Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
zettel.org
“If you destroy the creative impulse, you will destroy the intrinsic value of the individual at the same time. But you can still live on as a wall decoration.”
-Carl Jung
Recovering Overthinker • You Should Be Terrified of Not Expressing Yourself
The two main objectives of meditation practice are: Developing stable attention Cultivating powerful mindfulness that optimizes the interaction between attention and awareness.
Culadasa John Yates • The Mind Illuminated - A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science
After all, degrowth isn’t just about the economy. It’s about culture. For example, you might try swapping or trading your future fashion rather than focusing on its currency cost. You’ll notice how such small shifts can change your own experiences with clothes.
good on you • Degrowth: The Future Fashion Could Choose
If you don’t know what your goals are, you’ll only achieve them by accident.
You don’t sell features, you build features. You sell benefits.
„Make sure you go over key benefits of the proposal. You don’t sell features, you build features. You sell benefits. You are convincing them to hire you, not accept your proposal. The proposal is merely one data point toward that decision.“
– Mike Monteiro
A focus indicator can also take other forms, but outlines are very common for good reasons.
Outlines have an advantage over other visual indicators (like borders or background colors, for example) in that they can be applied to the element without causing any significant changes to that element. And since an outline is not part of an element’s box... See more
Outlines have an advantage over other visual indicators (like borders or background colors, for example) in that they can be applied to the element without causing any significant changes to that element. And since an outline is not part of an element’s box... See more
sarasoueidan.com • A guide to designing accessible, WCAG-compliant focus indicators
Let's Make the Web Accessible for All! #a11y
Why outlines work best and box-shadow should be avoided to indicate focus
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
... See moreAlex Tan • #032 Peeling Back
If sugar is a counterfeit for spiritual sweetness, then artificial sweeteners such as saccharin and aspartame are a counterfeit of a counterfeit. They represent a lie to the body, and reinforce an experience of the world in which appearance is bereft of substance.
Charles Eisenstein • The Yoga of Eating - Transcending Diets and Dogma to Nourish the Natural Self
I found a library’s worth of material. The problem was, the sources were hundreds, sometimes thousands, of years old.
Seven books of the Chinese Tao dating back to around 400 BCE focused entirely on breathing, how it could kill us or heal us, depending on how we used it. These manuscripts included detailed instructions on how to regulate the breath,