June 19, 2008

Wordle

I ran across the magical Wordle, which creates world clouds when you input some text. It’s a great way to visualize things to see what’s important. Or just fun.

Here’s a cloud made from the entire text of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice:

6 Responses to “Wordle”

  1. Dan4th says:

    That’s totally charming. I did Romeo & Juliet

    http://wordle.net/gallery/00424/Romeo_%26_Juliet

  2. jeffrey says:

    Wow, there’s a whole passle of “thou”s in that play!

  3. Varia says:

    Oh, wow. Charming is the only possible word.

  4. ruth says:

    every word? wow! and I know you read it.

  5. Jon Silpayamanant says:

    Wow, and aesthetic representation of computational stylistics…neat…

  6. Jon Silpayamanant says:

    oops, “an” that is…

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