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Simplicity

January 8, 2009 in misc by JDA

I’m always pleasantly surprised when I see Motask written up somewhere. The most recent that I’ve seen is a post titled “14 Superb Mobile To-Do Apps to Increase Your Productivity” from Pulse2. Motask was built in about 10 hours, and really I think I could now do it in about 4. I’ve updated it maybe twice since it launched in September 2006. Motask isn’t the feature of this post, but the fact that it made the list I think speaks highly of the power of simplicity.

As I am re-writing Lopico (more to come on that) I am often asking myself if I am trying to do too much. I hope the answer is no, but I know that I am including a lot. I think the thinking with most sites (Lopico included) is “what can I do that my competitors aren’t doing?” When really there should be more thinking along the lines of “what are my competitors doing that I don’t need.”