Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
zettel.org
So the difference between the first and second type of writing can be found in this simple reframe:
When you are writing-to-think, do it as if one other person will read it.
That’s it. Not tens. Not hundreds. Just one.
There are 2 reasons why you want to imagine that just one person will read it:
(1) It will lower any pressure for this piece to
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Imagine two chair shops across the street from each other. One shop takes the chair’s design into consideration from the start. They hire the best chair designer they can. The chair designer researches other chairs on the market to figure out where they’re lacking. They ask people what they like and dislike about their current chairs, research
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The value of good design seems more clear for everyday objects than digital goods. This comparison helps to show the value of good design. And more importantly it leaves no doubt that design cannot work as an afterthought.
In some ways, however, this shift has already been occurring. In 1865 the average British man worked 124,000 hours over his lifetime, as did people in the US and Japan. By 1980, British workers spent only 69,000 hours at work, despite living longer. In the US, we went from spending 50 percent of our lives working to 20 percent. Work hours have
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Bedeutung des Lübcke-Denkmals, Abgrenzung gegen Rechtsextremismus, rote Linie bei Menschenrechten und Kritik an AfD/CDU
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Dieses Denkmal, das uns zusammenführt, ist eines der wenigen Denkmäler, die ich kenne, wo jemand lächelt.
Walter Lübcke lächelt uns an.
Er gibt uns Kraft und Mut.
Gleichzeitig ist es ein Mahnmal, dass es in unserem Land Rechtsextremisten gibt, die Menschen schlagen, beleidigen, bespucken und auch bereit sind, sie zu töten.
Die wehrhafte Demokratie
... See moreResearch in cognitive and developmental psychology shows that stepping outside one’s comfort zone is essential for growth, resilience, and adaptation. Yet, infinite-memory LLM systems, much like personalization algorithms, are engineered explicitly for comfort. They wrap users in a cocoon of sameness by continuously repeating familiar
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Where are you in your process?This question reveals a designer’s intended fidelity of thinking. Everyone’s design process is different, and in many cases they vary from project to project. By understanding where a designer feels like he is in his own journey, I can tailor the language in my feedback to reflect that. Is something about to go to a
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Knowing the stage a design that is being reviewed is in, is crucial to give valuable feedback.
Begin with shorter meditations. I suggest 15 or 20 minutes each day for the first week or two. Then, increase the length of your sessions in five-minute increments weekly or every few days until you reach 45 minutes. Use a meditation timer rather than looking at a clock, and train yourself not to look at the timer. Just listen for the bell. Some
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