A tag cloud is a visual presentation of text. It uses word frequency to provide a blink-worthy read of information. It communicates a great deal in a few seconds and provides an instant take.
I entered the text of our mission and description et voila! A poetic distillation of meaning.
Made using TagCrowd created by Daniel Steinbock, a doctoral student in Design and Education at Stanford University.
Poetic distillation?
I tried the application on another text. The seventy word tag cloud is below. Can you guess which text?
The two-forty-five express — Paddington to Market Blandings, first stop Oxford—stood at its piatform with…
Changing your mind is perfectly normal—and often essential. After all, it’s what education is all…
One childhood ritual during the days between Christmas and the return to school was the…
“That woman is pursued by demons,” Wally Brigley, the Board chair, declared as he settled…
“You look about as festive as a radish sandwich,” Midge had said. And she wasn’t…
"We were young and we were keen; Europe was in flames, and we were ready…