Editing The Pen Addict 13/transcript (section)

== Tornado Pen ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' The Tornado took over.

'''Myke Hurley:''' The Tornado's 100%. It's the only pen that I write with at work now. It's my daily driver. I am expecting that to change. We'll see. Yeah, I still believe I will use the 51 a lot, but it will be back to the, what do I feel like using most? Right. The Vanishing Point. Who knows, but I might hate the Vanishing Point. I doubt it.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You might. You might. I'll take it off your hands, so we'll have to work out a deal. But yeah, if you don't like it, it's understandable. It's not a pen for everyone. But I think you will like it, honestly.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I wouldn't have, basically, I wouldn't have spent that amount of money if I didn't think I would have liked it to. Right.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But I fully intend to use my Vanishing Point 90% of the time. Like, I'm bringing all this stuff, like I'm talking a big game, and I'm going to be throwing all these pens around. But I really want to put this Vanishing Point through the ringer so I can talk about it more. And it's a pen that's made to be used, not to sit there and look pretty. So I want to use it, and I want to use the heck out of it and really put it to the test. So I'm anxious to really give it a hardcore go.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of your reviews and stuff. You're going to put some video up and bits and bobs. I'm really looking forward to seeing that.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. I recorded the video already, and boy, am I terrible. I just... No, your video's good. I like... Well, I know the video quality and the bumps and wiggles I get and things like that. So I'm not a good photographer, and I'm not a good videographer. It's not my skill set, but...

'''Myke Hurley:''' What are you putting... You're recording with the iPhone?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Oh, no. I'm recording with... I have a Panasonic Lumix. I have a really nice digital camera... Okay. ...that records in HD, and I've been using that for the video. It's my photo camera and my video recording camera.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Do you have a tripod?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. I have a Gorillapod. Yeah. The problem is, as we totally digress, the problem is doing a writing sample while you're shooting the video. Getting the right angle of the shoot to be able to still write. So what happens is everything's fine until I go to write and I bump the table.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And then the thing just goes... And you don't notice it while you're doing it, but then I go back and watch it, and I'm like, oh, mercy. That's annoying.

'''Myke Hurley:''' See if you can find a way to hang the camera from something. Yeah. So it's not on the table.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' There has to be a better way. You know, I'm basically doing it so if you can picture it, I'm writing like I'm giving the Gorillapod a hug, right? Yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah. I did that when I was trying to do some video review type stuff. And it was just becoming too difficult. Like I was trying... I did a video review of a Nokia phone, which I never published because it just looked so awkward. Right. Because I was hugging the Gorillapod with my phone on top.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So I just assume due to it straightforward on me, you know, like on my face and while I show the pen, but then I can't do a writing sample and I'm not... I haven't gone into, okay, let's do shot one where we do that. Then I'll edit in the writing sample, you know, separately and talk over. I, you know, I'm sorry. I don't have time for all that. Yeah. And then you're B-roll. Right, right. I would love to do that, believe me. But, you know, I have to cut it off at some point.

'''Myke Hurley:''' You do. Especially now you're going to be working throughout the whole night.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yes. Yeah. For those that don't know, I'm working third shift.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Which is insane. It's good because me and Brad will now be able to talk throughout our working day because we will be synced on our working day.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So all of our European listeners and blog followers, make sure you follow us. Follow me on Twitter because I will be posting while you're at the office. You know, I'll be up when you are. So let's have some conversations.