Will you be in or around Toronto this weekend? If so, why not stop by the Paradise Toronto Comicon (July 12-13) where we'll be making our first meatspace appearance!

We look forward to meeting you all and jabbing about the app, where it's headed, what you'd like to see (or not see). I might even shower for the occasion and break my new record (soap's overrated don't you... wait off topic).

Note: booth #'s haven't been assigned yet, so look for the large banner or the space where all the un-cool people are hanging out.

Swag for 100 existing users

As a reward to our loyal fans, we've done up a special run of 100 'tote bags' to be bestowed upon the first 50 (well maybe 49 cause we might keep some for ourselves ;->) of you who visit our booth each day (the con runs Saturday and Sunday). I've posted a mock-up of one for you to take a peak at, and please be gentle with the comments -- I code, I don't Illustrate.

What could be handier for carry around all the books you'll score? Well, I suppose one of those granny carts with some long-boxes might be...

If you can, try to remember your facebook password (don't write it down, your sysadmin would scold you) so you can login at the booth to do a quick double-check that you are, indeed a registered user (or just jot down your facebook uid (that # that shows on your profile address)) or 'become a fan' so your picture will be in the list.

Other ways to Enjoy

Over on my personal blog I list all the guests at the show with links back to their page here.

Discovered a new artist you didn't know about? Add them to your pull list.
Bought an indie title you haven't been able to find anywhere else? Add it to your permanent collection.
Find a real gem? Recommend it to your friends or write a review.

As part of our prep for the convention, I recently re-did the about page so you might want to take a peak at that, 'become a fan' or 'write a review' or scroll through the long list of accolades I put up and think to yourself "I wish I said that".

Also, I've done the first of a planned series of 'screencasts' where I take you through different features of the application. The first one is really basic and I take you through pulling by title and by creator.

Photos

We hope to be able to document the convention a bit, so I've made a Photo Album to keep the memories in. Who knows, maybe we'll even be able to update over the weekend from the show itself?
There is a feature there to 'add fan photos' so if you take any of us (or heck even with our banner far in the background) upload it in!

Those of you who don't want to meet us, you might want to head out near the airport to the Polaris (formerly 'Toronto Trek') SF & Fantasy Convention. We won't take it too personal. We might hunt you down after to avenge our shattered hearts though! Or, maybe we'll wait. And wait until you least expected it...

AND!

If you're still reading, get yourself ready for next weeks beta launch of the New Facebook profiles (which means I'm going to have the app down for a short while at some point to add an extra server to the cluster to handle things (see -- now that it'll be 2 servers I can call it a cluster -- fancy eh?))!