(Via Max Kiesler)
Wordle is a java applet, created by Jonathan Feinberg, which creates aesthetically pleasing tag clouds from text you enter, offering you rough control over layout, font, and colors.
Here’s one I created based on the current content of this blog (click on it to view full size):
Note that Enterprise comes out heavy – I assume that has to do with the Enterprise 2.0 conference being the title of many recent posts.
I blogged a while back about We Feel Fine, a visualization of data from the internet cloud mapped to feelings by Jonathan Harris.
Now Thomas Fuchs and Amy Hoy have brought a similar visualization approach to Twitter with Twistori (click for full sized image):
It’s wonderful – simple, clear, lightweight, easy to watch, and elegant. I’d love it if it were possible to create your own twistori terms – maybe they’ll release the code?
Read more about it on Amy’s Blog: love & hate: from knuckle tattoos to the internet’s emotional pulse with Twistori
Via Bill Ives’ Portals and KM Blog I discovered that the folks at Information Architects Japan have released (in beta, naturally) the 2008 version of their highly popular Web Trends Map : Web Trends Map Beta 2008
Unfortunately for me the download link is having issues – resulting in a corrupted PDF. But the interactive, clickable online version is working fine.
There are also a couple of posts describing the thought process and rationale behind the map:
The first of which includes this quick dig at Facebook’s expense:
Facebook has moved to Nippori because, from a broader perspective, Nippori is boring. But it’s still an important station (Nippori is a hub for Narita, Tokyo’s international airport).
Nice.
Open Parenthesis is a blog about free and open source software, next generation internet strategy, and the assembled web, written by John Eckman (me).
I'm a Sr. Director at Optaros, a professional services firm offering strategy, design, development, and consulting services to enterprises interested in leveraging free and open source software.
