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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, ...

 Check out the research paper written by my parents, Andrew M. Lewis, Jr & Gladys S. Lewis, on #PLOSONE The AGMK1-9T7 cell model of #neoplasia: Evolution of #DNA copy-number aberrations and #miRNA expression during transition from normal to #metastatic #cancer cells https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275394 #biomarker #oncology #tumorigenicity #oncogencity

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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...

1/ Here’s my roundup of @amazon ‘s gigantic tranche of 94 launch contracts for its #ProjectKuiper satellite constellation These contracts may open up access to space like the US transcontinental railroad 11 Announced Prior to 2022 83 Announced in 2022 94 Launches Total Wow! 2/ Here’s a breakdown of the 11 Launches Announced Prior to 2022 2 2% @ABLspacesystems RS1 (in development) 9 10% @ULAlaunch United Launch Alliance’s #AtlasV (in production) Here’s background on ABL Space Systems https://aboutamazon.com/news/innovation-at-amazon/project-kuiper-announces-plans-and-launch-provider-for-prototype-satellites … And the RS1 https://ablspacesystems.com/rs1/ 3/ Here’s a breakdown of the 83 announced in 2022 38 40% @ulalaunch #Vulcan (in development) 18 19% @ArianeGroup @Ariane6 (in development) 12 13% @BlueOrigin #NewGlenn (in development) Optional 15 16% @BlueOrigin #NewGlenn Read more from @lorengrush https://theverge.com/2022/4/5/23010245/amazon-project-kuiper-megaconstella...

How can Chief Technical Officers (CTOs) collaborate with Chief Product Officers (CPOs) to help businesses thrive and survive? In a Forbes article, the author argues that the CPO is expected to determine **what** products are built by acting as an innovator, optimizer or scaler, while the CTO is expected to determine **how** the products are built as an architect, implementer, and maintainer.  The author concludes that the CTO and CPO [must strive together to create a balanced team and a culture of innovation and collaboration that can] create the critical components required to improve outcomes and help businesses thrive and survive in a continuously evolving competitive landscape. However, both the CTO and CPO accept that it will always be **the customer who is the most important person in the room**. Read more on Forbes.com https://lnkd.in/ejzR3RiR #CTO #CPO #CEO #innovation #growth #creativity

Here's an animated gif of the awesome #SpacexStarship Build Diagrams of @brendan_lewis from 1-Apr-2022 through 7-Sep-2022. As I see it, #starbaseWIP inventory for - StarShip grew from 3 to 6 (24, 25, 26 + 27, 28, 29) - Booster grew 3 to 5 (7, 8, 9 + 10, 11) Thanks for your hard work!