Thom Brooks: "Graduate students often lack concrete advice on publishing. This essay is an attempt to fill this important gap."

This is good advice for anyone contemplating a Communication or Media Studies Ph.D.

Lou from the J-School maintains a list each year of free showcases at SXSW, which is perfect for cheap grad students like me. Someone has to go to the free Public Enemy show with me Friday night.

Although I'm not convinced of the utility of this desk, the image makes for a nice metaphor for grad school.