Our regular stand-up scrum meetings are a great way to have regular interaction with other team members, as well as our supervisor.
Advice for graduate students
Olivier Danvy gave a series of excellent lectures on reviewing papers, writing papers, and giving talks at GTTSE'11. He emphasizes that academic communication is about both giving and taking: offering and receiving criticism, reading and writing papers, and attending and giving talks. The slides of his lectures are available online. Enjoy!
