Last night we had the first of our two pre-SXSW tweetups at the always posh Hotel Congress here in Tucson. Starting at 5 p.m., we enjoyed appetizers, a few cocktails and some great conversation, from web development trends to Twitter; Foursquare & Gowalla to advice for the SXSW newbies, of which there one or two.

It was really great to meet all of these wonderful, smart people that I interact with on Twitter -- always nice to put a face with a name! Thanks to everyone for coming out and hanging out with us, and for all the great advice on what to check out and where to go in Austin during SXSW. Unfortunately, I won't see you there this year, (I'll be tweeting from the Tucson Festival of Books!) but the rest of the Bookmans crew (Brennan, Dana, Jared, Sheila and Scott) will!

And, you know the evening wouldn't be complete without giving out some Bookmans schwag... bags, $10 off coupons and our almost-famous "WYSIWTF" shirts. If you haven't seen them, you're missing out... here's our lovely model @JRoSEO sporting one: