January 2014 - Justin Reinhart

Making The Perfect Cup of Coffee

Jan

23

2014

(Guest Author Greg Pappas) I busted out my french press for the first time in a good while, and I just made the smoothest cup of coffee. How? Simple. Just read the directions below and you’ll have one smooth cup of delicious coffee. 3 tablespoons of grounded coffee (This is the ...

Setting the Mood with Ambient Sound

Jan

17

2014

My environment is awash with different mood-establishing ambient sounds I’ve recently picked up. Here is my collection. Tibetan Healing Sounds 11 hours – Tibetan bowls for meditation, relaxation, calming, healing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5dU6serXkg (Recommended by G.N.Pappas) Rainy Mood / Thunderstorms http://www.rainymood.com/ Coffee shop chatter http://coffitivity.com/ I find those to be my top 3, and they can be ...

Re: I want to get back into the habit of doing

Jan

15

2014

From: N To: Justin Reinhart Subject: Retrain the brain N writes, Do you have references on how one in a way retrains their brain? I want to get back into the habit of learning and not being distracted by my phone or social networks etc. I have a list of science books I want to get ...

Agile Pomodoro Autofocus Scrum GTD Combo 2

Jan

9

2014

What productivity techniques work for me? I use a combination of Agile, Autofocus, Pomodoro, Scrum, and GTD. Each one of these disciplines is its own religion that each take months or years to study and master. Each of them also have their own cult following. Like Bruce Lee, I absorb what is useful and discard ...

Chatting Online With Babes

Jan

3

2014

Welcome to Chatting Online With Babes. I’ve been collecting online conversations for years (when I’m mindful enough to capture them for later use.) This first installment has been saved as a draft in my WordPress since Jan 2011, and I’ve been migrating it around from text file to text file prior to that. It is ...

Dropbox by Area

Jan

2

2014

I spend a considerable amount of time thinking, strategizing, and testing certain organizational habits. Every once in awhile a light bulb goes off and an axiom may surface here or there. Let’s see if I can iron this one out: Organization is the restructuring of parts or steps resulting in a desired measurable benefit. E.g. ...

New Years Karma Attempt 1

Jan

1

2014

This morning, soon after the New Years countdown, I saw a woman in her 20s crying while walking down the side of the road, in the cold, with at least another mile to the nearest residential area. Trying to pick up some good karma, I drove well ahead of her, parked against the curb, pulled ...