Editing The Pen Addict 30/transcript (section)

== IT Conference ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. You know, there was lots of laptops, lots of MacBook Airs, but there were iPads everywhere. Actually, I didn't see many other people using pens and paper, which in this type of conference didn't surprise me very much.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' So it was just – it was a good experience for me because I'm usually not comfortable just carrying one pen and having one pen available with me for an entire week. And, you know, using a moleskin, which I never do. And actually, the only reason I chose to use that because I was using a ballpoint pen. If I was using a gel ink pen, I probably would have brought something else to write in just because I'm not a huge fan. But, you know, for ballpoint, moleskin notebooks are really good. They're really perfect.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' The embassy pen worked well on it. The notebook held up good. The moleskin, the folio, the Brickshaw Bags folio worked well. I don't think I've done a proper review of this folio on penaddict.com. I've had it for a while, and I carry it in my backpack a lot. But I haven't done a proper review. And it was funny. Just yesterday, I saw one of the guys I follow on Twitter and also has a blog. His name is Ivan Romero, and I'll get you the link in his Twitter handle. He just posted a review of the same Rickshaw Bagworks bag that I'm using.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Posted it yesterday, as a matter of fact. And I had planned on talking about this last week. So I will send you the link so everyone can kind of see what I'm talking about for this folio cover, which is perfect for travel. Worked out really well. So that was my – as minimal of a kit as I could bring on a trip when I travel. So I don't know if you travel a bunch, Myke, but I tend to obsess about the little things that I bring like pens and paper on travel. So for ending up with one pen and one notebook, there was a lot of thought and stress that went into that decision, which I can't exactly – doesn't exactly come out on a podcast. But it's – everyone who's a pen addict knows how those decisions go. Sometimes it's pretty crazy in your own little brains on what you're going to do.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I mean I always have a selection of pens in my back. I always have a retro in there. I have one of my retro 51 Tornadoes in there. But then I just have a couple – I have like a Pilot G2 and just some random pens so I can give them to people. And then I always have a handful of Field Notes books just because they're easy to get in a bag. Right. But if I was traveling anywhere and knew that I was going to be note-taking, I would probably still take a Moleskine. I mean I'm going to be going back to Moleskines, by the way. Oh, are you? I love my Rodia, but I have two Moleskines on my desk. And I don't want to buy any more notebooks before I get through these. I have the Evernote Smart Notebook. Okay, cool. Which came out when we were away actually.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep, came out in October.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I will talk about that when I actually get to use it, but that might still be a little while away. Okay. And I also have the Moleskine Squarespace sent over.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yep. Which is awesome. I have one of those. Which is very sharp. Very sharp.