ALT Shrimpy, she/her, India. X: @funkyshrimp83 Annotate: @thefunkycat hi. i'm the developer for annotate. i saw smile's designs back in october and thought they were incredible, from both a developer, and a book reader perspective. i asked him for the renders then and told him id implement them when i had the time. almost a year later, i could not stop thinking about smile's app one night, and i had to open it up and start brainstorming how to get started with it. i stayed up until 5am figuring out the database schema and what i would need to get started. ive been working on it doggedly, and here we are i dont think ive ever been this passionate about coding anything in my life. it's beautiful to see people using this app, enjoying it, finding bugs (for my lovely bug board) and helping make it better every single day. i'm here for all questions about anything going wrong with the app, or something you'd like to see as a user.

ALT Smile, he/him, USA. X: @smilemoredotexe Annotate: smile hello:) i'm the ui designer & product designer for annotate. i've been active on booktwt for about a year and a half now. my two favorite authors are clarice lispector and solvej balle, and my favorite character is klara from klara and the sun. i started designing wireframes for annotate in october of last year with the goal of making a platform more carefully tailored to the needs of booktwt, along with my own needs as someone who's used basically every mainstream book tracker on the internet. i wanted annotate to bring the social connection benefits of a community like booktwt, but specifically catered to discussions that would sprout from your reads. a place where you could ask (or answer) questions about your current reads, or share your favorite quotes, or buddy read with your friends all in the same space. discuss the books you love, at the pace you choose to take them

ALT Nini, she/her, France. X: @wyvernism Annotate: @wyvern hi, i’m annotate’s social media manager! i first saw screenshots of shrimp showcasing the app in its early stages around the start of july, and thought annotate already looked like a reader’s dream. it reminded me of times where i would leave annotations in margins for my sister to read, as we are both bookworms. i had the opportunity to get early access, and after playing around with annotate and talking to both shrimp and smile, it became very clear to me that their work deserved to be showcased and shared with the greater public. that thought was the start of me volunteering to create and manage @tryannotate :)! i’ve been creating graphics to put the spotlight on annotate, and write the posts you see in your timeline, which isn’t foreign to me as i’m a journalist. i’m here to bring you regular updates on annotate, and to sneak a vicious reference whenever i get the chance!