Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
zettel.org
Reframe non-productive time. One of the reasons the exploration phase of the work is low value is that most of it doesn’t look like work. It’s lots of reading, and sitting and thinking, and doodling, and trying things that lead to dead ends. Non-productive time feels like a waste—but it doesn’t have to! One way to think about this kind of time is
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Motivation vs Procrastination and
Non-productive is often framed wrongly so
Good critique is comprised of three key elements:It identifies a specific aspect of the idea or a decision in the design being analyzed.It relates that aspect or decision to an objective or best practice.It describes how and why the aspect or decision work to support or not support the objective or best practice.
Adam Connor • Discussing Design
3️⃣ Key elements of good design critique
Book of Life, The: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti
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Understand your own taste with the help of AI
Critique isn’t about that instant reaction we might feel when seeing something, or about how we would change someone’s design to better solve an issue. Critique is a form of analysis that uses critical thinking to determine whether a design is expected to achieve its desired objectives (and adhere to any pertinent best practices or heuristics).
Adam Connor • Discussing Design
It reminded me of a somewhat famous brain warm-up. How do you make toast? You get one piece of paper, a marker, and three minutes of time.
Try this at home, with colleagues in your next meeting, or with friends if you’ve never done it. Draw the instructions for someone else to make toast. With no other notes, you should end up with various... See more
Try this at home, with colleagues in your next meeting, or with friends if you’ve never done it. Draw the instructions for someone else to make toast. With no other notes, you should end up with various... See more
