Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Regardless of whether or not we’re formally making art, we are all living as artists. We perceive, filter, and collect data, then curate an experience for ourselves and others based on this information set. Whether we do this consciously or unconsciously, by the mere fact of being alive, we are active participants in the ongoing process of
... See moreDon’t assumeFind out the thinking or constraints behind choices.“To assume makes an ass out of you and me.”
“Data only tells you what was.
It doesn’t account for what could be.”
so much AI stuff focuses on giving you results without letting you participate in the process, as if the thinking/digging/discovery is purely an obstacle and not the whole point at times
BFSG und der Europäische Binnenmarkt
To get design’s full value, you need to hire a professional. You need a designer. Would you trust any other valuable part of your business to someone who wasn’t qualified to do it? Would you let your cousin’s best friend do your accounting because they had a calculator? Or let your neighbor reprogram your fuel injection system because they have
... See moreHinter dem Ruf nach Frieden verschanzen sich die Mörder.
Paul Spiegel
This rant via Shalom Auslander
I was thinking about sex the other day because I was having a really depressing day, and a dead body had been found by the pier, and as I was taking my son to school and waiting at a traffic light, a homeless man in a mad fury began circling my car, shouting and spitting, and it felt like forever before the light
... See moreA good rant, on how nothing makes sense, by Shalom Auslander. It reminds me of On Bullshit’s opening line: One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much bullshit. Everyone knows this. Each of us contributes his share.
Endlich finde ich den Eingang zu dem Turm beziehungsweise stehe ich vor so einem Kackdrehkreuz.
»Einmal?«, fragt die Frau, die an der Kasse sitzt.
Ich: Ich muss Eintritt zahlen für diesen dummen Turm?
Frau: Ja, nichts ist umsonst.
Ich: Wie viel?
Frau: Studentin?
Ich: Ja.
Frau: Dann 11,50. Haben Sie Ihren Ausweis dabei?
Ich: Nein.
Frau: Dann 13,50.
Ich: Ich
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