Daniel Wentsch
@klickreflex
Freelance designer and web dev from Freiburg, Germany.
Daniel Wentsch
zettel.org
Over a century before Jungians pointed out the danger of ignoring and avoiding your creative potential, Danish philosopher and the godfather of Existentialism, Soren Kierkegaard said that the deepest form of despair is “to choose to be another than oneself.”
And what is any form of self-expression and creation other than choosing to be yourself?
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The irony is that we achieve far more in the long run when we have slack. We are more productive when we don’t try to be productive all the time.
fs.blog • Efficiency Is the Enemy - Farnam Street
Denn ich reiße mich nicht darum, Kinder zu entertainen, ich biedere mich nicht an, ich verströme keinen herzlichen Enthusiasmus, ich schlage keine Bastelaktivitäten vor. Schließlich sind meine Kinder mit anderen Kindern befreundet, nicht ich. Ich unterhalte mich lieber mit Erwachsenen. An dieser Stelle danke an alle Menschen, die sich professionell... See more
Lisa Seelig • Kinder: Ich mag keine Kinder – außer meine eigenen
“At the same time, art cannot be understood in terms of purpose. As the sculptor Charles Ray has said, art is “for absolutely nothing.” To make, or experience, art is to enter a kind of free zone; it slows us down, places us in some epistemological estuary, takes us into the wild. We make art from our flaws, fragilities, perversities, from our need
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Für die Anwendbarkeit des BFSG genügt schon die Zurverfügungstellung einer Online-Terminbuchungsoption auf einer Website, wie aus den „Leitlinien für die Anwendung des Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetzes“ des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales hervorgeht: Denn die Zurverfügungstellung einer solchen Terminbuchungsmöglichkeit geschieht bereits... See more
Thomas Klindt • eCommerce und Barrierefreiheit – Obacht für alle Online-Shops
But, what about other aspects of the design? What about other questions that come up? For example:What new problems, complications, or successes might arise from the choices being proposed?What other objectives should the designer have been considering, but didn’t?Raising these kinds of questions can be important. Ignoring them might mean missing
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additional questions can be important but must be addressed with scope in mind
HbA1c (usually read as “hemoglobin A1c”): “They say that, basically, you age at the rate you produce insulin. HbA1c will tell me what was the average insulin over the last 3 months. . . . I’ve found over the years that, actually, the amount of magnesium, supplemental magnesium, you consume, is the fastest way to drop that value. So magnesium is
... See moreTimothy Ferriss • Tools of Titans
Anxiety is the subtle and pervasive destroyer of our happiness. It depends upon thoughts of past and future. It cannot exist in the present.