Comments on: Less http://ryanmartinsen.com/blog/2009/04/18/less/ Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:36:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://ryanmartinsen.com/blog/2009/04/18/less/comment-page-1/#comment-33067 Ryan Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:16:24 +0000 http://www.ryanware.com/2009/04/18/less/#comment-33067 Heh, yeah. I finally did start posting again. Good to be back. It was a nice break. Heh, yeah. I finally did start posting again. Good to be back. It was a nice break.

]]> By: Jonathan http://ryanmartinsen.com/blog/2009/04/18/less/comment-page-1/#comment-30942 Jonathan Sun, 10 May 2009 17:36:38 +0000 http://www.ryanware.com/2009/04/18/less/#comment-30942 Still waiting for that future post ;) Ryan mentioned that the link (for quote credit) in my last post looks kind of like spam. Oops! I've been looking into more ways of applying "less" in my life. I thought, "yes, I should look for less to add to my life." Now I am seeing that rather than always looking for something more in life, focusing on what I have is a good place to start. :) Still waiting for that future post ;)

Ryan mentioned that the link (for quote credit) in my last post looks kind of like spam. Oops!

I’ve been looking into more ways of applying “less” in my life. I thought, “yes, I should look for less to add to my life.” Now I am seeing that rather than always looking for something more in life, focusing on what I have is a good place to start. :)

]]> By: Kevin http://ryanmartinsen.com/blog/2009/04/18/less/comment-page-1/#comment-30937 Kevin Sun, 10 May 2009 14:39:47 +0000 http://www.ryanware.com/2009/04/18/less/#comment-30937 I think you are taking this strategy to blogging in general as well. What do you think? :) I think you are taking this strategy to blogging in general as well. What do you think? :)

]]> By: Jonathan http://ryanmartinsen.com/blog/2009/04/18/less/comment-page-1/#comment-30360 Jonathan Wed, 22 Apr 2009 07:50:11 +0000 http://www.ryanware.com/2009/04/18/less/#comment-30360 I like how I run into sources, all at the same time, that point to things (ideas and other resources) that I'm needing to improve my life. I randomly ran into this quote, and I'm not aware of copyright rules, so here's the partial quote w/ a link to the source: "With each passing day, companies and their brands face an ever-increasing level of complexity in the marketplace. And advertising agencies, in an endless rush to meet their clients' needs, have tackled that complexity with more complexity of their own. They've added exotic services. Created whole new departments. Become "fully" integrated. But is it possible that what clients and their brands really need from their agencies is not more complexity, but less? Not more services, but more innovative thinking? We think so. ... It's that simple." http://www.mono-1.com/#about/whatwebelieve It is so true that less is more! When it is used in the proper context. We all know that being more productive is better, as Ryan suggests. I think that's the "more" part of "less is more" :) I like how I run into sources, all at the same time, that point to things (ideas and other resources) that I’m needing to improve my life.

I randomly ran into this quote, and I’m not aware of copyright rules, so here’s the partial quote w/ a link to the source:

“With each passing day, companies and their brands face an ever-increasing level of complexity in the marketplace. And advertising agencies, in an endless rush to meet their clients’ needs, have tackled that complexity with more complexity of their own. They’ve added exotic services. Created whole new departments. Become “fully” integrated.

But is it possible that what clients and their brands really need from their agencies is not more complexity, but less? Not more services, but more innovative thinking?

We think so.

…

It’s that simple.”

http://www.mono-1.com/#about/whatwebelieve

It is so true that less is more! When it is used in the proper context. We all know that being more productive is better, as Ryan suggests. I think that’s the “more” part of “less is more” :)

]]> By: Kevin http://ryanmartinsen.com/blog/2009/04/18/less/comment-page-1/#comment-30339 Kevin Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:32:29 +0000 http://www.ryanware.com/2009/04/18/less/#comment-30339 So when you say future.. does that mean ? So when you say future.. does that mean ?

]]> By: Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) http://ryanmartinsen.com/blog/2009/04/18/less/comment-page-1/#comment-30337 Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:17:10 +0000 http://www.ryanware.com/2009/04/18/less/#comment-30337 It's good you were able to get outside and still keep reading. I hope the book is great and you enjoy the rest of the Read-a-Thon! It’s good you were able to get outside and still keep reading. I hope the book is great and you enjoy the rest of the Read-a-Thon!

]]> By: justin hileman http://ryanmartinsen.com/blog/2009/04/18/less/comment-page-1/#comment-30336 justin hileman Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:54:53 +0000 http://www.ryanware.com/2009/04/18/less/#comment-30336 "More about less I'm a future post." Curse that iPhone auto-correct :) I think this goes back to the whole "living with the defaults" stuff. Sure, it's fun to customize everything to your liking, but living with the defaults is simpler (less) and if you do "less" in that direction, you can do more everywhere else. Which is why my iPhone, while "liberated" doesn't really have any customization. No custom theme, no custom icons. Because it just complicates things with unnecessary "more". “More about less I’m a future post.”

Curse that iPhone auto-correct :)

I think this goes back to the whole “living with the defaults” stuff. Sure, it’s fun to customize everything to your liking, but living with the defaults is simpler (less) and if you do “less” in that direction, you can do more everywhere else.

Which is why my iPhone, while “liberated” doesn’t really have any customization. No custom theme, no custom icons. Because it just complicates things with unnecessary “more”.

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