My Awesome New Toy
February 7, 2009
Have you guys heard of Wordle, where you can make wordclouds either from text you type in or from a url? And then customise them in a ton of ways! I used my blog url; I think it only uses the ‘front page’ to get the word cloud. Maybe even just the latest post. Here’s the resulting cloud:
Then I did one using my about page (I find it hilarious that ‘well’ is so big), using some of my favourite colours:
And finally I made one with one of my very favourite poems, Pablo Neruda’s “The Saddest Poem”.
Then I had to cut myself off, or I would have probably been there for hours. ;)
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I discovered a few months ago. I’ve lost many hours to Wordle. Have fun!
This is so very cool.
I love what you created.
So far I have successfully resisted. *grits teeth and tries to forget the URL*
Ooh, what a fun site! Thanks for sharing.
Jeesh, now I have to go play!! Thanks for the link!!
awesome! I love it. I’ve used typogenerator -http://typogenerator.net/index.php?new=true
to make some buttons, but word clouds! oh I love word clouds.
see ya later, I’ll be lost for a while. thanks for the link.
What fun! My turn!
Oh, I have wasted much time on Wordle – love it!
Thanks for sharing.. I had so much fun! But how do you save it to your own blog? I couldn’t figure it out.. lol. :)
I loooove Wordle! It’s one of my favorite sites. Yours turned out great!
Ok, so i’m in LOVE with this new little toy!!! Oh yes, it may be turning up quite frequently on my blog now ;)
Oooh, thanks for the link! Just another excuse to spend more time online :)
hey this looks like fun!
This is way too cool. I love mine … I am going to have to post my word cloud.
This is too cool. . .
Ooh, that looks like a wonderful time-waster! I’m going to bookmark it and have fun playing with it another day..
That is SO cool!
Now I am hooked too! They look so cool.
Vasilly, glad I’m not the only one hooked!
Diane, isn’t it? :)
Sherry, thanks!
Janet, hehe-good luck!
Staci, no problem! I hope you post yours on your blog!
Raidergirl, I love that typogenerator too. :)
Maggie, yay!
Carrie, isn’t it addicting?!
Claire, I used the print screen button (‘PrtSc’-it’s usually hanging out above the number row). This makes a ‘copy’ of your screen, than I opened paint and pasted it. And then I just cropped it to my wordle. I think you can also save them as a file on the site, if you want them available to everyone.
Andi, thanks!
Chris, yay! Isn’t it fun?!
Lightheaded, I know-that’s just what we all need, lol.
Jessica, hope you enjoy it!
Kristen, can’t wait to see yours. :)
Blacklin, glad you like it!
Michelle, it’s definitely a time-waster. ;)
Monnibo, isn’t is weird how cool it is, when you stop to think about it?
Sarah, the more addicts the better! hehe ;)
I have played around with Wordle but cannot get results like yours.
Oh no! Just what I need — another time suck! I’m still recovering from my http://www.freerice.com jag. But this looks irresistible.
Violette, I spent way too much time playign with them. ;)
Rose, hehe-Free Rice is addictive too!
Thanks for that. That was fun.