Fredrick Turner

Reflections

Magic dealers

  • App Trap

    While wandering through the IBM Dealers Room, I made eye contact with a dealer selling a few magic apps. He asked me if I had seen them. I said no and, in retrospect, should have said that I don’t like app magic. He proceeded to go through his pitch, asking me to do one thing… Continue reading

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  • Training Our Customers

    While 2023’s formal Black Friday sales have come and gone, there are residual sales that remain. Many are extending through the weekend. Others began a week or two ago. It’s quite the consumer holiday. Fortunately for brick and mortar retailers, the mayhem of people fighting over products seems to have decreased. Black Friday has become… Continue reading

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  • Extinction of Exclusivity

    During the late 1970’s through the early 1990’s, I planned my month of January around the MagiFest. Initially it wasn’t difficult as I was in college or working in the Pittsburgh area. Then in 1980 I began a decade long stint in the consulting industry. Attending required finessing travel arrangements. No matter what the obstacle,… Continue reading

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