Having gone through a somewhat painful upgrade and activation process (thanks Justin) I'm happy to report that Phuture Design (primarily myself and Asia soon) is now using Creative Suite 2. At first glance I'm very impressed. Here are the features I'm currently exploring.

Bridge

Bridge seems to totally rock. Having just re-organzied my client and project data and with the introduction of job numbers into our workflow, Bridge allows me to manage the creative process through a dynamic GUI. Having assets, versions of creative literally laid out before me I am able to ensure files are organized and can span applications. Cool.

Smart Objects

These appear to be awesome. When pasting something from Illustrator into Photoshop I was asked how I would like to paste the object (Smart Object, Pixels, Path, Shape Object). Choosing Smart Object allows the artwork to retain its vector state as well as receive "in-document" updates if you modify the original. Very cool.

More soon.