I just realised that these are just pictures, the don't actually do anything...
2008/6/19 Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Alia, > > Thanks for posting that. They are quite interesting and pretty "word > clouds". > > I'm just wondering if people actually use them? For example, they used to > appear on sites like CiF, but they have been removed. > > They also seem a usability nightmare... > > I'm guessing there is probably some massive successful word cloud out there > and I've just missed it? > > 2008/6/19 Alia Sheikh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > So I might be coming late to the party, but have y'all seen this? >> >> http://wordle.net/ >> >> It's "a toy for generating 'word clouds' from text that you provide. The >> clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the >> source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and >> color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however >> you like." >> >> It's all rather pretty and has me wondering if I should do unspeakable >> things with scheduling data. >> >> Alia >> - >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, >> please visit >> http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >> Unofficial list archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ >> > > > > -- > > > Brian Butterworth > > http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover > advice, since 2002 -- Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
