Favorite TED++++ talks

• Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work
• Benjamin Zander: Music and passion
• Dan Gilbert: Why are we happy?
• Hans Rosling shows the best stats you've ever seen
• Richard Hamming: You and your research [script only]
• John Cleese on Creativity

Tips to read academic papers

• How to read a paper, by Professor S. Keshav, Univerity of Waterloo.

Tips for good technical writing

• Writing a technical paper, by Professor Michael Ernst.
• Tips for writing technical papers, by Professor Jennifer Widom.
• Writing suggestions, by Professor Barton Miller.
• Three sins of authors in Computer Science and Math, by Professor Jonathan Shewchuk.
• How to write a dissertation, by Professor Douglas Comer.
• The elements of style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White.

Tips for effective presentation

• Giving a technical talk, by Professor Michael Ernst.
• Tips for a good conference talk, by Professor Jennifer Widom.
• Oral presentation advice, by Professor Mark Hill.
• Giving an Academic Talk, by Professor Jonathan Shewchuk.

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