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Technies and managers everywhere, remember to manualate before you automate What?  The Lean Startup term "manualate" or "manual-ating" is the opposite of "auto-mating". The idea is to perform the steps manually as a way to validate two important assumptions that might lead you to want to automate. First, you need to verify that someone wants to pay you for whatever it is you are automating. Test this by using manual labor to do the work behind a thin and cheap to implement veneer of front end UI. Think the Wizard of Oz, ie, "pay no attention to man behind the screen." Second, you need to verify that the processes you want to automate actually work and are optimized. Test this by manual tracking metrics on the steps and adjusting those steps to optimize the outcome. You will find that its much easier to optimize a manual process, ie, a checklist of steps, than it is to revise a process that has been automated in software. Easier, faster, cheaper,

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Keep your electronic phone book update to date with iCloud Contacts and Google Contacts First, enable cloud contacts following the instructions below. Second, train yourself to capture and update phone numbers, email address, and other key data when you see it. Third, remember to download a copy to a secure computer every so often such as on your birthday or one your regular maintenance day. First, enable cloud contacts Learn how to set enable Apple's iCloud Contacts to back up and synchronize your address books on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and even Windows here: https://support.apple.com/guide/icloud/set-up-contacts-mm2e5b1c6686/1.0/icloud/1.0 Learn how to enable Google's Cloud Contacts to back up and synchronize your address books on your Android phone, iPhone, iPad, Mac, and even Windows here: https://support.google.com/contacts/answer/2753077?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid Second, train yourself to capture and update  Just do it. Third, remember to download a copy to a