Editing The Pen Addict 413/transcript (section)

== Products Discussion ==


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'''Brad Dowdy:''' Let's do that because we got a lot more to get to with Anna. She's she's so interesting. I got I have questions.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' So, Anna, can you pull out any major turning points, like in the 10 years of the Well Appointed Desk, that you knew something was different than it used to have been? And, you know, whether you were just, you know, writing reviews one day and then, I don't know, did you ever notice any, like, big turning points?

'''Ana Reinert:''' Yeah.

'''Ana Reinert:''' There was, I mean, there are moments that were, I guess, big moments for me. I mean, the first time I got asked to be on the Pen Addict podcast, it was a big moment for me. But, I mean, there were lots of things, like, you know, when we had giveaways where we had lots and lots of entries, which was always really great. When sometimes just having posts with lots of comments, both good and bad, always make us feel great. Because, you know, there are lots of times when we do posts and there are no comments at all and you're like, okay, well.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right.

'''Ana Reinert:''' I'm sure you know what I mean. Oh, yeah. You know there are views, but oftentimes people don't comment and that's fine. Yes. You know, a lot of times it's just an informational post and people read it and they get the information that they need and they don't feel a need to comment. But when you get a post where people comment a lot, it's always very nice.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, it's a great validation.

'''Ana Reinert:''' Yeah. And there's occasions where, you know, I've had people email specifically because they found the blog and want, you know, and they thought the content was really good. So they've asked me to contribute to other websites, which was very validating. So there have been occasions where it's like I was asked to contribute. And I know you have been to other websites like Fast Company and some of the other websites, which is always like, you know, I think print, which is a design publication, which is like I would have loved to get in for design. But, hey, I got in for writing for the desk. So that's okay. That's good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Those are never things that would have crossed my mind ever in writing a pen blog that would come up later.

'''Ana Reinert:''' No, not at all. Like those are things, you know, because I've been, I've been, you know, job hunting and having to put together my resume. Like it never occurred to me that the well-appointed desk would end up on my resume. Right. You know, because of things like this and what it has led to in other circumstances, like. Who knew? You guys can't see me, but I'm shrugging. Like I had no idea that it would actually become a line on my resume because of all of the opportunities it presented.