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== XOXO Fest ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' One last thing before we kind of get into our... I got a couple of main topics this week. I got into XOXO Fest, Myke.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I feel like we're ships in the night.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I know. I know. So wherever you're going to be next year, I'll be there the following year. But, you know, I just wanted to mention that in case any Pen Addict readers, listeners are in Portland in September, from September 11th through 14th. Get in touch. I will be there. I'll be attending the XOXO Fest. I know I've already talked to our friends Sean Blanc and Matt Alexander, who will also be there. So I hope to hook up with them out there. But I just wanted to mention that I will be on the road in Portland for a few days in September. So all you Portlandites, get in touch. And, you know, let's see if we can meet up while I'm out there during the fest. I'm really excited. Should I be really excited? You went last year. You were pretty excited. I'm destroyed that I'm not going to be there.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's one, it's an incredible festival slash conference. And two, the people that are there are just like the best. Like, yeah, because like Matt and Sean are obviously going to be there. But then you've got the Studio Neat guys are going to be there. My buddy Chase lives there. You're going to get to meet all these people and you're going to have the greatest time ever.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, it looks, I look forward to it. The one person I look forward to hearing speak most is Kevin Kelly, who writes the Cool Tools blog. He's been around in internet terms for decades, it seems like. He's a wise old man of the internet, but he does this great site called Cool Tools. And I've been following that blog for years. And he's kind of got a pin thing. And I look forward to hearing what he has to say. He's a very interesting character. So it's going to be good. The whole speaking lineup looks awesome.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So I was just about to say, cutting across you. Yeah, the lineup looks excellent so far. And they're going to add a bunch of really cool stuff. They add loads of really sort of fun things. They have surprises every year. Like, oh, I want to be there so bad.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Plus there might be field notes.

'''Myke Hurley:''' There will be field notes.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' I hope.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm sure there will be. You better get me some this time.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And assumedly, they're going to be black and white, right? Because they always do it the color of their logo.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. First year was purple and white. Second year was pink and white. This year, all their logos have been black and white. Or white and black, probably.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It might be different to the branding that they have on the day, though. You never know.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, you never know. You never know. So I'll go ahead and call it now. Let's see. White picket fence shelter wood with black. With black writing. It'll look like a picket fence.

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's definitely going to be shelter wood just to get you.