Just in case anyone is going to New York over the weekend, you have to check this out. Bathroom in a new hot spot in NYC.

Courtesy of BL Ochman who’s got a great blog in case you don’t know about it.

I just found this website for potential project work. Firm seems to be Chicago-based. Looks kind of interesting.

For the designers in our group (or who happen to drop by our blog), take a look at CrowdSpring.

I just skimmed it but here’s the premise: a buyer who needs a logo, website, etc. can post the project, list what he’s willing to pay, and then designers submit their designs. The fee is set and from what I saw, you certainly won’t get rich. But if biz is slow, you’ve got the time, you want to build your portfolio, etc., it might be worthwhile. You do get to work with a worldwide audience!

It appears that people can critique your designs and you also get feedback from the buyer (move this, tweak that, I hate that color, this needs to be redone — oh sorry, that was from one of my projects). I’m not sure how the winning design is selected but am sure it explains.

Just a quick reminder that our meeting schedule for the rest of the year is as follows:

June 26
July 15
August 13
September 18
October 14
November 12
December 18

Feel free to suggest topics. I get most of our meeting topic ideas from member suggestions, and it works a lot better that way. One babe alone does not ideaXchange make.

If you’re looking for a paper stock in a certain color (in my case, light grey), check out The Paper Mill Store’s page where you can search papers by color. They sell lots of paper brands so you should end up with plenty of papers to choose from.

If you’re a designer who specs paper — or just looking for creative ideas — paper promotions are a great resource. Visit the Must Haves section of the PaperSpecs website for quick links to ordering the latest paper swatchbooks and promotions.

The price of a postage stamp went up today… again (currently, a first-class stamp is 42 cents and a postcard stamp is 27 cents, both went up one cent). But apparently, it’s not all bad news: click here to read about the new USPS price incentives for Express Mail and Priority Mail.

I’ve been doing a lot of traveling lately (in fact, I’m on the road now) and it’s tough to feel connected. Here are a few of the things I do:
Twitter, which is highly addictive. While I travel I sometimes turn on notifications on my cell phone so I can keep up with what folks are doing while away from my computer.
Blackberry, which is a new addition to my arsenal, and lets me send text messages and emails to folks. I don’t receive emails on it because it would cause an overload, and the price would skyrocket (I get upwards of 150 emails a day).
Remember the Milk, which Matt Mayes just turned me on to. It’s a great way to make and keep to-do lists, and I use their little program MilkSync to sync it up to my Blackberry.
GoToMyPC, which lets me access my desktop computer at my home office whenever I want. That way I can peek at my outlook, send and receive emails, find files I need, etc. Love it!
CNN Headline News. Nuff said.

So, how do you stay connected? Tell us!