Test Prep

After two and a half years, I will once again be helping to conduct some testing on magic principles, tricks, and sleights at the end of this summer. This is likely going to take place in New York City, but there is a chance some testing will also take place in Western New York (perhaps the Rochester area).

A couple things you might be able to assist with:

While we have enough people in NYC to help out with the testing, we may need a another person if we end up doing something in Rochester. If you’re in that region, and would be interested in helping out, let me know. (For those—especially outside of the U.S.—who don’t quite understand the geography, Rochester, NY is almost a six hour drive from New York City. So the same people aren’t necessarily available for each.) You wouldn’t actually be performing or anything if you help out, we just might need a person to help with conducting the questionnaires. It’s not difficult. You could pick it up in minutes.

Also, if you have an idea of something you think would be a good concept/trick/method to test, send me an email. Having done this many times, I have a good idea what will work for testing and what won’t. And a lot of the ideas people send me are either impractical or not quite testable in this format. But regardless, I’m always interested in hearing people’s ideas. We currently have a full slate of things to test, but I can mix it up if I hear a particularly good idea. Or we could use it for testing in the future.

We will be working with approximately 120 focus group participants over a few days, probably in September. I’ll keep you updated.