WhatTheFont!: Font recognition from graphics
WhatTheFont is a lot like one of my favorites, Identifont. This little free service allows you to upload a graphic that contains words, and the system does its best to identify your font.
I tried it with a few logos I’ve developed where I knew what the font was. It hit about 50 percent of the time, but the misses were darn close. I could have easily used one of the fonts they came up with as a close match to the look and feel.
WhatTheFont is a tool brought to you by MyFonts, which looks to be a pretty inexpensive way to purchase interesting fonts. Of course, I still prefer dafont, which is free. I’m funny like that.
ShowDocument: Free Web Meetings and Document Sharing Instantly
We’ll I’ll be… here I thought Dimdim (review coming soon!) was going to be my new favorite online collaboration tool, and then I find ShowDocument. ShowDocument lets you share a document, whiteboard, YouTube video — all kinds of stuff — with a very, very, very quick touch of a button. You can have up to 50 attendees.
Oh, did I mention it was completely free?
The only drawback is that it doesn’t integrate audio and video unless you use the professional version, which lists its pricing as “a flat monthly rate” and asks you to fill out a form to be contacted by sales. Not a good sign for a free or low-cost tool.
But the free version is wonderful.
Web Meeting, Document Sharing | ShowDocument.
Twelpforce: Tech people standing by to help on Twitter
Clever, clever Best Buy folks set up@Twelpforce, a Twitter account that gives free tech answers just for asking. Great public relations idea, and a fantastic free resource.
Also, check out CrossLoop, another great resource for help with your computer.
