Editing The Pen Addict 73/transcript (section)

== Field Notes ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Fuchsia.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Fuchsia. Fuchsia. Bright. I've seen some pictures. I've seen some pictures. Is it as bright in person as the pictures have shown?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yep. I am, as we speak, uploading an image to my Squarespace page. Okay.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So everyone will be able to see what these look like. So that will be in the show notes, which you can find at 5x5.tv slash panaddict slash 73. You'll find a link to my field notes page and it'll be right down the bottom. They are a nice, bright sort of fuchsia pink this time. I like it. Yeah, and I've got, I have a set for you.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, yes. Thank you, sir.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Which I will be sending. And I picked up a set for two more people who asked me in advance of me going. And then I have two sets left for myself and I gave one set to my lady friend because she said, I want some of those field notes things that you've got. So I thought this would be perfect. So I've given a set of these. They also had a, like a draplin stand. I didn't actually get to meet the man himself. Which was a shame because I did really want to, but he didn't seem to be around whenever I was there. Right. Or if he was there, he was like, there was a huge cure on the table. So I didn't want to go up and bug him whilst he was actually trying to sell some stuff. Exactly. But I bought the amazing draplin spaceship t-shirt. The spaceship t-shirt. How good looking is that? Oh, I love that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's spectacular, isn't it?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I really love that. So I've actually got a picture of that on my Instagram. So I'll put that in the show notes. And I bought a sticker of that as well. Okay, cool. Put that on my laptop.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I keep debating. I need to go to the draplin site, to the DDC merch shop online and pick up a couple things myself.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I think you should. I didn't even know that they did, that he had an online site. Yep. Sure does. So yeah, you should definitely pick up the space shuttle thing if you can. I recommend it. It's one of my favorite t-shirts that I own now. And I also bought a steno pad, the Field Notes steno pad. I've not opened it yet, but I figured while I'm here, let's buy a piece of Field Notes goodness.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Might as well.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I thought, why not? You know?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I love the dimensions of the steno book. I'm a big fan of the steno.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I didn't know how big it actually was. It's a good size.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, five by eight-ish or so. I'm not sure the exact dimensions, something like that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. That sounds about right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I also caught up with Mr. Kudal.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Mm-hmm.

'''Myke Hurley:''' We spent some time, just like a few minutes together. We were talking because he was there for a couple of the days of the conference. And we had a good chat. And somebody came over and they asked if he had told me the new edition. And I categorically said that I did not want to know. That's right. But Jim told me that I will find out. I would have... He told me, you'll find out on Tuesday.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Nice. And he was right. I didn't want... I honestly didn't want to know. I assumed that he probably had some of them with him. But I didn't want to... I didn't want to spoil it for myself.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, exactly. And I think that's a good idea. And I think that's a good idea. And we're definitely going to talk about that. That surprise. But I don't want to get there yet, almost. Okay. So did Jim talk at the event or anything? No, no. He was just in attendance. He was just there. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Cool. And did Draplin do a talk or no?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Nope. He just had a table. They have like a thing called the Unmarket. Which is where sort of independent sellers, they sell stuff. And he has an office in Portland. Right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that's his home base.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Which is literally down the street. Like you can see it from the place called the YU Contemporary. Which is where the conference was held. So, you know, it makes perfect sense. Hence why they get the Field Notes editions made.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Cool.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because he's a local.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I was going through the XOXO Fest. You know, watching the tweets and the tags and the Instagramming. And I ran... I didn't look at... I didn't notice the speaker list. It's like the full speaker list. Did you get to go to some of the... See some of the speakers and things? I was at every single talk, yeah.