Tagxedo - Like Wordle on Steroids

Tagxedo, a word cloud generator, was beta-released this week and it already supports the “future plans” of using either image or words as shapes. Also, you can now save to both Jpg or Png.

Here's one I created for Justice John Paul Stevens

"Please check out the Tagxedo gallery (currently just my creations; community submission to come later). There are almost 30 examples — all clickable and leading you to Tagxedo for further editing — showcasing what Tagxedo can do. Please believe me when I say even I am stunned by the artfulness of the word clouds!"
– Hardy Leung (creator of Tagxedo)

Are you seriously into Tag Clouds? Check this one out!

See WordPress plugin for flash-based tag cloud "movie". This is open source software and does not require use of the WordPress blogging platform.
Click here to install the plugin from WordPress.

If you like Wordle, you'll think Tagul is cool

A new tag cloud tool --Tagul is different than Wordle because each tag in Tagul cloud is linked with an URL and is “clickable” that enables visitors to use it for navigation and sends the user to a Google search. Tagul has some features that Wordle doesn’t, like custom shapes selection and multiply fonts usage in one cloud.

The documentation offers many ways to embed the tag cloud properly; this is where it gets complicated for me. I think the simple embed code will work nicely with eBlogger. However, I know it would be more difficult to implement with our CMS400 web software.

I used the Quartet Roadmap to Israeli-Palestinian Peace [April 30, 2003] because I have recently been developing some resources for a Middle East Project. Interesting that the word Palestinian is the most used word by far.

TagCrowd - make your own tag cloud from any text

Scroll down to the right to view the tag cloud generated from posts on this blog.

According to the TagCrowd site:
TagCrowd is taking tag clouds far beyond their original function:

* as topic summaries for speeches and written works
* as blog tool or website analysis for search engine optimization (SEO)
* for visual analysis of survey data
* as brand clouds that let companies see how they are perceived by the world
* for data mining a text corpus
* for helping writers and students reflect on their work
* as name tags for conferences, or wherever new collaborations start
* as resumes in a single glance
* as visual poetry