentence in English at my fingertips.

It surely beats _set an alarm at 15:00_ — I do not want to _think_ in terms of
absolute time, I only care about relative time in this context.

Perhaps _ring an alarm in one hour_ is a reasonable alternative, but the word
"ring" is not too idiomatic to my taste in this context.

An alternative workflow is to use Clock.app on iOS. It surely works reliably, I
could even ask Siri to do so. But I am already glued to my phone for various
reasons, there is no need to make it even worse.

[Previously]({{< ref "2026-02-22-google-home-usage" >}}).