Comments on: Words in the Clouds http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:09:16 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Stochastic Scribbles » Blog Archive » Scribbled word cloud http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-41909 Stochastic Scribbles » Blog Archive » Scribbled word cloud Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:42:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/#comment-41909 [...] Java applet, so there isn’t any worry that generating images will overload the Wordle server. Cosmic Variance and the US/LHC Blogs are two sites that have already succumbed to the fad. With such prestigious [...] [...] Java applet, so there isn’t any worry that generating images will overload the Wordle server. Cosmic Variance and the US/LHC Blogs are two sites that have already succumbed to the fad. With such prestigious [...]

]]> By: Claire http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-41908 Claire Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:13:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/#comment-41908 Sean - thanks so much for this link, Wordle is great! I had a lot of fun this weekend procrastinating with it, one of which I think you might enjoy: http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/138118/Cosmic_Microwave_Background Text is from wikipedia with some tweaking on my part. Sean – thanks so much for this link, Wordle is great! I had a lot of fun this weekend procrastinating with it, one of which I think you might enjoy:
http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/138118/Cosmic_Microwave_Background
Text is from wikipedia with some tweaking on my part.

]]> By: Michaela http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-41907 Michaela Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:20:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/#comment-41907 http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/88320/Binding_of_nucleolar_proteins_to_polynucleotide_kinase http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/88325/Immunofluorescence_of_human_polynucleotide_kinase I would like support for Greek characters! http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/88320/Binding_of_nucleolar_proteins_to_polynucleotide_kinase
http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/88325/Immunofluorescence_of_human_polynucleotide_kinase

I would like support for Greek characters!

]]> By: Lab Lemming http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-41906 Lab Lemming Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:14:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/#comment-41906 Robert: I do a direct comparison here: http://lablemminglounge.blogspot.com/2008/05/titanium-as-cathodoluminescence.html Robert:
I do a direct comparison here:
http://lablemminglounge.blogspot.com/2008/05/titanium-as-cathodoluminescence.html

]]> By: comrogue http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-41905 comrogue Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:23:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/#comment-41905 Obama wordles! http://www.flickr.com/photos/25652913@N03/tags/obamawordles/ Obama wordles!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25652913@N03/tags/obamawordles/

]]> By: Robert the Red http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-41900 Robert the Red Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:36:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/#comment-41900 Why not use the Wordle of a paper's text in place of the abstract? I think I'll put a Wordle on my next poster presentation. Or maybe use it as the 'Outline' slide for my next talk. Why not use the Wordle of a paper’s text in place of the abstract?

I think I’ll put a Wordle on my next poster presentation. Or maybe use it as the ‘Outline’ slide for my next talk.

]]> By: Lab Lemming http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-41903 Lab Lemming Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:56:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/#comment-41903 On the "trying to find a lame work-based justification for procrastination" front, a bunch of us tried word clouding papers and comparing them to the author-generated keywords. See http://clasticdetritus.com/2008/05/04/text-cloud-for-two-of-my-papers/ and associated links if you're desperately trying to waste time (and if you aren't, why is your web browser open?). On the “trying to find a lame work-based justification for procrastination” front, a bunch of us tried word clouding papers and comparing them to the author-generated keywords.
See http://clasticdetritus.com/2008/05/04/text-cloud-for-two-of-my-papers/ and associated links if you’re desperately trying to waste time (and if you aren’t, why is your web browser open?).

]]> By: Brian Mingus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-41902 Brian Mingus Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:35:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/#comment-41902 Very cool.. Here's one made from a dump of the text on the wiki for our neural simulator, Emergent. (I hope you don't mind that I used the same font Sean :) http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/82512/emergent_final http://grey.colorado.edu/emergent Very cool.. Here’s one made from a dump of the text on the wiki for our neural simulator, Emergent. (I hope you don’t mind that I used the same font Sean :)

http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/82512/emergent_final
http://grey.colorado.edu/emergent

]]> By: Neil B. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-41901 Neil B. Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:22:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/#comment-41901 I "couldn't resist" and this Wordle cloud seems to perfectly get the scoop on McCain's ilbiteracy and ilneteracy. It is though the main post, not the entire thread with comments so I slightly mistitled it: http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/82244/Cosmic_Variance_thread_on_McCain_just_now_learning_the_Internet BTW, "ilneterate" and "ilbiterate" appear a few cases other than my uses on Google, but I basically introduced the -acy forms there FWIW. I “couldn’t resist” and this Wordle cloud seems to perfectly get the scoop on McCain’s ilbiteracy and ilneteracy. It is though the main post, not the entire thread with comments so I slightly mistitled it:

http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/82244/Cosmic_Variance_thread_on_McCain_just_now_learning_the_Internet

BTW, “ilneterate” and “ilbiterate” appear a few cases other than my uses on Google, but I basically introduced the -acy forms there FWIW.

]]> By: Alex http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/comment-page-1/#comment-41899 Alex Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:30:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/07/22/words-in-the-clouds/#comment-41899 Universe Fluctuations: AKA Cosmic Variance ;) http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/81748/Universe_Fluctuations Universe Fluctuations: AKA Cosmic Variance ;)

http://wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/81748/Universe_Fluctuations

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