Editing The Pen Addict 228/transcript (section)

== Pen Nostalgia ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' What do you think?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Little column A, little column B. Yeah. I think that there are people like us who have just always been into this stuff since they were kids. And that now they have the money to actually spend on it. They will. Right? I think me and you were both in that camp.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And then we have the internet to find those crazy things that we didn't think were possible when we were younger. Like the pens I dreamed about when I was a kid I didn't think existed. Mm-hmm. And hey, guess what? Now that I can see what other people are using around the world, it turns out they do exist. And you know what? I can buy them too. Yep. So I fully believe analog is here to stay. The fascination is here to stay. People do use it as a respite from their daily lives. It gives them a mental break. That's why we don't want to see handwriting go away. I fully believe in that. And I also think it is deeply rooted when people can see letters that their grandparents wrote to each other. And it invokes a different feeling about things than seeing that email you wrote that one time.

'''Myke Hurley:''' But people love nostalgia. And it's a nice nostalgic thing. And it's a cool thing. You know, like the Polaroid comparison is a very good one to make. Yeah. But yes, I think it's a little column A, a little column B. But even if some of the coolness of it goes away, like the planner stuff and the coloring stuff and all that just dies off, there'll still be people like me and Brad who will never refuse to let go of their pens.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's right.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Someone asked me on Analog if I had to choose between giving up my pens for a week or giving up Twitter for a week, which I'd choose. And I would give up Twitter every time.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Not close. Yeah. Every time.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I could give it up easily. I mean, look, I could not use my pens for a week, but I don't want to do that. Right. So there you go. Right. This has been a resounding success for something that just came to us randomly as an idea halfway through a show one time. This has been great fun. I have really, really enjoyed it. I like getting the longer questions and the letters for this show. I think it makes more sense. So we have obviously more to do. So we should do this again in a few weeks time so we can finish these off. But I want more of them now. And I hope that the listeners do too. So I'm sorry, Brad. There is a link in the show notes to Brad's email address. The email address is the Pen Addict contact page. Send them in. I want us to have more written as TPA than we get tweets. That's what I want because I think that's the right thing for this show. So keep writing them in and we'll keep doing them.

'''Myke Hurley:''' All right. I think that's about rounded off for this week, Brad. Yes, sir. If you want to find our show notes, you can head on over to relay.fm slash penaddict slash 228. You can find Brad online. He's at nokaco.com. Congratulations on the Kickstarter, by the way.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Thank you, sir. And the retail launch on top of it. So it's been busy times. We'll have an episode coming up soon where we'll talk business stuff. So yeah.

'''Myke Hurley:''' We've been doing that a bit recently. So we're giving you all a break. But now we'll do it in the last minute of the show. Yeah. I've seen some people tweet in their beautifully purple Sinclairs. It's so cool. So congratulations on all of that great business stuff. Thanks. Thanks. You can also find Brad on Instagram. He's penaddict on Twitter. He is dowdyism. I am at imike, I-M-Y-K-E on both. We'll be back next time with a very special episode. We have a couple of really exciting guests, which I think you're all going to love. Until then, say goodbye, Brad.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad.

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