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Alex Merwin

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Views my own. Helping early-stage health & bio companies innovate & scale at AWS. Sci-fi nerd doing loads with AI, who's also into climbing routes, photography, board games and single malts. Doing my best to raise a good kid along the way.

34 Followers  |  22 Following  |  29 Posts  |  Joined: 15.11.2024  |  2.0561

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Amazing contribution; thank you!

28.09.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah I’m really enjoying it. I am finding that I’m falling into the same trap with BS as I did with Twitter; how do I use this? I’ve got a good thing going w/ LinkedIn, but Twitter was always a bit unnatural to me. Share your wisdom on how to get the most of Bluesky with me Keith! πŸ™ˆπŸ™‰

04.12.2024 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Christmas parties… here we go. Season is here!

28.11.2024 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a fantastic camera; enjoy!

27.11.2024 21:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#tired!

Share something with me to cheer me up #bluesky

27.11.2024 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Notion. I was into Todoist for a while; then simplified dramatically with bullet journaling for 2 years. I like Notion as i can have a workflow similar to Bullet Journalling with the benefit of a digital solution and also flexible enough to add complex databases where needed for archiving things

21.11.2024 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I agree. Another challenge was that GTD focused on tackling next actions across multiple projects, rather than blocking time to deeply advance one thing. I think this became important with the digital shift. How do you manage reviews without them becoming bloated? I struggle with that.

21.11.2024 06:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I try and try to hold to this… but I very frequently go past two minutes and in 10 minutes realize I should keep on processing… any tips for holding to 2 minutes?

21.11.2024 06:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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AI isn’t just techβ€”it’s geopolitics. Nations will race for dominance unless verifiable restraints are set. Time to stop pretending it’s not a geopolitical issue.

More on this in The Age of AI: www.goodreads.com/book/show/56...

#AI #Geopolitics #TechPolicy #ArtificialIntelligence

20.11.2024 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Any #ProductivityNerds out there into Getting Things Done by David Allen? The book changed my life 15 years ago when I was consumed by work; but even at that point it was super dated. Any key lessons still apply? For me; I still embrace a β€˜processing’ mindset when triaging my inbox in the AM

20.11.2024 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Defund the police!

Fund… Lion Cop! lol

20.11.2024 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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EUV lithography: shooting soft X-rays at molten tin droplets 50,000x/sec to etch transistors smaller than viruses. The tech that powers your iPhone didn’t just β€˜happen’—it’s built on decades of public funding (think Apollo, Warp Speed). Gov’t drives innovation. Learn more: bit.ly/3Oj2Wq8

20.11.2024 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Americans > putting aside your political views, do you think the upcoming Trump presidency will be helpful or harmful for #DigitalHealth / #HealthTech founders working to deploy innovations in US health systems? Thinking from a regulatory / compliance perspective

20.11.2024 11:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NHS β€˜will be overwhelmed unless patients look after themselves’ The public must be motivated to take charge of their own health, a Labour adviser has said

Empowering patients to manage their health is key to easing the strain on the NHS. At Aide, we help people feel more confident in managing long-term conditions, improving outcomes for everyone. #SelfManagement #DigitalHealth

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

19.11.2024 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Magic; was waiting for this!

19.11.2024 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Life is long if you know how to use it." (Seneca, On the Shortness of Life)
goodreads.com/book/show/97412.On_the_Shortness_of_Life

#StoicWisdom #TimeManagement #IntentionalLiving #SenecaQuotes

19.11.2024 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let’s do it!

19.11.2024 07:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ChatGPT Defeated Doctors at Diagnosing Illness A small study found ChatGPT outdid human physicians when assessing medical case histories, even when those doctors were using a chatbot.

In a study looking at the accuracy of medical diagnoses, doctors who were given ChatGPT-4 along with conventional resources did only slightly better than doctors who did not have access to the bot. And, to researchers’ surprise, ChatGPT alone outperformed the doctors
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/h...

18.11.2024 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 67    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End In Being Mortal, author Atul Gawande tackles the hardes…

"The pressure remains all in one direction, toward doing more, because the only mistake clinicians seem to fear is doing too little."

β€”Atul Gawande, Being Mortal

#MedBluesky #Healthcare #BeingMortal #MedicalEthics

πŸ“š www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

18.11.2024 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Early crocuses pushing through fallen leaves. Love how London blends seasons together, signs of life even in fall.

#London #LumixMFT #PanasonicLumix #Photography

18.11.2024 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

1920: Physics enters a golden decade, reshaping science for a century. Today, it is biologyβ€˜s turn. Tools like AlphaFold opened new frontiers, but the startups building on this foundationβ€”transforming drug discovery, synthetic life, & beyondβ€”reveal how early we still are. #TechBio #CompBio #SynBio

18.11.2024 08:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Never forget this. The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

Never forget this. The forces rigging our economy, undermining our democracy, polluting our planet, and stoking hatred are counting on you to give up. Cynicism is how they win. Stay clear-eyed and ready for the fight ahead.

18.11.2024 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 10266    πŸ” 2223    πŸ’¬ 202    πŸ“Œ 109

Totally agree. Do you have an opinion on whether effective change will come from public sector (stick) or private sector (carrot / market forces)?

18.11.2024 07:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fascinating; thx for sharing. In another life I did a lot of work in #VideoAdvertising - would have been great to have tech like this in India before 5G expanded like wildfire. Can still imagine plenty of valuable use cases for science like this; best of luck

18.11.2024 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

AWSome! Nice to connect with you

18.11.2024 07:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good luck! What is your submission about?

17.11.2024 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks great! Just bought a copy and look forward to tucking in

16.11.2024 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey Bluesky; anyone know of feeds here / people to follow focused on…

#HealthAI
#MedScribes
#MedicalImaging
#ClinicalTrialsInnovation
#TechBio
#PharmaTech

??

Great to meet you all!

16.11.2024 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

What is CVPR?

16.11.2024 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was totally thinking this today

15.11.2024 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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