Editing The Pen Addict 118/transcript (section)

== Scribble Pen ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' So before we go on any further, there is a secondary video to the original one that's been posted, which apparently shows a more full demo of the pen in action. Now, what you want to do is also go to the show notes for this week's episode, relay.fm slash penaddict slash 118. And you'll find a link to a YouTube page, which has that video on it. Go and watch that video and then come back. So we will wait here for you. It's in the show notes. Go and watch the video.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Pause. Go to the show notes. Watch the video. Come back. It's like two minutes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' There are so many flaws in this video that I didn't even catch the first time, but it's really bad. When you read about it and someone tells you they're there, you're like, oh my God, I can't believe they did that. But basically, they edited this video so poorly that they've colored in sections and then they move to the next section and the section that they had previously colored in is not colored in any longer. So they definitely did not move through the color range as you would expect this pen to work. That's what everyone wants to see. They want to see you pick out one color, color with it, draw with it, switch to another color and keep going. How does that work? They've never been able to answer that question. So it's really strange. So one of the interesting things that came out of this post on Dropkicker is in the comment section. It's about the ninth or tenth comment.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' There's a guy named Matt. He's a team member at Tilt who is the crowdfunding platform. He said they're actually looking into their project. So I thought that was pretty funny. So did you have any comments on this video, Myke?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. So the video is intended to show the pen in action. This is the video that they were asked to put on Kickstarter, right? Right. I mean, so there's a couple of parts that I want to point out. So what Dropkick is showing is how, like, when you see the pen apparently being used, there are some issues with the, like, there's some continuity issues with what stays colored and what doesn't from frame to frame. There's also, like, a thing where, like, a CGI hand is in one frame to the next, clearly showing a bit of a problem in the editing. But there was a couple of parts that I wanted to point out as well. So when it shows the person drawing on the paper, it's so clearly CGI. Like, it's not in focus correctly in some instances, which is really weird. Like, I don't even know you could make this issue. But what it would suggest to me is the fact that it's not in focus is because it's been done by a computer. So it's just not as crisp. It's not actually ink on paper. It's pixels superimposed onto paper. And, you know, yes, you could make it look fantastic if you had the budget for it, which I clearly don't. But my thing that I know is that I can't believe they didn't bring out in this post. And I wonder if you saw it, Brad. So there are multiple points in the video where they're showing the pen being put against something. And it's got, like, an iPad. And then the iPad shows up with the color. Yeah. Every time they do that, there is a visible cut in the video. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So, like, something will jolt. Like, you'll see an arm. Like, all of a sudden, the arm slightly moves because they've stopped. Clearly they've stopped. They've changed what's on the iPad screen and then press record again. Yep. Like, it's... I look at it. Like, the app must not even work. They must not even have the color recognition stuff working.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You know what they do have, Myke? Tell me. $200,000 of sucker's money. I know.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I can't believe it. I really hope that it... See, I know it's not now because they're using this other system. But I just wish it wasn't real people's money. I wish they were faking it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And so, like, there's... I pulled a quote out. We've been in the design process for two years. And the scribble has gone through various design changes to get it to where we are now. A working prototype that's ready for use in home and business applications. You're lying. Like, because if you have a working prototype, you are not showing it on video. If you have a working prototype, show us a video, a live video of it being done. No editing. I don't want to see silly editing tricks. Show me a single shot camera of somebody using this pen. Because you clearly do not have a working prototype. If your working prototype is four times as big with wires hanging out of it, still show me it. Because then at least I'll believe you can do it. Because right now, you cannot make this pen. And we go back to the visionary with this, in my mind. When you do things like this, you put real hard-working people, you put their livelihoods at risk. Because you create a chilling effect. In that people will see things like this. They'll be bamboozled. A friend of theirs will be. Or they'll see it written about somewhere. Or they'll hear it on a show like this. Or read it on Twitter. When Brad gets really upset. And then people will just stop. And they won't back projects like Karas Customs Project. Or like... Is it a tactile turn?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Projects like those guys. Or like... So many of our friends that do things like this. Like you, right? With the stuff that you do. Or even when you go outside of it. Like if something gets... Let's say this raises a million dollars. Right? Or let's say it did raise a million dollars. And it turned out to be a total fake. Or they're like three years down the line before it's delivered. Or something like that. These things cause problems for Kickstarter as a platform.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Agreed. Completely.

'''Myke Hurley:''' And then it starts to affect other people that are not even making pens. You know? Ugh. It... It just annoys me so much. I know. It annoys me so much. Because it's just lying. And I don't like that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I know. I told the chat room you sound just like me. I feel like it. And it's good. I needed you to do this rant. Because I'm kind of... I'm not over it. Because I want to see what happens. But I'm just like... I'm exhausted of it. Of just the talk. Because it's so frustrating. And you know. Spend so many cycles looking at all the stupid things that they do continually. One of the latest stupid things they added to their website. Is they put the future retail price on the page. And scratch through it. You know? Like it's a pretend number. And you can get it for $149. The future retail price of $399 for the pen. It's just laughable. So... And they... They... You know? Trying to sucker more people in. Getting more $149. So... From people. But it's... It's... I don't... From the beginning. I don't understand what makes people want to give them their money. Seeing all this. And I... That's the... That's the frustrating thing for me. So... So anyway. How about... I don't know. I don't want to go moratorium yet. But I'm kind of tired of talking about Scribble. Because they're just ridiculous. And let's... Let's talk about something that makes us happy, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So we have a great topic that we want to talk about today. But before we jump into that, let's thank our third and final sponsor for this week's episode of the Pan Addict Podcast. And that is our friends over at Igloo. We love Igloo. And they've been helping us out with RelayFM since the day that we launched. And we thank them so much for that. Igloo are an intranet you'll actually like. Igloo is built with you in mind. They have super easy to use apps like shared calendars, Twitter-like microblogs, file sharing, and so much more. All of these apps are integrated into Igloo's platform and are really simple to set up and configure for your own intranet. Everything that you're going to need with Igloo is built right in and everything is social. This means that when you upload a file to your Igloo, write a blog post, or maybe you share an image where your team can share it with each other, comment on it, rate it, and like it. This is just like the social apps that you're used to using every day. It's bringing something more fun and more human from your social internet life into your work intranet life. With Igloo's latest release, you can also manage the tasks that are associated with your content, like updating the images for that big keynote on Tuesday that are assigned to Barry, or delegating actions after a meeting to Maud and Steven.

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I poked around the Igloo site last night at work just because I wanted to check out a couple things because they've been so gracious sponsoring us. And one of the things I found that they do, it's a long list of features that we haven't even talked about all these things. Like you can do internal blogs and internal chats and things like that. But one of the things that we actually use at our work that is good for like an Igloo implementation is the wiki feature to where you can add in documentation. And people can edit the documentation and things like that. It's certainly useful for smaller companies that need to create their own intranet. And it's just a really good feature. I love the ability to have like a living documentation site like a wiki. And it's something we use at work in a different product. I guess it's our own home-built product. But something like Igloo looks perfect for something like that. So I just wanted to point that out because I was poking through that feature last night and I thought it was pretty cool.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' All right, story time, Myke. Everyone ready for a story? I think so. I am. All right. So this is how my brain works. And so I wanted to go through this process because it happened so quickly. And when I was done, I was like, what just happened? It was just like everything lined up perfectly. So I'm sitting around last week and I'm using... I haven't... Well, let me back up. First of all, I haven't really bought many pens in the past couple of months. Since my Nakaya purchase, my Nakaya I got for Father's Day in June, I hadn't really bought any pens. That was the last... I think that was the last pen I got. Anyway. So I've been kind of going through a slow patch of buying. And definitely while the podcast was on hiatus, I didn't buy anything. It just kind of worked out that way. It wasn't planned. So I was using the Franklin Kristoff Model 19, the Anderson pens model that you and I have. And you mentioned earlier how it's a large pen, right? So I was using it. I inked it up with one of the new Caran D'Aash inks, chromatics inks that I have not reviewed yet. And it's the blue-black ink. I forget the name of the color. And I was using it and I was like, boy, I really love the size of this pen. I need more pens. Need more large-sized pens.