I love visualizations. Wordle makes “word clouds” out of passages or collections of text. These don’t necessarily communicate a lot of meaning, but I am fascinated by the ability of the algorithms to create beauty - the arrangements look, well, designed, regardless of input or typeface. There’s some good visual rules at play here.
Here’s my del.icio.us tags (a good way to see what I think is interesting online):
Also: The book of Ephesians.
Posted in Tools, Toys, and Geekery
It’s not all I think about, actually. I’m missing tags: “wife”, “kids”, “PUMP”. It’s just that they have no real digital equivalents.
On June 30th, 2008 at 03:09 pm,
Allan said:
Nice recovery, dear. 
That is a cool tool! My blog made a beautiful cloud - except for the blazing big “busy” right in the middle.
On June 30th, 2008 at 10:21 pm,
Kristi said:
On July 2nd, 2008 at 07:47 am,
Cheryl Russell said:
On July 9th, 2008 at 07:59 am,
Allan said:
Google's user-friendly IDE for building Android apps, based on a Java library.
Excellent DIY Cam rigs, the tutorials run $10-$40.
Powerful film-slate app, with many timecode, sync, and annotation options. Can send XML to FCP afterward.
Create a inexpensive DIY cam stabilizer with parts and tutorials.
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