Comments on: Simplicity gets a bad name, for the good of all of us http://www.picnet.net/blog/2006/12/16/simplicity-gets-a-bad-name-for-the-good-of-all-of-us/ All the PICnet news that's fit to print. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:03:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Ryan Ozimek http://www.picnet.net/blog/2006/12/16/simplicity-gets-a-bad-name-for-the-good-of-all-of-us/#comment-3062 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:20:46 +0000 http://www.picnet.net/blog/2006/12/16/simplicity-gets-a-bad-name-for-the-good-of-all-of-us/#comment-3062 Joseph, Thanks for the comment, great article. I think that Joel's summed it up best when he writes: "On the other hand, if you’re using simplicity to mean a lack of power, a lack of features, that’s fine, if you want to be in the paper clip business, good luck with that, but the chances that your product will solve my exact problems starts to shrink and your potential market share does, too." If we're building software that's going to help the non-profit community as a whole, any accidental techie or rider will tell you that simplicity isn't always what it's cracked up to be. Joseph,

Thanks for the comment, great article. I think that Joel’s summed it up best when he writes:

“On the other hand, if you’re using simplicity to mean a lack of power, a lack of features, that’s fine, if you want to be in the paper clip business, good luck with that, but the chances that your product will solve my exact problems starts to shrink and your potential market share does, too.”

If we’re building software that’s going to help the non-profit community as a whole, any accidental techie or rider will tell you that simplicity isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be.

]]> by: Joseph LeBlanc http://www.picnet.net/blog/2006/12/16/simplicity-gets-a-bad-name-for-the-good-of-all-of-us/#comment-3051 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:36:33 +0000 http://www.picnet.net/blog/2006/12/16/simplicity-gets-a-bad-name-for-the-good-of-all-of-us/#comment-3051 Joel Spolsky's been doing a similar theme: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/12/15.html Joel Spolsky’s been doing a similar theme: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/12/15.html

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