I was recently on CSS Mania looking for design inspiration, and I came across a site for a web 2.0 product called Gist. Although still in closed beta, the product seems really cool. It allows you to create a digest for important information and new related items (blog posts, news articles, emails, attachments, etc) for important clients you’re working with. In a sense, it’s one-stop-shopping in keeping up with your clients business and the business you’re doing with your clients.

I asked for an invitation to the private beta and I really hope that they will let me in. I use Base Camp right now for project management, but Gist would provide something that it doesn’t: a tool for client involvement. It allows me to stay on top of my client’s business – not just my own. However the cookie crumbles with the private beta invite, I’ll be interested in seeing Gist whenever I can.