Editing The Pen Addict 270/transcript (section)

== Kickstarter Timing ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' so, okay, so here's the thing. As part of the pen addict Kickstarter, it'd be really hard for us to do LA.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, because we would, I mean, if we did a three day again, if there is no, we don't know what we're going to do yet for next year. We really don't know. We have not decided because we're not even done with this year. We've not even started thinking about it.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm very confident we will do multiple dates and one of them will be Atlanta because it worked so well this time. If we ended up doing more than two, maybe we could do it and wrap it all the way around again, but it is a pretty long way away. And I don't know. I feel like I would maybe be more inclined to do San Francisco first because I've heard so many great things about that show, but we have not even decided what we're going to do next year.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And like I said, it's timing. That's the biggest challenge for LA. Like it's fine for me. Like yes, I might bring Nock there next year. If not, I might go work for Van Ness there. Like that timing for me personally is fine, but for us to do pen addict-y type stuff for that, it will be a challenge.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So some people in the chat room are saying about the Chicago pen show, I can pretty much guarantee that will not be happening because it's two weeks after Atlanta.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, you'd have to stay here and extend your trip like you're doing right now, but you have so much other work related stuff you're handling.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, I extended this trip out for a month because there were like three different things to do. Like all I would be doing in the middle of the two pen shows for like two weeks is just waiting for the next one, which doesn't, that's not enough to stay away for three or four weeks. But we are doing something in Chicago and we did say we talk about this and this is at record stores question. What is the event at Field Notes in October and can any pen addict attend? So, what we are doing is a live episode recording, so me and Brad and a couple of the crew from Field Notes on Friday, October 13th. So we're recording that. There is, we have discussed the potential for a meetup to occur after the show, after we finish recording. All of this stuff is still to be determined very soon. There may be the potential for a very small audience for the show, but we need to work that out. But there is going to be a small event afterwards that people will definitely be able to attend if you're in town. So, all of the details are still to come on this one in that we have not yet worked it all out. So, that's all coming, but it will be occurring, whatever it is, will be occurring on October 13th.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. And so, just to kind of say what Myke said, the way it's shaping up to be is a limited audience, for the live recording, and then open to everyone meetup afterwards. That's kind of how this is shaping out, but we don't have it finalized yet. So, anyone who wants to come should be able to come to the meetup, and then we'll just kind of go from there. So, we'll have the details soon because it's getting close, we need to finalize it. So, yeah, I'm pretty excited about this. We've talked about some really cool things that we can do for this, so I hope it all comes through. So, that's the plan. All right, last one, and before we get to it, I'd like to say congratulations to Michael Hagen of Ledfast, who submitted this question. He just had his one-year anniversary on his blog, so you should go to Ledfast.org, subscribe to his blog, read everything he does. Met him in Chicago this year, great guy, and does a great job on Ledfast, and he just put some new pretty sweet stickers up for sale. So, his question is, when it comes to notebooks, what are the top three traits you look for? Let's say a five-ish size. So, I think that's the best size for notebooks and the most variety in notebooks. Number one, I want paper quality. It has to be good primarily for fountain pens and then good enough for other things. So, there are cases where a paper is perfect for fountain pens, say like a Rhodia or a Tomoe, but they're not wonderful for things like pencil or gel or rollerball. I want it to be really good for fountain pens and mostly good for everything else. So, you know, I tend to find things like the Japanese brands do that the best. Morimans, Midoris, things like that. Secondly, I'll look for construction. So, I don't have a preferred construction style. It can be side bound, staple bound, spiral bound, perfect bound, but it has to be done well. Whatever that construction is has to be strong and solid. And then the third thing I look for is the pattern on the page. Preferably some type of grid or dot grid. grid. You know, that's kind of the first thing you think about looking at, but I really need those other things to be the primary focus before I get to that. Now, if it only comes in blank and lined, that's probably going to prevent me from buying it. So, maybe the pattern should be number one, but if it has a pattern like a grid or a dot and it's bad paper and bad construction, I'm not going to buy that either. So, I need paper quality first and it has to fit this middle ground that I like. Right now, the Apica Premium CD notebook in A5 is still probably the best notebook I've ever used. It handles everything you can throw at it perfectly. Next, I want it to be built well and this notebook is. And then third, I care what pattern's on the page. So, there you go.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Do you have any preferences? What would you say is your most important thing?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I think the pattern on the page is really important to me because irrespective of what the paper's like, if it's lined, I'm not going to want to use it. If it's planed, I'm going to struggle with it. I like a grid, I love a dot grid, I love a reticle grid most of all.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Then, so my next two things are paper quality and design. And I really, honestly, I struggle to decide where I put those two because not achieving a minimum acceptable level in either of those will turn me off irrespective of each other. Do you know what I mean? Right? Like, if it looks terrible but the paper's good, I don't want it. If it looks amazing and the paper's terrible, I just don't want it. Right? Like, there has to be a minimum level of each. So, I would say that those three things are my most important thing. So, an overall design, an aesthetic that appeals to me, and a paper quality that works the way that I want it to with the majority of things that I own. But I can't really rank those last two very well because they are kind of mutually exclusive of each other. Yep. Yep.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I'm with you. So, yeah, I love that question because we are all into our very, very specific little tiny things that are important to us. Yep. Right? So, these, like, the three traits of a notebook are very important to each and every one of us and they're all different. So, it's interesting to hear how people categorize what they're looking for. So, it's, paper is still, to this day, a not enough talked about topic because it's a challenge. Like, it's a challenge to do right. So, I love finding a good notebook. I love making a good notebook, too.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Yeah, you sure do. You do. You make very good notebooks. Where can people find those notebooks? They can go to knock.co and they can get them. If you want to see Brad writing about notebooks, that sometimes happens over at penedict.com. Brad is on Twitter. He is at dowdyism. And also on Instagram, he is penaddict. I am imike, I-M-Y-K-E and all the social places. If you want to find this show, you can go to relay.fm slash penaddict slash 270. For two reasons this week. There's a ton of links. I have loads of links today. Lots and lots and lots. And also, you get to preview and take a look at our lovely new design that we've got over at relay.fm, which I think you should go check it out because I think it looks really good. There are still some tweaks and there are still some bugs and we're fixing them. But if you come across anything, please feel free to let me know. It's very helpful. If you want to find our sponsors this week, go check them out. They're also on that page. Pen Chalet, Blue Apron and Harry's. You can get all the links there to go and check those out and support the show. But you can also support the show by becoming a relay.fm member at relay.fm slash membership. We really, really, really, really, really, really appreciate that if you do. But if you can't, it's also OK. The show continues to go on as normal and you can continue to get us. But if you're in a position to be able to support the show, then you get some cool bonuses as well. Thanks to Brad for being here as always. Thanks you all for listening. We'll be back next time. Until then, say goodbye, Brad. Goodbye, Brad.

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