Hello, Since we are now part of the "Facebook Generation" (or at least 10% of the planet is), it seems there must be a better way of distributing time on our various Aktas to an institute of scientists than our current system which involves a race for the paper booking sheet every Thursday morning. Inevitably people book in a speculative manner and time slots are not always used due to problems in preparative steps etc. Bits of paper in different buildings make it difficult to see who booked what and when.
Has anyone successfully implemented an electronic system, perhaps shared through the "cloud", that allows real time booking in a manner that can be revised easily and has worked well? An electronic calendar (Google..) would partially address this, but it seems some sort of social networking site/tool might be better for negotiating instrument time, swapping timeslots, reallocating unused time if the sample prep fails. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. If governments can be toppled through Facebook, I'm sure we can book our Aktas in a better way! Darren -- ********************************************************************** Dr. Darren Hart, Team Leader High Throughput Protein Lab Grenoble Outstation European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) ********************************************************************** www.embl.fr/research/unit/hart/index.html For funded access to ESPRIT construct screening via EU FP7 PCUBE: http://tinyurl.com/ydnrwg4 Email: [email protected] Tel: +33 4 76 20 77 68 Fax: +33 4 76 20 71 99 Skype: hartdarren Postal address: EMBL, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, BP181, 38042 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France **********************************************************************
