Posts by David

About David

I am currently an associate editor at St. Martin's Press, where I acquire and edit nonfiction books. Growing up in Manhattan, I attended Stuyvesant High School, and then earned my B.A. in theater from Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. I've worked in theater, publishing, and new media since then. In addition to the Moldawer in the Morning Podcast, I co-host the Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas, a podcast about classic science fiction books, television shows, and movies. I live in Manhattan with my wife, artist and educator Samantha Hahn, and my dog, Pita the Pit Bull.

Mar 1, 2008

Design Writing Contest–Deadline This Tuesday

Jacob Cass at Just Creative Design shares a prize opportunity for you designers out there:

$5000 PRIZE GIVEAWAY - Graphic Design Group Writing Project

The Facts:

What: A graphic design group writing project with $5000+ worth of prizes
 Deadline: Tuesday 4th of March
 Do: Write [...]

Feb 28, 2008

The Best Advice My (Nutty) Karate Teacher Ever Gave Me

If you’ve ever taken a look at my photo, you might be surprised to discover that I’m a killing machine.

That’s right. Green belt black tip in the deadly art of karate, courtesy of three years of classes at my local YWCA.

This is a few years back.

I’d like to pretend that my martial arts training took […]

Feb 27, 2008

The 10 O’Clock Rule

This is a nifty one, simple to implement and, in my experience, surprisingly effective.

Set your watch to beep every night at 10 o’clock.

When your watch goes off, get up that instant and prepare for morning. Whether you’re in the middle of watching a DVD, rushing to meet a work deadline, reading that one last blog […]

Feb 22, 2008

Decimate Those “Someday” Projects with Triangulation

You’ve got at least one Big Project on your someday list, or at least in the back of your mind: that novel/painting/web start-up/symphony you’ve always wanted to tackle “when the time is right.” One day, you tell yourself, when there’s a nice long lull, you’ll get to it, but until then it’s nose-to-the-grindstone on more […]

Feb 19, 2008

Quickly Prioritize Notes with Color-coded Shorties

I’m a stationery nerd. I can’t resist poring over the shelves of office supply stores for unusual items that might fit a tricky niche in my productivity lifestyle.

Occasionally I strike gold. For instance, this weekend I discovered Pacon’s exellent blank tagboard flash cards. They come in boxes of 1,000 in an assortment of 5 colors. […]

Feb 7, 2008

Master a Skill in Stages

It’s an oft-quoted truism in books on learning and productivity that it takes 10,000 hours to achieve true mastery in any skill, from composing symphonies to playing tennis.

Is it true? I have absolutely no idea. It’s certainly an appealing concept, though. We’re used to thinking of genius as an elusive, magical thing that springs fully […]

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