Editing The Pen Addict 11/transcript (section)

== Note Taking ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' I know. A couple of ideas I had on that. One is that, you know, I wrote down some pros and cons between each. And I have more fun using pen and paper. Exactly. And that's a big deal. I mean, you know, it's not for everybody. I mean, some people would just assume not to have to touch a pen and paper. And that's cool, too. One of the ideas I had when I was writing up these show notes, or not one of the ideas, one of the thoughts I had is, am I more, is having a pen and paper system more inefficient than a strictly digital system?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Interesting question.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' And that's something I ran across while I was writing my ideas for today's show. Because the way I take notes, I wasn't happy with the first page that I wrote. So I tore it out of the notebook and I rewrote it again on a piece of paper.

'''Myke Hurley:''' So you have to replicate the entire thing. And if you did it on the computer, you could just maybe take out a couple of words and add a couple of lines or something.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right, right. But it didn't faze me because I wanted to.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Because you're using a finishing point.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, actually, I was. I was. And I was testing out a few different pens. So I was like, screw it. I'll write this whole thing over again. I don't care. But then while in the middle of me doing that, I kind of had a, huh, this is pretty inefficient. But it's just how I'm wired, right? Maybe it's a personality trait that all of us pen and paper, hardcore pen and paper users share. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's just this built-in want for just that, I don't know, that tactile, responsive pen and paper feel or something. To me, it's the way the letters and the ink look on the page. That's what's important to me and the feel of the pen and why one pen is different from another and things like that.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I'm 100% about the feel. That's what I really enjoy.