Editing The Pen Addict 30/transcript (section)

== Rodia Notebook ==


'''Myke Hurley:''' So I'm going to be using those next. But then I don't know if I will go back to Rodia after that. I have loved the Rodia book though, so it would be a shame not to use them again.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, that would actually be my preference. I prefer the Rodia web notebook. It's one of my favorites. But this Rickshaw Bagworks folio, the dimensions are extraordinarily tight. I mean, they are exactly for this Moleskine. And if you had the Rodia web notebook in one hand and the Moleskine journal in the other hand, you probably wouldn't notice right off the bat that their dimensions are a little bit different, but they are just, they are fractionally different in width. And it makes it not work as well in this folio. So that's why I chose the Moleskine for this because that's the only thing that fits in this folio. And that's what I wanted to travel with. I do like having, generally speaking, I do like to have my notebooks covered, you know, in some way, shape, or form. Like we talked last week about those Field Note leather covers that came out. I use the Dome Paper Utility leather notebook cover. I mean, that's what I carry. My Dome Paper, you know, little pocket-sized notebooks. And I carry those in my pocket. I just, in the leather, you know, it's like a wallet for your little notebook. I don't carry the notebook naked, as you will. But, you know, I tend to have a cover some way, shape, or form on these products. But, you know, it was a, I like to have my bases covered with pens, you know. So, you know, I always carry like a pen case with me when I'm going out locally. Or if I'm traveling in the car somewhere, you know, I'll take, you know, 10 pens with me. Even, you know, even if I'm going on vacation and may not use them, I still have them. So it was a little bit weird going with one pen. And, you know, I stuck with it the whole week. I was like, hey, this is pretty good. It was fun. But I did surprisingly stand out in the technology crowd as one of the few people doing a little bit of writing as opposed to typing on their whatever device they were using at the time.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So you ended up looking like the crazy guy.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, pretty much. Well, it's, you know, in the IT crowd, I think crazy guy is probably more of the norm, you know. So, you know, I probably fit right in in my own little weird way.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' But it was a good trip. And, hey, I didn't leave all my money in Las Vegas. So, you know, so that was an added bonus as well.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well done, sir. Well done. Have you got anything else that you wanted to talk about this week?

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I don't think much particularly today. You know, it's kind of a short week here in the U.S. So, you know, I'm kind of in vacation mode. Didn't have a full, you know, tons of topics to talk about on the episode today. But it was just a neat little topic I wanted to cover. And I don't think I have much else, sir.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Well, happy Thanksgiving to you and to all of our listeners, too.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Well, thank you. I appreciate it. And I work tonight that I'm going to enjoy a nice four days off and see how many pounds I can put on in that short time frame. Because that's what it's about.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Excellent. Yes, of course. What more could you need? So, Brad can be found online. He can be found at penaddict.com. Have you done the redirect yet? I'm going to check. I didn't.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I didn't.