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It was nice to see so many players!! :)

Here are my photos from the shoot (Along with my wanderings but the shoot should be first) my friend took the pictures with my camera

http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y105/S2_Rp/Fanime%20Con%202012/

While a guidebook application is very convenient and I have been to a convention that uses a guidebook app as well, the main problem is that not everyone has the download capabilities and sometimes the resources spent aren't worth the reward especially since it would require additional staff to run and keep the apps updated.

The website they used last year was optimized for mobile viewing and all in all it worked very well for me since I was able to track everything. In my own opinion I don't think the guidebook app offers any advantages over having the information available from a database displayed via browser, its essentially the exact same as an app, just minus the download.

There will always be a few people who do not need a printed schedule, and in general I just download the .pdfs to my phone before the convention starts and then I have the whole schedule anyways. But the effort put into maintaining an app that only a fraction of the people would utilize may not be worth the time and effort.

Not sure which one you used it for but the one I used for Otakon let me actually create a calendar of my schedule which I found to be extremely helpful. It also had a description of what the anime was and what the pannel was about and so on so you got all that information in one place instead of getting the schedules and then having to google the anime to see what it was about.

Not to mention that when changes needed to be made then they appeared on any updates that were done to the schedule. Which alerted me to changes in programming so I didn't miss anything I really wanted to see.

Last year, they didn't print out schedules, thinking everyone could look them up using smart phones. There was a huge backlash from attendees, and it was a huge fiasco.

THe difference is that was through the website as far as I was able to find. The app would be different AND I said printing it for EVERYONE. I do point out that there would still be a need for that resource but maybe not so much as if they didn't have the app.

Perhaps it has been suggested or address.. I did look to see if it was here or not...

Last year I attended a con on the East coast and they had an awesome scheduling solution. Well for those of us with smart phones anyway. There is a Guidebook app that will allow you to down load schedules of various events and there are even updates or changes that can be done to the schedule that same day. This con did it all, video, pannels, balls, etc... It all got into the guide book. The neat thing about it is also that you can select something and put it on your schedule and it would send you reminders when that program started. I was also able to select things that I wanted to maybe look up at home if I was not able to see it at con.

I highly recommend this app. That saves from printing a lot of schedules for everyone. I know there are people without smart phones that would still need resources but this one would at least eliminate the need for most of the population.

And no I don't work for or am I affiliated with this app I just think its a great thing to have for a convention of such size.

I don't suppose anyone knows of any place or website where I can sell some stuff?

Unfortunately I have to move and I have some Manga, as well as Monthly Comic style Manga, as well as some DVDs... Unfortunately I will not be attending next year to use the Swap meet..

Any ideas would be appreciated.