Monday, August 11, 2008

Word clouds

For those of us graphically inclined, word clouds are cool and high impact.

For those of us more analytically wired, word clouds are data cells that reflect fact.

For those of us whose brains buzz on both sides, word clouds are a quick, one glance way to learn a heck of a lot about a document, web page, or other text-rich entity. The one above tells the Always Upward story, in under five seconds. Pretty effective, huh?

To create your own (free!) word cloud, visit the Wordle site. Have to admit, it’s kind of fun....