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David Ben is blogging again. This time it's something to do with Max Malini and Hockey...

Tricks & Tweets: I Believe

If you missed any of the old blog posts, you can view the archive here.

when is guess who coming back?
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Guess Who's back!
http://bit.ly/cwYNoH

After a small break, Tricks & Tweets is back.

David was briefly distracted by Olympic Hockey and few other winter events but he's back.

Read Keeping your cool.

Now back to his regularly scheduled blogging with Igniting the Imagination.

David posted a review/analysis of Cowboys Full - The Story of Poker by James McManus
(McManus' first book, an NYTimes Bestseller, Positively Fifth Street told the story of his fifth place finish at the world poker series.)

Read the Article.

Inspired by a recent NY Times column from Alina Tugend, David Ben's latest "Tweet" expands on the notion of deliberate practice (a term coined by Professor K. Anders Ericsson).

He offers advice on the subject from Ross Bertram and highlights some of the dangers that come from excessive practice.

Read the full article: http://bit.ly/byGszS

Can I still see Juan Tamariz in Toronto even if I don't speak French?

Where can I go to see a musical with magic in it?

What's a "floatee"?

and

Why is a blog like a diet?

The answers to all these important questions (and a few others) have now been posted at Tricks & Tweets - the Latest Installment

What's a "fabulous monster" doing in Toronto next week?

Read more about Max Maven's one-man show "Thinking in Person" and why he was chosen to be part of Luminato, the Toronto Festival of Arts + Creativity.

Go to the latest installment of Tricks & Tweets: http://bit.ly/byAojz

There is going to be some magic at the TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival).

David Ben explains how he became involved in creating some unusual card magic for the film Yesno being screened this weekend in Toronto.

Read Tricks & Tweets: Yesno

Where do ideas come from?

David discusses Stewart James' "Idea Kindlers" and the way he navigated his own imagination to produce new ideas the same way that a magician might produce a coin or an automobile out of thin air.

Read Homing Hopper