Resources for Academia

• Dissertation advice from Olin Shivers
• Good writing by Marc Raibert
• How to Write a Dissertation by Douglas E. Comer, concentrates on low-level aspects (formal grammar, no jokes, sit up straight and stop slouching) and is thus actually useful
• The indispensable The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
• Coherent writing at the sentence and single-paragraph level: The Science of Scientific Writing by George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan, American Scientist Nov-Dec 1990
• Technical Writing for Computer Engineers and Computer Scientists by Kevin Karplus, Dan Scripture
• Always remember Writing is Easy! by Steve Martin
• If you want your papers to be as compelling as novels, consider the Ten Mistakes Writers Don't See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do).
• Talk on talks by Olivier Danvy
• How to give a good research talk by Simon Peyton Jones et al
• Some lecturing heuristics by Patrick H. Winston
• How to present a paper in theoretical computer science (ps, pdf) by Ian Parberry
• How to give a talk by Bruce Donald (focuses on visual aides)
• Changing the culture of academic public speaking by Paul N. Edwards (slanted towards humanities)
• Graduate School Survival Guide by Wanda Pratt.
• Tips on the job interview process (pdf, html) by Jeanette Wing (includes a section on the talk)
• Page for reviewers by Barak Pearlmutter.
• Wisdom and observations, by Richard W. Hamming