He co-wrote, with Robert Weisbuch, The New Ph.D.: How to Build a Better Graduate Education. He welcomes comments and suggestions at [email protected]. Find him on X @LCassuto.

Sometimes it's really difficult to come up with a blog post topic, and even worse, coming up with one with no rhyme or reason behind it. It’s a scenario I've found myself in a hundred times ...

Hashtags mark conversation topics and allow people who are not following each other to find and participate in conversations.