My Twitter follower word cloud

Word cloud created with TwitterSheep.

I'm a big believer in seeking inspiration outside of the realm I work in, and creating things that don't appeal specifically to that crowd.  It leads to richer, more interesting ideas.  So my goal for this word cloud is to make the big words smaller, the small words bigger and to constantly be adding new words to it.

Data Visualization with Wordle

A recent post from Matt Dickman brought Wordle to my attention. Wordle takes any site with an RSS feed and creates a word cloud. The output is customizable by font, color and layout and is another great example of data as art. Here's the cloud of my Google Shared items:

As Matt mentions, this is great for bloggers seeking a competitive advantage. But it can also help marketers spot trends in their business.