Comments on: Trimming to the barest essentials http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/trimming-to-the-barest-essentials Adam DuVander’s thoughts on keeping things simple. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:03:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Simplicity Rules » “Basic” is a compliment to Muxtape http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/trimming-to-the-barest-essentials/comment-page-1#comment-265 Simplicity Rules » “Basic” is a compliment to Muxtape Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:49:56 +0000 http://adamduvander.com/news/trimming-to-the-barest-essentials#comment-265 [...] 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. [...] [...] 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. [...]

]]> By: Simplicity Rules » The Two Simplicity Paths http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/trimming-to-the-barest-essentials/comment-page-1#comment-264 Simplicity Rules » The Two Simplicity Paths Fri, 18 May 2007 19:38:48 +0000 http://adamduvander.com/news/trimming-to-the-barest-essentials#comment-264 [...] Trim to the barest essentials. Look around at what isn’t needed and tear it out. Reduce. [...] [...] Trim to the barest essentials. Look around at what isn’t needed and tear it out. Reduce. [...]

]]> By: Simplicity Rules » How to Work Faster http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/trimming-to-the-barest-essentials/comment-page-1#comment-263 Simplicity Rules » How to Work Faster Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:11:40 +0000 http://adamduvander.com/news/trimming-to-the-barest-essentials#comment-263 [...] A short deadline encourages you to trim to the barest essentials. You probably won’t launch after seven days, but you have a really good prototype. After that, you let some people bang on it, round the corners, add in necessary-but-not-core-features. The more obvious the better. [...] [...] A short deadline encourages you to trim to the barest essentials. You probably won’t launch after seven days, but you have a really good prototype. After that, you let some people bang on it, round the corners, add in necessary-but-not-core-features. The more obvious the better. [...]

]]> By: Simplicity Rules » Portland WiFi blanket launched http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/trimming-to-the-barest-essentials/comment-page-1#comment-262 Simplicity Rules » Portland WiFi blanket launched Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:30:36 +0000 http://adamduvander.com/news/trimming-to-the-barest-essentials#comment-262 [...] Now I don’t have to. We’ll see how the MetroFi quality is. We’ll see if ad-supported free service and a premium option is enough support. But at least it’s available. They’ve released version one and can always add features later. [...] [...] Now I don’t have to. We’ll see how the MetroFi quality is. We’ll see if ad-supported free service and a premium option is enough support. But at least it’s available. They’ve released version one and can always add features later. [...]

]]> By: Simplicity Rules » Blog Archive » Add the obvious features first http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/trimming-to-the-barest-essentials/comment-page-1#comment-261 Simplicity Rules » Blog Archive » Add the obvious features first Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:33:03 +0000 http://adamduvander.com/news/trimming-to-the-barest-essentials#comment-261 [...] Let me backpeddle a moment. The most important thing is to get together a first version. Make it have your core features. [...] [...] Let me backpeddle a moment. The most important thing is to get together a first version. Make it have your core features. [...]

]]> By: Mike Duffy http://www.adamduvander.com/simple/trimming-to-the-barest-essentials/comment-page-1#comment-260 Mike Duffy Thu, 04 May 2006 21:35:22 +0000 http://adamduvander.com/news/trimming-to-the-barest-essentials#comment-260 Thanks for the link love, Mr. Duvander. Simplicity is hard because it (a) forces us to make decisions, and (b) confront the fact that we might be wrong. What we don't always remember is that making decisions moves things forward, and we learn the most from mistakes. Thanks for the link love, Mr. Duvander.

Simplicity is hard because it (a) forces us to make decisions, and (b) confront the fact that we might be wrong. What we don’t always remember is that making decisions moves things forward, and we learn the most from mistakes.

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