Seen by Matt on December 4 2008:
Wordle generates “word clouds” from text that you provide. Nico Nabholz made this one from the text in Getting Real.
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8 comments so far
Don Schenck 04 Dec 08
Idea: Take text from a popular book (or, as in this case, “Getting Real”) and run it through Wordle.
Take the resulting page and use that as inspiration for a web product.
Using the above as an example: a web site that addresses the needs of People, Software, Time, Customers and Products.
Software that connects people to customers and products and save time??
Software that saves time for people when their product has an issue and they need Customer support??
Catching my drift? I might be on to something…
Kyle 04 Dec 08
A while ago I used Wordle to make a word cloud from the text of Paul Graham’s essays. Look for the words “make”, “something”, “people”, and “want”.
Will 04 Dec 08
I used Wordle just a couple of months ago to make a word cloud of all of the words from our ceremony and vows as a gift for my wife on our first (“paper”) anniversary. It printed beautifully (on some nice paper) and made quite an impact.
Wordle is cool.
Ben 04 Dec 08
Wow. There are some really nice color combinations in there. I may have to use those for inspiration for my next website design.
Dave Sailer 04 Dec 08
Try “typogenerator” (www.typogenerator.net).
From the FAQ :
Q: Who did it?
A: typogenerator was a student project by Katharina Nussbaumer in summer 2004 at FH Hagenberg/Austria.
iain 05 Dec 08
how about a keyword generator? loosely measure the density of keywords in the body of a web page?
Bill P 05 Dec 08
Will, I just did the same thing with the text of my Wife’s Business’ home page.
Just about every randomization was beautiful enough for her to frame and hang in her studio.
Well done Wordle!
Diwant Vaidya 08 Dec 08
Thanks for this. I have enjoyed it a LOT . Tweeted about it too.
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