Collected Wisdom

• Olin Shivers:
  PhD Dissertation Advice

• Simon Peyton-Jones:
  How to give a good research talk
  Writing a good grant proposal

• Ronald T. Azuma:
  "So long and thanks for the PhD!"
  a.k.a. "Everything I wanted to know about C.S. graduate school at the beginning but didn't learn until later."

• Robert L. Peters:
  Getting What You Came for: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning a Master's or a Ph.D. (400pp; ISBN: 0374524777).

• Mark Leone:
  Advice on Research and Writing

• Michael D. Ernst
  Advice compiled by Michael Ernst

• The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.