A word cloud is a visual depiction of content (words) used in a body of text. The words in this cloud, are arranged alphabetically and depict more frequently used words in progressively larger fonts. This word cloud (pictured) was generated from my blog. You can generate your own word cloud, from your blog or website, or from a favorite passage of text, and print it on a t-shirt, either for yourself or for your favorite friend blogger. I am almost tempted, myself.
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Thanx for this link. I've done the cloud for my own blog and used it for a post that will come up next week.
I did one of these for my own blog a few weeks ago. I found that the algorithm picked up a lot of irrelevant words and ignored others that are more central to what I write about. Still, it's a fun and interesting function.