Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
wentsch.me
A large percentage of people’s problems in work, love and life are due to some combination of vagueness and passivity. You don’t know what you want to spend your time on; you don’t know what kind of person you really get along with; you don’t know what kind of clothing looks good to you; you don’t know what you value in a city; you don’t know how t... See more
Ava • Why You Should Write More
Moral Valuation of Industries
Rutger Bregman points out a disturbing trend:
- 💰 There is a correlation between how immoral we judge an industry and how much money you can make there, due to the need to attract talent to shameful positions.
- 🤔 A study revealed that a significant percentage of people doubt the social value of their jobs.
- 💼 This affects
Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content • #412 - Better Things & Better People
One of my ADHD quirks is that if there’s a Big Thing to do that day (doctor’s appointment, package delivery, big presentation) then 100% of my brain goes to that important event. I can’t miss it. Nothing else gets done until The Big Thing gets done.
Conversely, after The Big Thing gets done, nothing else gets done either because my brain –flooded wi
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Severe problems start showing up when we introduce overlays, anchor links, image galleries, and dynamic views into our interfaces. For example, if a user clicks through a carousel in an article, changes the view in a dashboard or toggles states in a pricing page. Should the “Back” button bring a user to the previous state, or to the previous page?
smashingmagazine.com • Designing a Better Back Button UX — Smashing Magazine
Dopamine is not the only neurotransmitter involved in reward processing, but most neuroscientists agree it is among the most important. Dopamine may play a bigger role in the motivation to get a reward than the pleasure of the reward itself. Wanting more than liking . Genetically engineered mice unable to make dopamine will not seek out food, and w
... See moreAnna Lembke • Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Epic post on how Nike lost $25B in a day by trying to make everything data-driven:
"Nike invested billions into something that was less effective but easier to measure vs something that was more effective but less easy to measure.
In conclusion: an impressive waste of money." https://t.co/YyLH98B0eH
Do it right when you wake up. This goes along with reducing or eliminating distractions. When you wake up your brain is reset, and there won’t usually be as many other pressing sources of reward present. If you can reserve time in the morning to do your creative work you may have an easier time staying focused.
Dan Shipper • Why You're Not Doing Creative Work
Plötzlich wurde ihm bewusst, was er seit einiger Zeit immer öfter fühlte: Er war in seinem Leben an einem besonderen Punkt angelangt. Nachdenklich holte er den Tabak heraus und atmete den Duft ein, bevor er sich langsam eine Zigarette drehte. Jetzt. So hieß der Punkt. Jetzt bedeutete, dass ihm bewusst wurde, dass die Dinge, die man ein erstes Mal t
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