Entries Tagged 'Graduate School' ↓

As usual, I let one of these carnivals slip by unnoticed, so today I can point you to the 8th and 9th Carnivals of GRADual Progress.  The 8th was hosted by Half an Acre and the 9th has just gone up at Fumbling Towards Geekdom.  Check ‘em out and spread the word!

Today I learned of an article called How to Finish Your Dissertation — Without the Agony that offers 10 strategies meant to “spare you the pain of an extended sojourn in dissertation hell.”
I think most of the strategies are sound, but the first one really grabbed my attention because it smacks of contingency management, clearing [...]

I just learned that the New York Times is offering free access to its TimesSelect service to anyone who registers with an .edu email address.  Doing so will save you $50 a year, or at least the headache of using Lexis-Nexis to reach premium content.
Sign up here.

Right on schedule, the 7th Carnival of GRADual Progress is up at The History Enthusiast with a vast array of posts by grad student bloggers.  Go check it out and spread the word!

One principle that really stuck with me from Getting Things Done is the idea of freeing up your psychic RAM.  Always write stuff down.  File things.  Minimize distractions in your workspace…stuff like that.  Otherwise everything can build up and compete for your attention all at once.
One of the things I did in my office was [...]

I’m running about a week behind on this, but the 6th Carnival of GRADual Progress is up over at Working Writing Wailing Mama.  Once again there are lots of interesting posts on grad school and I found a couple new blogs that I’ll be adding to my reader.

Last week I had one of the most productive weeks I’ve had in a long time, and I know because I was keeping track of my activities using a time log.  By recording how much time I spent during the day on each activity, I was able to calculate (1) how many hours of actual [...]