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The obsession that made me develop this site came largely out of my experiences at early Cinequest festivals, which followed from my membership in the Camera Cinema Club from its earliest days.
I've talked to a few Cinequest attendees this week who didn't know about the Club - if you're a cinephile in the Bay Area, you simply should be a member: once a month on a Sunday morning, they show you a movie, without telling you anything about it in advance - it just rolls. It's usually an indie or foreign film, and may or may not be opening locally; you see the movie fresh, without preconceptions. The screening is followed by a discussion, frequently with someone from the film participating. It changed the way I see films - please check it out!
I've just rolled out two new features and a bug fix (and maybe a new bug) just in time for Cinequest! First, you can now download a PDF version of your schedule, suitable for printing. (It's a list, not a grid, but you can still print the web page directly if you still want the grid. I'll add more format options before too long, too.)
Second, there's now a secret link you can use to share your schedule with your friends: if you send them the link, they'll be able to view your schedule; if you post it on your blog, the whole world will be able to. Further, if you change your schedule, they'll see the changes automatically.
Both these features appear at the top of your schedule page, just above the grid, when you're logged in.
Also, I think I've fixed the problems that prevented clicking on the grid from working in Internet Explorer; unfortunately, it looks like there's a problem with 2.x versions of Firefox now. I'll be looking into this tomorrow; for now, use Firefox 3 (you should anyway!).
As always, let me know if you have problems or suggestions via the Feedback link. (Both these new features came as a result of suggestions from users!)
Oregonian pop-culture reporter Kristi Turnquist wrote a great piece in this morning's paper about me, my partner Gina, this site, and even our dog Scout. We had a great conversation last week before we all (ok, not Scout) went to see "Pressure Cooker" at the festival.
I'm really impressed that she pulled such great information out of my blathering — especially that she mentioned this site, PIFF and our Cinequest roots. There's also a nice photo of Gina and I, but you'll want to buy the dead-tree version to see it. (Welcome to several new folks who've signed up this morning, too!)
