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== Feedback Discussion ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, let's just get it started then. Let's start with some follow-up from last week. We did the Top 5 Pens episode. Feedback, as always, was wonderful from Pen Addict listeners, we really appreciate that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep, got lots of mails, lots of tweets.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Good, good. I saw something in Refill, though, your membership newsletter, which was pause for thought. After my goading of you to start talking about your favourite pens instead of just what you consider to be the best, you've decided that, I mean, and we're going to get into a bit more detail about this later on, kind of like from, I think, an emotional standpoint, but you have come to the decision that you will be publishing your Top 5 favourite pens, asterisk, on a monthly basis starting next year. Or quarterly basis, I should say. Sorry.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, yeah, at least quarterly. You know, it's kind of a, we'll see how it goes, but I think the biggest feedback I got out of that entire episode, or just the list itself, was that, okay, this is great, you know, we're good with this, and I appreciate it, and I want to know what you're using. Just like over and over again. And I get it, I get it, and I can do better with that. So I'm taking that feedback to heart, and I'm going to start up in January, I'm going to shoot four, I'm going to shoot quarterly at first, and I don't know if I'm going to call it a Top 5, I don't know exactly what I'm going to call this new type of post that I'm going to do, but it's going to be based around me and what I'm using the most, or what I'm enjoying the most, or what I find the most compelling, kind of like my personal favourites type of list post. And that'll, I'll start doing, because the people, they're clamouring for it, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I saw in refill that you were wondering whether you should be including kind of all stationary items, or just pens, and I 100% think that you should just be, everything that you're using should be included.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's going to be everything.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I think that's a good idea. Here's just the five things that I like right now. It could change, it could not change. I think that's a good idea, because then, you know, you'll be able to accommodate for recency, and all that kind of stuff, so that'll be fun.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep, yep, so I'm looking forward to it. I mean, that's pretty much, you know, my day-to-day life is using these things, so I might as well, and I never, like, take the opportunity to sit down and, like, write about, like, okay, what am I literally carrying every day for the past month? Like, I never write that type of post. So I'm going to start doing some more of that. I think it'll be good.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Over the past week, all of the notebooks have been released. Just all of the pocket notebooks have been released to the world. Anyone want to get in the notebook business?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, the pocket notebook business might seem like a tough one to get into right now. Do you want to start off by talking about the new story supply?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, because it's super cool. I love, so it's called Morning, like, simply that. Like, it's not called The Morning. It's not called In the Morning. It's not called Good Morning. It's Morning. And what this morning is, if I told you this notebook's going to be styled after morning, would this have been what you come up with?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Absolutely not, no. Absolutely not.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But it's amazing. I love the story that they tell behind it and the feel of the design, right? It's a dark, cloudy fall slash wintry morning. It's cool. It's damp. It's really kind of a neat cover, the way it's displayed, the way the artwork is. I don't know. I thought it came out fantastic. What do you think about it?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I feel like the best, like, compliment I can give to this notebook is something that, like, I don't know if Story Supply would necessarily see it that way. But the best compliment that I can give is this looks like something that Field Notes would make. Sure. Just the design of it is, like, it looks technically complicated and there is a really cool theme going on. So, like, I'm not trying to say that they are copying anything. I'm not trying to say that it emulates anything. But just it looks like a really well thought out idea which has been communicated with a what I assume is technically difficult process or at least appears to be technically difficult to me. So, yeah, I feel like it's something that a Field Notes release would have been. So, I feel like that is a compliment.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I think it's high praise. I mean, I think it looks great. I love this. I gave a pack away last week and I know the winner was, like, super excited about it. And, you know, I know people are getting these into their hands now. And the paper is always awesome that they use for these notebooks. So, it's fantastic. And if you want more from the guys behind Story Supply, Gabe and Vito were on Art Supply Posse. I listened to that episode last week, I think, that it came out. They were interviewed by Anna at the DC Pen Show. So, that episode is out now. Art Supply Posse, episode 53. We'll have a link in the show notes to that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Next, on my agenda, Myke, you see what I did there? My agenda.