I made some experiments via www.tagxedo.com/app.html – maybe you are interested to try the same – loading via the creator (1) your own website URL, then choosing your own (2) shape / silhouette – (3) colors – (4) fonts etc. – enjoy!
above: to create design-1 I loaded my webpage https://flickrcomments.wordpress.com/guitar – works automatically then …
below: to create design-2 I’ve written my own words into a box:
P.S.:
I was inspired by Laura Bloomsbury to try a tagxedo:
http://telltaletherapy.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/jjj-challenge-just-jane/ – if you have an own tagxedo, please send your link – so we could compare our results!
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Laura (read comments below) gave a link to wordle too, I’ve made a test there:
[not my favorite]
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my third experiment with tagxedo now using the URL of my archives / blog content:
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I love this kind of stuff – will post the result of my playing around later!
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I’m curious – maybe you post the link here?
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Certainly – just have to use my big monitor as the site seems to not be iPhone or iPad friendly!
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you make me smile – I never had money for iPhone or iPad…
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The older I get I seem to deny myself less… I must admit to having held off on these kinds of toys until this year!
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They are probably much cheaper here than in Europe…
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or maybe I’m too silly to learn to type with my thick fingers on tiny letters …
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P.S.:
you wrote: “…housework, making meals and doing laundry, chauffeur service, brushing the dog, getting dressed, answering the phone…”
my reply – you are right, maybe I should stop to play guitar (or to create tagxedo word-tablets) …
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I was birthday gifted with a special pen for just that reason!
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but I’m typing blind with many fingers, now go back to pick with one stick, letter for letter – and my eyes? it’s all too small! in my early days it was luxury to own big screens, now it is luxury to have tiny ones only to dechiffre with a magnifying glass?
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I did a heart shaped one a few months ago but couldn’t get it on my sidebar!
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hit “SAVE” (?)
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I heard about this last year, I think, but was afraid to try it, Frizz–is it safe for an “OLD” computer?? I don’t want mine to explode–then I’d never get my alphabet assignments to you….
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maybe your PC will not explode, but your lyrics appear in a great visual design too?
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if you continue to have fear, that your PC could explode: you could send me 10 of your own words and I’ll try it for you: to create a visual poem?
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Other than plugging in my URL to get a blog cloud, I can’t figure out how to do anything else that’s cool–I’m bummed! Not sure how to do the tutorial, even–I told you I’m a tech dweeb, seriously. My talent is pretty limited–writing, and some cooking…
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hi Bennetta,
cooking is much better
than creeping through a tutorial
– congrats!
(I can’t cook –
except Spaghetti)
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Maybe I should actually download the tutorial–it’s LONG–as I couldn’t figure it out from their website…..arrgghh.
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I’ll be having a go later but meanwhile there is also wordle to play with!
http://www.wordle.net/
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wordle needs java plugin which firefox does not like but found a street poem for tagxedo word clouding
http://telltaletherapy.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/tagxedo-street-poem/
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dear Laura, very inspiring to see your poetry thrown into a web-design chaos-machine …
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Beautiful dear Frizz, I loved them both. I tried but it doesn’t work in my PC why I don’t know, I can’t create… Thanks and Love, nia
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I played with it…You’ll see it later 😉
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dear iceman75 – I like your result! – maybe this tagxedo-software helps me, to put my focus more on words and art than on guitar music or photography …
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How did you know i’ve been trying to make an archive (unsuccessfully)? Thank you Frizztext I will try this way and hope for the best.
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good luck for your page [archives]
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I have to use a big screen for most things that require lots of attention to detail – here is one of my results for tagged. Interesting that it changes the tags according to which font you use – I wonder if the tags it picks could be said to accurately reflect the nature of the blogger as well?
How did you embed the photo in your reply to iceman – all I can seem to do is give you this link:
http://acrossthebored.com/?attachment_id=3752
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You are also a magician!
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no, it’s only the html source code …
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Thank you for this! I’ve been playing around with it.
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Hey Frizz–I DID IT! Want to see my first try? http://indigomoondazed.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/thunder-angels/
Thanks for your encouragement, I found a good tutorial at wikihow.com!
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yes, Bennetta, the tutorial is perfect:
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Word-Cloud-at-Tagxedo.Com
thanks for the link!
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your result:
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Interesting! I might have to give it a try.
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