the holiday season approaches, and with it, crazed consumerism tempered by a sagging economy. this is a piece for circuits/basics/personal tech about strategies for successfully shopping on black friday, cyber monday, twitter tuesday, renegade wednesday, and tropical drinks thursday.
nytimes: black friday calls for a strategy session, by marty katz.





nytimes: letting your grad student go
a spot last week for the new york time’s education life section about parents letting their grad student child go. seems obvious enough, but these are parents who are still helping their kids get into grad school, going on interviews, etc. uh…
nytimes: letting your grad student go, by amanda m. fairbanks