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A lifetime ago i could draw

What did I learn? Using an Ipad6 with 2GB ram of about 500usd would take twice to thrice as long as an Ipad 12.9” with…

The Challenges of Kinder Voice

One of my take aways with mindfulness is that fear is a more powerful motivator or influencer of behavior. Next is the dopamine seeking behavior.…

20-40 projects vs 3 resources

The company has 3 resources: The Plant – this is the manufacturing of the furniture and the shipping to have it on the site. this…

Updated the Family Picture. Using Procreate Ipad6 with Apple Pen.

The only way to go is down

I’m very much aware of the luck my parents are in, with their business. I have my own beliefs and being who I am, and…

BATNA and Hindsight Bias

The cost of Security. I was talking to my mentor and team, about how I tend to be ok when we spend about up to…

Studying Phandalin – Slowly Detailing the Entries

Plot Twists Formula. Begin by think through the Positives and Negatives of something when encountering the tendency to simplify to Bad Guy or Good Guy,…

Rants

I get it. Creative and Intelligent people can dream up a lot of interesting Ideas. Guys who are not as smart or creative, have to…

Planned Leave: To Prepare and Study

I have about 15 vacation days I have not used. I plan to spend all 15 days to prepare  1) my PMBOK Anki Deck,  2)…

First Convention: PCTA

This is my first Convention where I was part of the Planning and Execution (Jose Ramo and Harold did most of the Work on our…

It doesn’t get easier, you just have misleading hope it does

It’s interesting when concepts I learned about in my 30s from books took 10 or so years to mature into usable algorithms after that much…

Cult of Personality – Ego in the Games

BJ Recio and I had chance upon each other in BGC recently and I got to catch up on what he’s doing with #Manilaencouters and…

Not to Correct Authority

One of the strangest lessons I’ve had with my mentor is when not to correct authority. I know its a strange way to look at…

Quality Management: The ability to Delegate

Quality Management Unlocks a lot of Capabilties. The ability to Inspect and Review work or actions. The ability to define details and critical elements in…

Minor Habit: Guessing the Time this Call will take

So lately ive been trying to guess how long the call would take: “Hi Mary, i’m calling to ask about something that may take 2…

On a Business Trip in HK

Im on a business trip in HK. We have a moderately successful project that got our team invited to personally meet our Partners. Learned a…

Gamer Take Away from PMBOK Skill and Action Part 1

PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge) an inspiration in talking about and discussing RISK and Occasion to Roll. before we go to risk lets talk…

Hi Guys I’m migrating to mewe.com/i/justin.aquino

Hi Guys I’m migrating to mewe.com/i/justin.aquino I’m hedging my bets with Plusplora justinaquino@pluspora.com

When the line of my Characters and me blur

So I’m a min maxer, also known as a munchkin, and the goal of looking for the optimal character combination went a bit too far…

A day without my Notebook

昨天我忘了小笔记本。我难天我常常忘做什么，没有笔。 I’ve reached a level of dependence to my A6 notebooks. Forgetting one  when I’m in a hurry points out that: I have to many…

I forget 2-5 words a day

每天我 忘记 两至五个话。I forget 2-5 words everyday. This is based on last Christmas when we had a new baby and had a lot of things…

Pressure Cooker Beef and Pork

Pressure Cooked some beef ribs. A generous rub of rock salt, ground pepper, and brown sugar. Rubbed it a day ago, froze it, left it…

Source Material

I’ve been getting source material that are open source or public domain like De Re Militari and using them as inspiration to my own studies…

Personal Time and Motion of small things.

it takes me about 5 mins to work with my reference document system (finding the right set of notes in the right set list). 2…

Deep Work Review and Reflection

Just finished Deep work last night. Like many big books there are a few things I can really take away and use to change my…

Task clutter

#TIR better habits replace existing habits. We don’t just add habits, we look at how we do things and make improvements. Simply adding will make…

One Year of Using an Espresso machine instead of Buying Coffee

My morning ritual with the espresso machine, the difference a year made in the learning curve. From spending 2.2usd for a starbucks dopio to only…

High Initiative Narrative

A warrior, a guy in armor, is a vision of Prowess being much younger. But then ones grow up and learn the logistics and problems…

Some Updates: Studies, Organization, and Challenges

Some updates: So we are learning to use a coding-less mobile app builder in work. there are two other Coding-Less system builders we are going…

Frustration from my Degree, History awakening in the Philippines

TL:DR So the Gaming Take away is: I’ve got no time to Learn new shit, maybe I should slowly incorporate it in my games? Back…