Editing The Pen Addict 253/transcript (section)

== Stationery Wiki ==


'''Ana Reinert:''' But there is more. So we have spoken for so long about the idea of having a wiki and you have something to say about the wiki.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, so it's kind of funny that Myke found these show notes right when a wonderful member of the community, a gentleman named Matthias from his blog is called Blystiff. He's in England and he runs a wonderful pencil blog. And we talked when we first started bringing up this wiki thing. He volunteered his time, which so many of y'all did. Like, we want to help you build this wiki because we know when we first started listening to this show that we needed those show notes to go and find out what y'all are talking about. Well, Myke and I kept not putting it off, but that's hard to fit in our schedule. So there was a lot going on. We couldn't get that done. And then I get an email out of the blue from Matthias. He said, hey, I'm done. I'm like, what are you talking about? Here's a link. He had like episode 50 to 250 in a wiki linked, uploaded. Everything was perfect. So we'll share this in the show notes. Now the first 50 episodes are in there. And I know a lot of you wanted to contribute to the wiki. You can now go in. If you listen to an old episode, you can add notes. You can, you know, link, you know, threads like the Visionaire or the Scribble Pen. And like a lot of people, a lot of people, if they jump in in the middle and we're like four episodes into killing the Visionaire, I promise I won't do that to you guys today on the show, Vito and Jonathan. You know, when we're talking about them, someone doesn't know, hey, what do you mean Visionaire? We can now link all that stuff and send people to the wiki. So Matthias did some heavy lifting, and there's already people working on the wiki to make it as good as it can be. And it's not just a pen addict wiki. It's a stationary wiki. It has erasable podcast episodes. It has general brand information. So this is a great community resource that anyone and everyone is welcome to contribute to. And it's ready to roll finally. So thank you, Matthias.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Yeah. So we'll have updates on that as it starts to grow. But the idea is that eventually you'll be able to go and like, I want to know about this pen. And you'll click into this pen. And you'll get information about it. You'll get like, what episodes of this show was it spoken about? What episodes of this? So I think it's going to be a real great resource that we'll be talking about a lot as time goes on. So we're really happy that, again, our amazing community has done something incredible for us. So there's been some new products that we actually want to talk about because, one, we thought it was funny. And then, two, we now have them in front of us. So there have been two new Field Notes products come up since the last show. So the first is the Everyday Inspiration, which we have with us here. Ryan, who's in the audience, he actually received his just before he came to the show. So the Everyday Inspiration is a collaboration that Field Notes have done with Bellroy. And it's a leather case, right, to carry Field Notes and other related paraphernalia in. Now, Field Notes have made their own in the past, right? Yeah, they have. A couple of different. They've made a pocket.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' The Pony Express pouch was a pouch for like three. And then they have a regular standard leather cover that they make individual.

'''Ana Reinert:''' But this is something that they work in partnership with Bellroy. It's co-branded. And Bellroy make loads of cool wallets and stuff. I have a Bellroy wallet, which I really love. Their leather stuff is incredible. And you get a custom notebook set with it, too. It's really nice. I mean, I know you're getting one. So we'll have a full review. But we wanted to at least mention it, especially because we've got it here. Something I didn't know, which I think is super cool, is that there's like a magnetic clasp that keeps it shut. And it opens flat. And it's really beautiful. And it smells like lovely leather. And there's card wallets, holders, and stuff. It's really nice. It's really nice. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I have to spill some of Anna's secrets here. Myke and I are good friends with Brian Bedell at Field Notes. But they are like, it's funny to say, like, a stationary community is super secretive about their products. Like, that sounds just like ridiculous to say. But they keep everything on lock. But someone sitting at this table, not named Myke or Brad, sometimes knows things. And I wanted to know, did you know about this before?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I did not. I did not.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Because you and Brian go way back.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, Brian and I have been friends for years. But there's a lot of stuff that even when I poke and prod at Brian, I don't hear about until after the fact. And sometimes it's because their product cycles move very quickly. But sometimes he just cannot dish what's going on. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's always tough, knowing someone in the end and they can't give you the information. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That happens a lot. Yeah.

'''Ana Reinert:''' And I'm really excited that the pitch black is an edition they've had for a while, which was just a black, one of the regular craft. And they now make a large pitch black, which is the arts and sciences size, which is something that I have been asking Field Notes to do for such a long time. So long, in fact, that I have replaced the need that I had for it with the byline edition because they created the reporter's notebook. Right. So I was using them for my show notes and was asking and like stockpiling arts and sciences. Then they created the byline, which was perfect for that use. Then they created what do they call the byline ones? The reporter's notebook. But the reporter's notebook size. And now they make that. But now they do a large pitch black front page. And I'm so happy that I actually have this because Ryan, who I mentioned before, who's also meant he just gave me his. So thank you, Ryan, for doing that. So I now have it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' This is the mic edition.

'''Ana Reinert:''' So I've now got it. So I've got it in front. You're making all the stuff you love. Yeah. They listen to me, but just slowly. Yeah.

'''Ana Reinert:''' But I think that it's great. I think this is a good extension of their product line. So I said, like many times, this is a great size for a notebook. And I'm really pleased that they found a way to make it part of their line because I think that it is a really, really welcome addition. Yep. So I'm really happy about that. But we are in Atlanta. So we should talk about the pen show a little bit. Yep. So, Anna, how's the show going for you?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Really good. We've been super busy. I've been helping out the Venice pens table. So mostly I've seen the back of ink boxes and ink bottles for two days. I know that one. Yeah. But it's been really fun. Been super busy.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But, you know, I mean, it's interesting because for the last two years I've been able to come to the show and shop and visit more. But this year I've been working. So it's just kind of seeing the other side of a pen show, which is also very fun and very interesting. It's nice I stay in one place. People come to me. Yep. Which is fun. But it's also a great experience because I learn so much about the products and what people are interested in and what they want to see more of. So for me, it gives me a good idea of what I need to go home and review. And, you know, like making sure like what everyone's bought and making sure that I get more reviews of those particular colors up on the blog.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So that's always interesting. Finding out what people like, what they don't like.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So how are the, how is the, the color ring going at the Venice pens table? I know you've had them there. And so when people either say, I just can't, they don't say, I love you, Lisa Venice. I don't know if you're in here, but they say, I just came from seeing Anna or I'm going to see Anna. They don't say I'm going to the Venice.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Because I have to get a coloring. So how are those?

'''Myke Hurley:''' They've been selling really well, which has been really exciting. And I, it's, it's just hard. It's like, it's been such a weird experience for me because I, I just didn't know how well they were going to do. So it's been, it's been interesting just to like release a product for the first time. And I, I mean, Brad, we've talked about this a lot over the last couple of weeks. This is my first experience with making and selling a product for the first time, like kind of a, a big release of something. So for me, it's like having people be like, I'm going to buy one. No, I'm going to buy two. And you're like, buy five. And so it's been really, you know, it's just been like, it's just fun. It's fun to see people get really excited about it. And, and yeah. Yeah.

'''Ana Reinert:''' I'm really bad for that. The knock table. I just like try and get people to buy six things. Just like, just, we have more pens. Just buy more. Yeah. I'm okay with that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So over.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You need to, you need to come sell some colorings for me. I'll pop over tomorrow. Okay. Awesome. Great.