This week, my local AIGA chapter had a workshop on all the new features in Creative Suite 4. There's tons to list and explore, but one of the coolest things she showed off is not actually in CS4 and is FREEEEEEEEE to everyone. Visit Acrobat.com to sign up for FREE video conferencing with up to yourself and two friends, free screen sharing, free multi-user word processor, free file sharing and FREE 5GB ftp space.

But wait, how does this help my crafty audience? Well.... wanna show your buyer the great in progess art you're working on? Got a web cam? Connect now for video conferencing. Need to send a hires file to the printer to have prints made for the art show next week? Share my files and FTP. Got a computer issue and your brother the genius lives in Idaho now? Screen Sharing. Need to work on rules for a giveaway with your etsy team? Buzzword lets several people share and edit the same word processing document.

Did I mention it was all free and super easy to use? If you want to collaborate with people without leaving your desk, this is as they say "the best thing since sliced bread!"