Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
wentsch.me
New ideas do not come from the ether; they are based on existing concepts.
Ethan Mollick • Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI
Having friends in close proximity transforms a generic neighborhood into an extended home.
Kat Vellos • We Should Get Together: The Secret to Cultivating Better Friendships
When I’ve seen designers ask for sign-off for this type of work without something visual to support it, they always end up frustrated when the client changes their mind after seeing the ideas represented in a more tangible form.
I suggest you never present things like this as standalone design work—only present how they affect a person doing a thing
... See moreDonna Spencer • Presenting Design Work
The first thing you should show in your presentation is the result you came up with.
Donna Spencer • Presenting Design Work
To complain in love is a noble and honorable skill very far removed from the category of whininess with which it is sometimes confused. The irony of well-targeted and quickly raised complaints is that their function is entirely positive. Honesty is a love-preserving mechanism that keeps alive all that is impressive and delightful about our partner
... See moreAlain de Botton • A Therapeutic Journey
Ja. Es war schön. Ich freute mich auch, sie zu sehen. Es war ein Nachhausekommen. Und trotzdem wäre ich gerne noch weg geblieben, wäre lieber noch eine Nacht lang spazieren gegangen, hätte in einer Nachtbar getrunken, wo niemand mich kannte, hätte am liebsten eine Nacht lang kein einziges Wort gesagt. Aber aus irgendeinem Grund ging so etwas nicht.
... See moreEwald Arenz • Ehrlich & Söhne – Bestattungen Aller Art
The next time someone reflexively rejects AI-assisted work, we might gently ask: Are you concerned about the quality, or just uncomfortable with the ease?
Every • AI Phobia Is Just Fear That ‘Easier’ Equals ‘Cheating’
Second, there’s no such thing as “individual” contributions! All work, all labor—regardless of job or industry—is a collective. The problem here really starts at school, as they set you up in competition with your classmates and you have to see yourself as the hero that has to do everything for yourself. But actual, real work outside of school requ... See more
Robin Rendle • Robin Rendle — Stop calling yourself an IC
My favorite metaphor for it is, it's important to learn arithmetic; it's important to learn the basic math that goes into division and multiplication when you're learning math. But then once you have that down, you use a graphing calculator and you focus on the big problems.
That's kind of how I view Lex; it's the graphing calculator of writing. You
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