Editing The Pen Addict 729/transcript (section)

== Plotter ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' I recommend people watch this video. But what I will tell you is if you watch this video, you're going to want to buy a plotter. That happened to Myke. Because that is what happened to me. Yeah. And I have a sad story. Oh, no. So I had spoken about wanting a new notebook that I wanted as almost kind of like a, what is it called? I always go to call it a composition notebook, but that's not correct. I've got a, what is the notebook style that I want? This like journaling style. Oh, commonplace. Commonplace. Commonplace. The problem is, so at Widgetsmith, we've just been making some composition notebook wallpapers. Oh, sure. Which is back to school time. And so I cannot get it out of my head. Yes. We're doing back to school stuff. Yeah. And so they're really fun, actually. They're available in the Widgetsmith app. And we've lined it up that you, well, we've made them so you can line them up with the time and the widgets on your home screen. So you can, it's really cute. They're available for free. Widgetsmith. I think you would like them, Brad. Oh, for sure. I would. But, so that's been mine. But yeah, so I wanted a notebook for a commonplace book, which is to really to kind of like help me chronicle some of the research and thinking I'm doing about Apple for my new podcast, Design in California. And that was like my main focus of Stationary Fest was to find a nice notebook for this. And after watching you talk about your plot there, I was like, oh, that could be really interesting because I could keep it as slim as I want. But it's also this like beautiful object. And I can, you know, file pieces away and like add papers and that kind of stuff. And so very excited. And when I bought a plotter, I got the personal size plotter, which is like a unique size, really. It's kind of like A5 in one direction, but not the other. You know, it's like tall, but skinny. There was something really important that I had forgotten, which is like the whole foundation of me creating my own stationary products. I cannot handle ring binding.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Because of your left handedness or just in general?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, my left handedness. So. I can't write in this notebook. I'm heartbroken.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I can probably take it off your hands. But have you ever tried using it in landscape mode, Myke? Because I literally do that all the time.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm an overhooker.

'''Myke Hurley:''' There's no, there's no, I just can't make it work.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Like, so I'm using mine for show notes today. So when I get quiet, it's me reorienting my plotter as we're talking.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, no, like that is a nice idea, right? But it's, it's.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I see now. Yeah, I'm, I'm working it out here as I'm.

'''Myke Hurley:''' No matter where I put my hand, it's not comfortable. And I could just write on the left side of the page. I understand that, but I just can't do that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' No, that's, this isn't designed for that. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So it doesn't work.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That is a sad tale.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I didn't know what the sad tale was going to be.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That's. I'm so sad about this. All right. Because I love this thing. It's so beautiful. And it's, it's, I just can't, I just can't do it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right. Bring it, bring it to Memphis and I'll see what I can do for you.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, I said this to Adina and she suggested that maybe it becomes part of a potential raffle.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. It's not a bad idea. I'm, I'm literally, like, we should talk about that soon because that's what I've been doing this week. So, like, we're, we're talking business here without y'all knowing what's going on, but it's, it's almost September where we raise money for St. Jude.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I would very happily donate this. Okay.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That actually might be the way to go. Okay. So we'll talk about that. I'm so sad, Brad.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. But I've ordered something to replace it. Okay. And. Let's make it, let's turn it into a happy mic. Yes, it is because this should actually arrive today. So I'm actually very excited. And this, you will not believe what I'm about to tell you what I've ordered. What do you think I've ordered? Could you guess, listen to how excited I am. Can you guess what I have ordered to replace this? Yes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' God, you are kind of excited. Yeah. That. Oh.