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August 2004 - Posts

Reunions

I didn't make much use of the end of last week. I like to think that it was necessary recuperation, but that might be self-delusional. Saturday I woke up very early on not much sleep and drove to Beaverton, Oregon to do sampling. I didn't give away as Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 29, 2004 7:08 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Almost severe fatigue meets me head-on

Playing the role of a manufacturer representative for a food product that relatively few people in the gift industry have ever heard of is kind of a surreal experience, especially for someone like me with no particular background or innate talent for Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 25, 2004 12:09 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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I'm in the gift show!

On Monday I met with a sales broker who focuses on specialty food items, a woman who was recommended by the leasing agent at the Seattle Gift Center. I didn't quite know what to expect, but I wasn't surprised that Cheryl, the broker, was frantic and faced Read More...
Posted Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:11 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Nonstopweek

Thursday I visited the Seattle Gift Center and met with one of the space leasing coordinators. The Seattle Gift Center is basically a wholesale market where a lot of regional buyers for retail shops come in search of the latest and greatest gift items. Read More...
Posted Sunday, August 15, 2004 9:32 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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Sweets in a suit and a wedding

Since Friday I have been busy presenting the dragon beard candy at Uwajimaya Bellevue and Seattle... I've been offering samples and showing a video of Mr. Wong, the founder of the company, making the candy. It's actually been a pretty pleasant experience Read More...
Posted Monday, August 09, 2004 11:09 AM by jason | 0 Comments
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Just enough competence to be dangerous

Over the last couple of days I made some mini-breakthroughs in my shopping cart code, which is encouraging enough to make me feel like I know what I'm doing. To be fair, though, that's come at the expense of time I should probably be spending selling. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, August 03, 2004 7:59 PM by jason | 0 Comments
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