Last week I wrapped up my first set of illustrations as a Veer Marketplace Contributor, and I'm here to report on that process. Smooth as silk, though as the site warns, requiring of patience. In abundance. Patience while you wait, like waiting for a blood test, with no indication of success until word comes all at once. Happily, I shot 10 for 10 from the line, and later this summer you'll be able to buy some Nate Voss artwork on the cheap -- er, on the reasonable -- from Veer. 

It's what amounts to a Veer-branded iStock site, which I guess people are calling "microstock" these days. I am okay with that, though there was a time (before my independent employment) when I found the practice somewhat less savory. iStock is the Wal-Mart of image-sites, and Veer has always been like a smaller, cooler boutique chain. Sure it's a chain, but it's cooler. It's like the Apple Store before the Apple Store was everywhere. I've always felt like they "got it" from their wallpapers to their blog, and especially their Merch section, from which I scored a few shirts that has in the past years have become worn from wear. So becoming a part of that brand feels very good to me.

So right now there's 10 Nate Voss's that will appear on Veer later this summer, and now that I know that whatever it is that I'm doing is what they're looking for, you can bet there will be more. Have a great weekend.

Also -- HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY EVERYONE!

It's magic, and I can say from experience that if you weren't at HOW this year, this is probably as close to it as you can get. We get a pretty serious blow-by-blow of UnderConsiderations Mano a Mano competition from yesterday, a lot more looks into the sessions and speakers, and lots and lots of bagging on Marc English's double-super-long presentation. Word.

Download The Reflex Blue Show HOW Conference Special: DAY THREE (23meg) or click here to subscribe to The Reflex Blue Show from the iTunes Music Store.

The How Conference daily podcasts continue with a slightly shorter episode that is literally bursting at the seams with no more than six guests playing a rousing game of pass-the-mic, including Clint Walkingstick, (eL) Ron Hubbard, a second illustrious appearance by both Kenneth and Jenneth Visocky-O'Grady, U&lc/SpeakUp/BrandNew-man Armin Vit, and Design Goddess Debbie Millman. Not a bad way to spend a quarter-hour --

Download The Reflex Blue Show HOW Conference Special: DAY TWO (12meg) or click here to subscribe to The Reflex Blue Show from the iTunes Music Store.

If you're keeping track, this is our 95th 1PT.Rule comic, so as we count down to the über-special occasion of #100, go on back through the catalog and get caught up.

Doing it right from Austin, Texas, live from the Conference Center's 4th Floor -- The Reflex Blue Show HOW Conference Special continues!

Download The Reflex Blue Show HOW Conference Special: DAY ONE (17meg) or click here to subscribe to The Reflex Blue Show from the iTunes Music Store.

Donovan hits the tarmac in Austin Texas for the 2009 HOW Design Conference. We're recapping every day's event right here on 36 Point, so check back each night to see what you're missing, and what you're not!

Today we're joined by Courtney Christensen from the City of Kansas, Missouri and get a special late walk-in from Rule 29's Justin Ahrens for a microcast that gets our feet wet on this pocasting from hundreds of miles away business.

Major coverage starts tomorrow!

Download The Reflex Blue Show HOW Conference Special: DAY ZERO (10meg) or click here to subscribe to The Reflex Blue Show from the iTunes Music Store.

Welcome to our brand new feature -- more than 30 years in the making -- Reviews Gone Bad. Yes, we are aware that we have created a powerful design acronym, and now we seek to create something much greater.

Some people might shrug off launching a new feature as lo-fi as we have here, (and lo-fi afficionados should buckle-up) the content is there, if not the proper tools. This will be corrected with time, I imagine. For now, check out the video by clicking the link below. Eventually this regular feature will be available as a video podcast an in other media, but for now you can get it right here (please note: video is going to open a new window):