Mr Ethar Alali

BIG NEWS: We've been doing a lot behind the scenes to grow Automedi since our last update. So it's worth filling people in on where we are with ProductHunt and our future. ProductHunt was a one of a number of channels we looked to, to examine how well it raises awareness of the brand. This included engaging with members and experimenting with, as part of a cohort of channels we could use to...

Definitely prefer it! Formally been running it 6 years, having done it for most of my career as much as I could. If people are expecting to get responses during working hours, they have no chance. Partly because I prefer to finish tasks, but also because I may be in other calls. Plus, sync communication blocks everyone and delays the person needing my help if they don't just put at least the...

This is a nice little idea. I was on the team that built ClearPay. ClearPay (AfterPay) and Klarna are the two earlier products that compete in PayPal credit's space. Be interesting to see how this progresses.

If I may say, this is quite a presumptuous post. It really does entirely depends on the team member. If you have been "lucky" enough to only work in environments where everyone gets energy from others, then it's perhaps not particularly diverse (in the sense the behaviour and what people get from the office environment is too homogenous). There are some types of people who are happy in their...

As a rule, yes it's much harder for several reasons. 1. The investors need to see a team as doing all of it yourself, means a single point of failure. 2. If you are a technologist, then who does the marketing and sales? 3. Exit prices are much lower for solopreneurs. In general, in the investment calculations there is a coefficient that multiplies annual revenue, to get the valuation. For teams...

I was trying to replace my own job 20 years ago, as I was conducting research and development into Genetic Programming.

Disclosure: Meetings are zero productivity events. I ensure I and my team avoid them as much as possible, unless the investment in the meeting is proving worth it. However, where they have to happen, then for me, it depends on the meeting and its attendees. Because everyone knows email, less people know JIRA. So for tech teams, I do it in the latter. Ensuring actions are captured, but assigned...

This week, we're talking plastics, which are a major contributor to carbon, land and marine ecosystems threats. In particular, we focus on the real, systemic considerations for health plastics and what they actually offset. So, today's question, do you think plastics all plastics are bad? https://www.automedi.co.uk/post/are-any-plastics-safe-for-the-environment

Tuesday Thoughts on Monday's motivation: Yesterday, we had a great discussion with a larger client, who have identified a couple of different areas which we didn't initially think there was much traction in. However, it turns out this may well be a very lucrative alternative market! Something we can probably pivot to supply in two days. The moral of the story is not to go in with any...

I'm personally not at all bothered as long as others aren't bothered by the pets. Where it does disturb others or makes them uncomfortable, I will ask for the pets to be taken outside or the Zoom muted. In general though, I'm more bothered about whether pets are bothered by me! I've told this story for the second time this week, having forgotten about it for 24 years, but I've worked in lots of...

One of the first Automedi machines was launched into Alphabet Pharmacy in Stretford, Greater Manchester. They published a pic of it on Facebook showing their Automedi nano appliance (https://www.facebook.com/alphabetpharmacy.co.uk/posts/2744854079125573) Alphabet's team have access to the private co-production channels, that help shape the product over time. We chose co-production as the...

IME there are a few main ways but this depends on your target audience and how abstract the OSS model is: 1. Get something like a Patreon page up. This is more suited to creative work, but other OSS monetization platforms exist. Do your research though 2. SaaS - The software may be OSS, but hosting is may not be. Wordpress.org and Wordpress.com are examples of this 3. Build consultancy around...

From the beginning. Indeed, the project we had was technically a co-production. The users who provided feedback also became our beta clients.

I once wrote about this. https://medium.com/tech-sojourna/burn-out-in-the-it-industry-9b666e4745cb

I need to get better at it again. It used to be light breakfast (cereals), walk or gym, sh*t-shower-shave (3S), get dressed, work. Now, with lockdowns, it's bathroom, lay down again for 30 minutes and HootSuite my social media for the day, emails, shower and code/data/business development/strategy, depending on the day. During lockdown, and after a couple of injuries last year, I found the lack...

Totally depends on mood and the type of work. I have very eclectic tastes that can go from Classical all the way to Heavy Metal, R&B, Happy Hardore and worse :-)

Hey! Automedi is the world's first easy-to-use smart fabrication platform located right at the point of care. Making care equipment shortages a thing of the past. Each appliance combines IoT, novel 3D designs, additive manufacturing, an easy to use interface and fleet intelligence into one compact unit, that distributed and delivers care equipment anywhere in the world, when and where it's...

The 2020 Coronavirus pandemic mercilessly exposed serious weaknesses in national health supply chains. Critical shortage of PPE and ventilators put the lives of patients, service users, health and social care professionals, their family and their friends at significant risk. Growing out of community efforts, we decided to find a way to reliably and sustainably close this supply gap. From this...