Creating word clouds with Wordle
I was alerted by Don McAllister to the usefulness of wordle.net as a promotional / marketing / analytical tool. Wordle call their tool a 'toy' so the emphasis is on play and experimentation rather than serious number-crunching or hardcore PR. And it certainly is quick and fun to use. Here's my work cloud for smallgoodthing.net:
Wordle takes various sources (pasted text, URLs) and quickly generates a graphic of the most common words, in 'tag cloud' style -- ie. the most used words and phrases appear largest. The graphic is customisable with your own colours and a choice of fonts.
Link to my Wordle page.
