{"id":75,"date":"2011-12-21T15:38:51","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T15:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/stepwise\/?p=75"},"modified":"2011-12-21T15:38:51","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T15:38:51","slug":"75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/stepwise\/2011\/12\/21\/75","title":{"rendered":"Episode IV – A New Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Let\u2019s start with a welcome: Welcome to Stepwise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I know that Nature Protocols<\/a> has had a blog for quite a while now but over the last few months we have let things slide a bit, chiefly because we knew the change in our blogging platform would give us an opportunity to do more things. Also we had the chance to give it a proper name; \u201cNature Protocols Blog\u201d being no-one\u2019s favourite.<\/p>\n

The no-one\u2019s in question-in other words the authors of this blog-are: Chris Surridge (that\u2019s me), Katharine Barnes, Dot Clyde, Hannah Clarke and Bronwen Dekker. Collectively the editors of\u00a0Nature Protocols<\/a>\u00a0and the guardians of the Protocol Exchange<\/a>. We tend to blog about different things and hopefully you will pick up on our various interests with time. The thing to bear in mind is that Katharine, Dot, Hannah and Bronwen know stuff, while I just pontificate.<\/p>\n

Why Stepwise<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The very first blog post for the Nature Protocols blog was in May 2010, and asked the very important question: \u201cWhat should we call our blog?\u201d<\/a>.\u00a0While we all agreed that out blog should have an outstanding name, we were not able to get terribly much further than \u201cNature Protocols Blog\u201d until Dot looked up from her computer in a commissioning meeting and said: \u00a0Stepwise<\/em>! Well protocols are made up from procedural steps<\/em> and we try very hard to be wise<\/em> about them. I hope that isn’t too much of a cryptic crossword clue justification.<\/p>\n

What we will do here is continue to share news, helpful hints on how to use our nature Protocols and Protocol Exchange, comments about our protocols, or give updates from conferences.
\nThese are handily organised into the following categories:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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