Create Word Clouds From Your Favorite Text at Wordle
By Tom Chandler on Jun 17, 2008 in Underground Entertainment, Writer tools
As Web 2.0 fanatics, we’re always searching for our next online time waster, and Wordle might be one of the best.
You cut and paste text into the box, and it generates a “word cloud” based on word usage (often-used words are shown bigger).
This next is the Wordle of my most-read post — my Value-Added Copywriter Manifesto:
It’s fun and it’s addictive, and damnit, I’m going to use it to promote myself to my clients. I don’t know how (well, I’ve got a few ideas), but I will.
Keep Wordle-ing writing, Tom Chandler.
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God, I love this! Can’t have too many time-wasters. Way better than Twitter :)
Roberta Rosenberg | Jun 18, 2008 | Reply
What Roberta said. I’ve thought of doing something similar on the walls in our house — just a sentence or two from my favourite books. But this is so much better!
Here’s Chapter One of the Great Gatsby — if I had time, I’d tweak it a bit, but here are the unedited results:
http://wordle.net/gallery/Great_Gatsby_-_Chapter_One
(Might be especially attractive if your name happens to be Tom…)
~Graham
Graham Strong | Jun 18, 2008 | Reply
Imagine sending a client a big, glossy, pdf file of the Web site you just wrote for them (perhaps you’d pump up the company name just a bit).
Winner.
Tom Chandler | Jun 18, 2008 | Reply
wow amazing awesome out of this word made for me love hate peace pimp rocker skater is a lock heartbroken shame whatever dont care make it run it loose it sikee tough evil nice kool how when where are you great bad tool fool pool eyes nose lips see monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday sunday
hi goodbye
samantha | Jul 14, 2008 | Reply
I’m not at all sure if this is some brilliant attempt at spam or simply Online Freeform Blog Comment Poetry, but I’m leaving it, damnit.
Tom Chandler | Jul 14, 2008 | Reply