alan@benchfly

alan@benchfly

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4 days ago @ BenchFly Blog - Facebook Updates: The ... · 1 reply · +1 points

Understandable - a "Double Fly" incident can be just as exciting, if not more, than a Double Rainbow...

4 days ago @ BenchFly Blog - Facebook Updates: The ... · 3 replies · +1 points

Waterloo it is- the Raff Lab's getting hooked up with a mug! (We assumed the "R" got lost in the shuffle of excited typing...)

1 week ago @ BenchFly Blog - BenchFly Crossword: Hi... · 0 replies · +1 points

Great job! This was definitely a challenging one - there's no way we would have made it through the last 25% without the "hint" button - and *we created the puzzle*!

2 weeks ago @ BenchFly Blog - BenchFly Crossword: Hi... · 0 replies · +1 points

Congratulations- it was a pretty tough one!

2 weeks ago @ BenchFly Blog - Scared of Dropping the... · 0 replies · +1 points

We've got a winner!

2 weeks ago @ BenchFly Blog - Scared of Dropping the... · 0 replies · +1 points

Read the second paragraph after the blanks very closely...

2 weeks ago @ BenchFly Blog - Scared of Dropping the... · 0 replies · +1 points

Not quite- but hint: the answer is actually in the post somewhere...

4 weeks ago @ BenchFly Blog - While You Were Out Not... · 0 replies · +1 points

Great material for While You Were out V2...

7 weeks ago @ BenchFly Blog - Increase Your Lab Effi... · 1 reply · +1 points

Awesome! (I'm assuming it was the How to make an old-fashioned video...) http://www.benchfly.com/video/59/how-to-make-an-o...

7 weeks ago @ BenchFly Blog - Increase Your Lab Effi... · 3 replies · +1 points

I agree with both of you. Beyond the immediate benefits of increased efficiency, creating detailed protocols will also benefit you long term as others take over your project when you leave. If new people come in and can't repeat what you've done, it will hurt your reputation - even if it's not justified. The difference could be a seemingly insignificant detail that you used to do, but that the new people aren't - and depending on how long it's been since you left the lab, it can be hard to recall those years later. Best to protect yourself now and create a detailed protocol. (And what better way to do it than with video?...)