Discover the very first 3rd party iOS app that takes full advantage of Netvibes APIs: Talking Netvibes, powered by Odiogo, leading provider of cloud-based audio solutions on the go. A clever app that will make your iPhone read your personal news selection out loud, directly from your Netvibes Dashboard.

Browse throughout your dashboard, tabs and widgets to view and, most importantly, to listen to any story. Social sharing features also allow you to share articles via email, twitter or Facebook. “Allowing partners and third party providers such as Odiogo to connect with the Netvibes environment via a set of secured APIs, is at the cornerstone of our strategy. We salute Odiogo’s initiative to provide to our large community, of both individual users and corporations, an innovative and convenient way to access the content of their Netvibes dashboards.” (Freddy Mini, CEO of Netvibes)

“The information overload drives users to seek ways to access information in ‘eyes-busy’ situations, for example when driving, exercising and cooking. This Odiogo technology combined with Netvibes dashboards, allows users to create their personalized audio news bulletin with the news sources that they trust. Also, the audio feature proves itself to be extremely convenient for visually impaired users or for those experiencing difficulties reading on a small screen, as well as for language learners.” (Marc Kawam, CEO of Odiogo) The application is available on the Apple Store (http://bit.ly/TalkingNetvibes) at $2.99. Six month worth of subscription is offered with the purchase of the application. After the 6-month period, an In-App purchase permits a renewal of the service for another 6 months, and so on. Want to know more about Netvibes APIs and developing your own apps? Get in touch!

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The Fontspring font stack hack for displaying custom fonts on websites in a cross-browser compatible way.

Better web-safe font stacks.

An interesting free, DIY flowy font with a scribbly hand-drawn feel.

Crazy looking type.

I’ve been thinking about redoing my personal brand with a new site design, a new logo, and a whole new Russell Heimlich. Design isn’t exactly my strong suit, or maybe your hardest client is yourself, but this could be a long process. So my first step is to do lots and lots of research including perusing some fonts. Below are some of the more interesting ones I’ve found.

3Dumb & 2Dumb – A hand-drawn 2d and 3d block letter san-serif font. It kinda reminds me of the movie Juno.

Lefty Dave – Another hand-drawn font but this one looks just like the writing from a lefty which, as a southpaw myself, attracted me to it.

Zitti – A rounded font with no counters (the empty space in R’s, D’s, and O’s).

Jabjai – Another cartoony, 3D block letter font. Only uppercase letters available.

Val – A big fluffy-like-a-cloud font. None of these really say me, but I thought they were interesting and worth sharing. I hope to make another update about my personal redesign after this weekend  when I work on this some more. a

Soft, cloud like free font.

3D and 2D sketchy handwritten font.

Handwritten font that looks like it was written by a lefty.

Rounded, soft font. I like how the counters are filled in.

Handwritten block letter font similar to action Jackson.

Free handwritten font looks kind of markerish.

Preview several fonts at once with custom text

Set of ideal font stacks for better web typography

Chunk is an awesome, free slab serif font.

A font made by a car.

Better web font stacks.

Great font for coding. Changed my settings in Dreamweaver to use this one.