Posts Tagged ‘student’

Deirdre McCloskey on Writing

One of the best books for writers in the social sciences is Deirdre McCloskey’s Economical Writing, a very short, very small book that offers a number of important principles for writing. McCloskey is an economist by training, but she has written across a wide variety of fields. Economical Writing is a must-have and a must-read for any serious writer. Here are five of her points from… » Continue

October 10 2008 | By Art | Tagged: college, efficiency, persuasion, social-science, student, university, writing | 5 comments»

Just Keep Writing!

I get to write a lot. Fortunately, I like it because it is an important part of my job. I also find that writing helps me organize jumbled messes of thought. Here are notes on writing, which you should do daily no matter your occupation.

1. “Writing is research” (James Buchanan). This is the wisdom of 1986 Nobel Laureate James Buchanan, one of the most prolific

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October 1 2008 | By Art | Tagged: language, motivation, research, student, writing | 6 comments»

Advice for Students: Start Planning Now for Life After College

At the end of every school year, the media is stuffed with advice for soon-to-be graduates looking forward with excitement — and not a little fear – to setting out on their careers. I’ve althinways felt that this was just a little bit too late – by the time June rolls around, you’re competing with literally millions of recent grads, all frantic to find some kind of handhold in this… » Continue

September 24 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: advice-for-students, career, college, education, job, planning, student, university | 12 comments»

Back-To-School: 100 StudyRails Accounts Up For Grabs

Back in July, I wrote about StudyRails, a web application for students. That post is here. Since July, the team behind StudyRails has made some significant upgrades.

With the fall semester just starting up, StudyRails has a special offer for Lifehack readers: a free semester of StudyRails, running through January 31, 2009. The normal price for a StudyRails account is… » Continue

September 18 2008 | By Thursday | Tagged: application, school, student, studyrails, web-app | 3 comments»

How to Write (in a thousand words or less)

I’ve written about editing, eliminating distractions, getting started – it’s time to get down to basics. Too many people don’t know how to write. Period. Yeah, they can make marks on paper, but when it comes to making a clear, compelling, and meaningful statement, especially one more than 140 characters long, they fail.

So here, in no particular order, are 17 ways to make your… » Continue

June 11 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: business, communicating, editing, student, writing | 18 comments»

The Ultimate Student Resource List

It’s back to school time, yet again. In the spirit of the season, I decided to gather together the best tools, websites, and advice I know of to help make you a more effective and relaxed student this semester. Since I know you’re broke, it’s all free!

10 Free Applications Every Student Needs

Unless you have money coming out of your ears, you probably won’t want to shell out… » Continue

January 23 2008 | By Dustin | Tagged: college, research, student, studying, tool, web-app | 100 comments»

13 Tips to Zap Your Butterflies When Speaking in Public

Everyone gets nervous before giving a speech. Unfortunately, the more people in the audience, the more important the speech usually is, making any butterflies in your stomach multiply before you begin. Knowing how to keep yourself calm can make a big difference when giving a speech.

I’m not a world-famous speaker. I’m just an introvert who has managed to train himself to stay calm on stage… » Continue

December 18 2007 | By Scott H | Tagged: courage, fear, nervousness, notes, powerpoint, presentation, speaking, student | 23 comments»

Lifehack Readers’ Advice for College Graduates

Last week, I asked lifehack.org readers, “What advice would you offer to a recent college graduate entering your field?” The response was great, with a dozen readers offering excellent advice not just for their fields, but for college graduates faced with the prospect of building a life as well.

My own advice follows the same pattern; although directed at future academics, it is applicable to anyone looking to enter… » Continue

December 17 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: advice, career, college, finance, frugality, learning, networking, student | 17 comments»

Advice for Students: How NOT to Plagiarize

With final essays and term papers coming due (at least here in the States) I thought I’d take a moment to offer some well-needed advice to this year’s crop of young plagiarizers who are about to fail there classes because of really dumb decisions they’re making as I write this.

Listen. I know it’s been a tough semester and you have a lot of assignments due in a very… » Continue

November 30 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: cheating, plagiarism, research, student, writing | 24 comments»

How to Improve Your Spelling Skills

Fair or not, your spelling skills are used throughout your life to evaluate you as a person. Several months ago, the results of a study of Fortune 500 human resource employees were published, saying that of the people they had interviewed, some 85% threw away a resume or cover letter that had as little as one or two spelling errors. The logic was, if you didn’t care… » Continue

November 7 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: learning, mnemonic, spelling, student, study, writing | 20 comments»

Improve Your Writing with these Editing Tips

Teachers, business people, and just about everyone else it seems complain often and loudly that people today (usually “kids today”) don’t know how to write. I’m convinced, though, that a big part of the problem (perhaps the biggest part of the problem) is that people don’t know how to edit. We labor under the notion that good writing flows easily from the pen or typing fingers, and… » Continue

November 2 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: business, Communication, editing, howto, student, writing | 66 comments»

Advice for students: N’allez pas trop vite

My friend Stefan Hagemann has observed that so many students on a college campus seem to be elsewhere. As I walk around my university’s campus, I understand what he means: phone conversations, text-messaging, and iPod management can take precedence over attention to one’s surroundings. Even without the distractions of a gadget, the sidewalks and quads of a campus sometimes turn into nothing more than empty yardage to be traversed… » Continue

October 4 2007 | By Guest | Tagged: college, student, studying | 10 comments»

Advice for Students: How to Read Like a Scholar

Gideon at Scholastici.us had some advice for students recently, saying that when it comes to scholarly reading, there really is no substitute for hard work, for actually sitting down and reading.Most the time in school what you need to do is very simple:

Sit down with the book, a pen and paper, and perhaps a computer… And from that point, you read. That’s it. You go through and read… » Continue

September 21 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: academic, college, education, reading, student, studying, university | 22 comments»

Advice for Students: 11+ Ways to Make this Your Best Semester Yet

Right about now, America’s students are heading back to school for the Fall semester. Last week, I gave some very specific advice about using a wiki to store and organize notes, but keeping good notes is just part of being a successful student. Over the weekend, I decided to offer up some more general, all-purpose advice for students. Whether you’re just starting college or returning, the… » Continue

August 27 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: advice, college, collegelife, howto, moleskine, organization, Productivity, student, tip, university | 47 comments»

Advice for students: Slow down and read

When it comes to reading, lifehacking tends to focus on speed — more words, fewer minutes. That might be fine if reading is understood as a matter of moving information with maximum efficiency from the page to the brain. The faster the connection, so to speak, the better.

But there are other kinds of reading. No one can race through a poem by Emily Dickinson or a short story by… » Continue

August 21 2007 | By Guest | Tagged: reading, school, student | 18 comments»

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