Editing The Pen Addict 5/transcript (section)

== Digital Note Taking ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' One day we need to talk about, um, digital versus paper note taking because I do that, but digitally digitally because it works better for me. So we'll have to talk about why we do that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Okay. Yeah. I think that's a good idea. Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So yeah, my, my daily carry is, is not as exciting as yours. And I kind of, um, I don't have like a, a pen type at the moment really that I carry around with me. It's kind of whatever I'm enjoying the most. Um, so at the moment I'm carrying around the prayer. But I mean, I have a pencil case, which has, um, has a Uniball, uh, Kuru Toga, like the Unikuru Toga. And I have a couple of, um, just like random gel pens, which are just in different colors because I need sometimes red or green or blue for work and to mark up different things. So it's not as exciting, but that's what this show is doing is building on that. And my collection is becoming more exciting.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And mine's not that exciting either. Um, if it wasn't for the, the, the leather case, I keep the, uh, don't utterly journal in because I'm not that, uh, I'm not too hardcore about the pen that I take when I leave the house, except it's probably nine times out of 10 retractable just because that's, that's easier.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That, that, when I first saw that dome, uh, leather case, I mean, that thing is, that is pretty. I would like something like that for field notes because then I think I would use them more if I had something which is more keepable because what drives me crazy about field notes is that they open up. Yeah. When you put them down, that drives me mad. I know. So that's so like OCD, but like moleskin, even if you don't pull the elastic band over them, they shut because they've got the cardboard, like the heavy cardboard covers, but the field notes are flimsy, which is part of their selling point. But because they don't close, it drives me mad. Like that's where you see, like, I have like a rubber band, like a field notes, rubber band that I use to keep them all together with. But, and I've seen like, I've seen people use like bulldog clips and stuff like that to keep them closed.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' For sure. And then they, they definitely do it. And that drives me crazy too. I'll always, if I have like the one I'll use on my desk, I'll always set something else on top of it just because that bugs me seeing it flipped up like that. I seriously had, it drives me crazy. I'm looking at one right now.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because that's what, what I really like about the moleskins is they open out flat on their own. That's really important to me, but then also stay closed on their own as well. Yep. So it covers both bases, but what you can't do with a regular moleskin is fold it around.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, that's true. I mean, you have the, the paperback, like the, the, the soft covers. Right. All skins. And because they're sort of, they've got like a thick sort of faux leather cover and they do keep, not completely closed, but they keep more closed than field notes. So that's the kind of best of both worlds. I do actually like the soft cover ones, but I don't use them as much. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And there, there's a couple other ones I've, I've tried. If people are looking for the other, other, um, everyday carry type notebooks, the real flexible, um, pliable cover type notebooks, like the field notes and the dome paper. I've used, um, uh, the ecosystem. I've tried those out. I wasn't crazy about those just because they're the grid pattern. I like, we've talked about how I like grids. Their grid lines were very dark. Um, almost too dark for the inks. I like, you know, for black ink, it was almost, it was a really, really dark, dark gray, almost black ink. And it was too dark. Um, it got in the way of the writing too much. Um, cause I didn't care for that one as much, but I, I have used the, um, Behance action cares, um, which I don't know if you're familiar with the Behance action method. They do, um, they do one that's got their, I believe they have one that's got the action method pages in it, which is kind of like a to-do list, you know, checkbox system on one side of the page. And then a dot, just a dot pattern on the other side page. And then they make some that are just dotted, like a fully dotted notebook. Um, those are pretty cool. They're a little bit bigger. Um, it's like, I think Doan and Field notes are three and a half by five and a half. Don't quote me on that, but, uh, I think that's right. But the, the action Behance action methods are four by six. So they're just that tiny bit bigger, which is, um, you know, good if you're, if you're writing a lot, it's, it's a good, um, it's a good format. I like it. So those are some other options I've used besides, um, Field notes and Doan for everyday carry type, type paper.