37signals now offers Open Bar, which works something like this…

1. Set up an OpenID account at http://www.myopenid.com
2. Login to each 37s account and click “Use OpenID” instead of using a username/password
3.  And that’s it, now you can just switch between accounts by choosing the account at the top of the window

Excellent.

Lots of new and exciting things are happening and I just don’t have the time to write like I’ve always wanted. I will, although, try to come and post up some recent work and projects as they come about.

For now, get ready for the full launch of Neue Interactive (dot com), coming around July first or so.

Let me say right now, Pixish is going to be huge.

As Pixish is in beta, Derek’s main focus is user feedback. The feedback, all in all, has been pretty positive; with a few people bringing up the question of spec work. And with that, he’s rapidly produced a response that, in my opinion, was dead on.

The purpose of Pixish in its core is to connect visual artists, designers and photographers with people, organizations and businesses requiring their skills.

Just that in itself has a lot of potential.

Until now, we as designers haven’t really found an true outlet to prospect for work with such influence coming from our industry. The primary concern at Pixish is the designer, and making sure that the work that we do is appraised, and compensated for, at a price that is widely accepted by the Pixish community at large.

If Pixish becomes widely used by those outside of the design world, in that big companies begin using it for requesting major projects, the creative community at large will prosper significantly. We will not only have a specific place to prospect for new clientele but we can rest assured we will receive the compensation that our peers and ourselves think is right.

Over the course of Spring 2008, I think a weekly, if not daily, visit over to Pixish for work will begin to be added to every designer’s checklist across the nation.

Hats off to you, Mr. Powazek.

But it is finally available! Check out www.pureedit.com.

From Pixish.com: Pixish is a place where people who want images and people who make images can easily find each other and collaborate on creative projects together.

After picking up a rental car, we headed up to the Venetian for CES Day 1. CES Day 2 was over at the Las Vegas Convention Center…

My CES Favorites:
1. Panasonic’s debut of the world’s largest LCD television at one hundred fifty inches.
2. The newest generation of the iRobot, the smart vacuum that cleans your house while you’re at work, on vacation or just out and about.
The additions to the iRobot are level sensing, stopping the vacuum before falling down anything and ability to clean hardwoods and carpet with one machine.
3. (Dare I Say) Microsoft Surface is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen in my life. The Surface at the show was 36 inches, full touch-sensored, coffee table style. I have to say, it was truly a thing of beauty and class.

The overall experience in Vegas was great. We hit most of the casinos, checked out the strip, visited the Hoover Dam (Transformers) and even went to the mall to visit the Apple Store.

I would recommend the Consumer Electronics Show to anyone who likes discovering and learning about new technologies, and also is able to walk around…a lot. Seriously though, it was a great trip, a great vacation, and I plan to attend CES 2009 without a doubt.

Expect a Flickr set shortly…

The dream is here…download the new iPhone firmware update and you’re free to move the icons wherever you want!

WebClips are here now as well. Go on Safari, find the site you love, click the “+” and click “Add to Home Screen”. An icon will appear on your Home screen that will take you directly to that link. Delicious.

Want to make your website WebClip ready? Go to Apple’s iPhone Dev Center.

To make sure it didn’t just bring up the last screen I was viewing, I went into Mail (and back to home) but sure enough from the home screen, if you press the “Home” button twice, it will bring you to your Favorites.

What a fun little discovery.