Editing The Pen Addict 137/transcript (section)

== TWSBI Nibs ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' otherwise there'd be one on the way already I think I'm gonna have to jump on that bandwagon too so many of our listeners keep sending us those yep and raving about them yep I I haven't bitten the bullet yet but I keep telling myself the past few weeks that that's the that's the next pen I need to order so I'm gonna be on the lookout for that too and maybe pull the trigger on that in the next week or so

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think I'm gonna put a little notify me when in stock at cold pens and cool I think I get in fine as well

'''Brad Dowdy:''' there there you go TWSBI's nibs are really good they're really straightforward on sizing like Lamy extra fine and fine nibs write very very wide I believe I think TWSBI if you get a fine nib it's gonna write what you mentally think a fine nib would write like so that's why that's one of the reasons why I I talk about TWSBI so much just because of how just how good they are I mean I know there's definitely some maintenance issues with them but you know it's just one of those things but awfully good pen

'''Myke Hurley:''' yeah I'm looking forward to getting my hands on one of those wanted it for ages and keep kind of putting it off putting it off but I haven't bought myself a pen in a long time

'''Brad Dowdy:''' yep

'''Myke Hurley:''' this might be a nice nice little addition

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'''Brad Dowdy:''' go anywhere you know that code INK I see people using that they tweet me that they use that you know at least once a week it seems like I'm seeing something about that so we really legitimately appreciate that guys and gals for using our codes and working with our sponsors for this show it helps keeps us going and it's really awesome to see you guys using these tools and loving them as much as we do

'''Myke Hurley:''' indeed

'''Brad Dowdy:''' one quick thing before we get into this next topic the Greg 82 in the chat room mentioned that the Philly Pen Show is this weekend so I know we're gonna have a bunch of people there a bunch of listeners and readers of the blog there so I want to see all your wares so take us some pictures and let us know your haul from the Philly Pen Show this weekend and maybe we'll talk about some of that next week alright Myke if it's not well known that we have a problem with pens it's pretty clear we have a problem with notebooks too so I posted a photo on Instagram I was doing some reviews this weekend and I was going through my backpack getting a bunch of pens and notebooks out then I realized in my backpack my dome my topo mountain bag I had five notebooks that all had what I consider active notes things I'm actually using and I once I put them all out on the desk I was like what am I doing and then I realized you not too too much later I think you said you have this problem too so tell me what you're what you're using your notebooks how many you have going right now or what what do you have going on do you have a do you have the problem that I'm having

'''Myke Hurley:''' of course I do currently I have on the go I have right next to me I have an arts and field notes these are all field notes by the way for me I have an arts and sciences edition which is sitting right next to me here which I use to keep the show notes so it's where I take my show notes and all the information that I'm writing down as I mentioned earlier that I'm doing with my Twizby is going in there then we have another field notes we have one of the factory floor editions that is where I'm keeping notes of this new project that I'm working on I'm keeping some notes for that in there programming notes and interviewing notes and that kind of thing so everything's going in there for that one I have a pale lager drink local which is my general meeting on the phone you know like type notebook so I'm like I'm having a call with someone we're talking about sponsorship or we're talking about a show or talking about an idea or something like that that's where that notebook that's where all that stuff goes into and then in my bag I have a one of the luminous green exposed editions that is my kind of like on the road notebook where I write some stuff down and I also have one of the new notco notebooks in there as well although I've yet to work out a use for it so that's kind of me at the moment that's how many notebooks I currently have on the go I have a couple of notebooks in my bag in my topo bag but then I haven't got any notes in them

'''Brad Dowdy:''' okay so why are you carrying those just in case back up just

'''Myke Hurley:''' notebooks you know break in case of emergency you never know emergency you know new ideas new projects can't dare write in the same notebook more than once so you know

'''Brad Dowdy:''' yep so I have that I do the same thing I'm giving you a hard time when I do the exact same thing so let me go through my notebook carry right now so I have my notco dot dash notebook that's my inbox notebook if you will so that's the kind of one of the like the omni focus or GTD theories like there's a place where you just capture stuff and then that stuff usually gets audited and moved elsewhere into things as you need so I use the notco notebook for just general capture whatever like I had a night just like just some random idea the other night and I just wrote down this random idea in there or I'll put the show notes in there or like the show planning stuff in there I'll put down other project planning I'll put down sketches it's just kind of the catch all inbox book so from there if I need to elaborate on something so say something out of there becomes a project that's moved into the field notes day game white red edition I use that for projects that are kind of active in short term if you will so that's like I did all the planning for the field notes ranking edition podcast episode I'm sorry that we did in that book so that took a few pages of planning to put that episode together and get all my notes down for that and then longer term project stuff has been going into the Midori Travelers and this is a whole episode in the making because I can't figure this book out the Midori Travelers notebook I have just the black leather cover and I have two inserts ever since I got it people have been hitting me up tell us about it review it do something with it I I can't yet because I don't know what I'm doing with it I it's one of those products that I cannot explain I love it so much I want it with me all the time but I don't use it in a hardcore fashion that it deserves it's super hard to explain but I actively use it for like long term projects like the three questions post that I do on the pen addict I keep a list of you know who I've gotten to do it who I would like to do it you know that's kind of the running list of the people I want to do that project and I don't I have that in there instead of