So you need to get the word out, fast. Maybe it’s your monthly newsletter to clients, maybe it’s a way for your clients to communicate with their customers. If you need to create a mass e-mail with class, meet Emma. Not a person, mind you, but the e-mail messaging service that thinks like a designer. From its templates made for customization to an easy way to organize list members and an intelligent response-tracking system, Emma brings it all together in a beautiful way. In fact, its interface is so clean you’ll swear you designed it yourself.
http://www.myemma.com

Everyone’s got a card, but in this day and age, what you really need are a bunch of different cards. You wouldn’t necessarily give out your Cheeses of the World blog address to your clients … yet you don’t want that guy at the bar to forget your IM handle. Moo makes this very easy, with cards so small and affordable you can crank out whatever you need, fast. MiniCards are for making the virtual world a little less virtual; they let you take content straight from your Flickrstream. Simply upload your designs and transform as many images as you like into perfect little leave-behinds.
http://www.moo.com

OK, OK, enough about Apple already, you say. But designers everywhere are thanking their Macs for a brilliant way to create professional, sturdy portfolios—at almost literally the press of a button. Your iPhoto application has a little icon at the bottom that says Book, which can turn up to 50 pages of images into a literal bound book. Choose from a variety of layouts, hardcover or soft, at prices ranging from a postcard-sized $3.99 to 8.5 x 11 in. for around $30. You’ll have a high quality way to shop yourself around—one that was right under your nose this whole time.
http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto