Simplicity Rules

Muxtape is a new website that makes sharing a mixtape very easy. I’m not sure you could trim features from it without taking away basic functionality. In that sense, it’s “basic.” But I mean it as a compliment.

I love what Brian has to say about it:

“Muxtape is fun. Don’t pester me with business model questions or remind me that they have some fine print issues to clarify. If you can’t learn from Muxtape or Line Rider (start with a simple idea that appeals to *emotions*; make it easy to get to the fun; make it simple to share) you should go sell insurance.”

In many ways, the times of sail-powered ships were simpler. Now one company wants to help cargo ships go old school.

SkySails tested one of their large sails on a Germany-Venezuela voyage and saved $1,000 per day. In buzzwords: SkySails has a hybrid system to bring green energy to the gas-addicted seas.

How can we make things simpler on the web by turning back the clock? There must be something good we can learn from 1995.

Via Grigs

Here is a graphical view comparing Google and Apple products to most everything else:

Now what can we do about making it simpler?

Via Duffy