So I found a very fun site that George Ford will now yell at me for him wasting countless hours playing there. Tagxedo not only lets you create word clouds but also allows you to create custom shaped word clouds. I created a list of my top commenters over this year. By duplicating the names of the most frequent commenters in my list, it allows you to see them bigger than the rest. And the custom shape? You might recognize it as the silhouette of my famous green hair gravatar.
What is nice is that Tagxedo will take your blog or twitter feed and automatically create a word cloud for you.
Right now adding custom shapes, like my gravatar, is free while it is in Beta but head over and check out this video on 101 Ways you can use Tagxedo.
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61 responses to “Commenter Word Cloud – Tagxedo”
How cool and I see George is your biggest commenter. Way cool.
Have a terrific day. 🙂
For the 2nd half of the year, we’ll get you in the top 20 Sandee.
Had I not read the explanation below, I would have had NO understanding why I see little “Jynksies” all over that thing. Kind of cool that is, but then again, any mention of me I find cool! [grin]
If I ever see a bunch of little Jynksies all over the place, I’ll wonder why the vasectomy didn’t hold.
o.O …. I cant top that one! [smirk]
Don’t mess with the bull.
My name’s up there, my name’s up there!! 🙂
Very cool!
I think you could do something cool with a custom word cloud based on a photograph.
OMG, does my ass look fat in green?
No seriously, I swear it has added on friggin inches!!!!!
What do you mean…only “in green”?
That’s pretty neat! I guess you have Binky on your brain. If you altered it a bit, LOOn or GeOrge FOrd could have been your eyes.
I didn’t have control over the placement of the words. It is random to fill in the space.
aT LEAST i’M NOT ALL BRIGHT PINK IN THIS ONE BUT IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEEEEN.
dRATS, CAPS LOCK WAS ON & i CAN’T BE BOTHERED RETYPING IT AGAIN
I went for green to match my hair.
and to make my butt look big!!!!!!
I’m sorry. Which side is your butt?
the two OO Bearman, gosh!!!!!
Hey! That is a cool cloud! I might have to look into it later. And next time I’m gonna be one of your top commentors! 😉
Definitely. It was only from the 1st half of the yaar. You will be all over the second.
Whoa! I’m the shoulders. That means I’m, like, supporting everyone else. Awesome!
Theres a first. haha j/k Thanks for all the great commentary.
Oooh I see I’m duplicated all over the place…. makes all that commenting worthwhile 😉
Don’t want to burst your bubble. I had it replicate names to fill in the blank spaces..haha
Wow! That Nate Fakes fellow really sticks out!
You are my ear wax.
Ha! That’s awesome! I appreciate you swinging in over at Tooned In, I have alot of features to get out lately on deadline, but I eventually get all caught up!
One day I’ll join you on your G+ Huddles.
Hahaha…
looks like I gave your gravatar a bit of a cowlick!
🙂
Always gotta be out of line.
Could be worse…
I could have given you a mullet instead.
🙂
That s really cool, I see me there a few times 🙂
Most casual readers would look at that name and figure I let a spammer get through.
Yea but there is a difference, I am an actual person and what I do is fun, and takes a lot of time, but I do get looked at as a spammer sometimes. It is something that bothers me, but its the nature of the game. It does suck though cause I read a ton of blogs and post comments only to not get accepted. So seriously Thanks! I really do appreciate it.
I was quick to figure out you were smarter than a spammer.
Love it! I’ll head over and check it out.
You may not come back.
I like word clouds but they did become a fad and were overused years ago.
But it’s nice to see my name in a word cloud.
thanks
Only second to one day seeing your name in lights.
I must not leave enough comments. I don’t see my name 🙁
I think you slacked off the first couple months of the year.
Slacked off!? I moved and I didn’t have access to the internet at the beginning of the year.
Come on Bear, I thought you were like Santa Claus and knew when I was sleeping, when I moved, when I didn’t have internet connection, when I took a dump.
Geez, maybe I should take you off the pedestal. 😉
Obviously I remembered when you weren’t around. Oh and your wife says to tell you that you left the light on again when you left the house.
You remembered me! Now I feel loved 🙂
I usually just leave the stove on. I’m so scatter brained.
As long as your head isn’t inside.
What a unusual character of yourself… many peoples on your mind? I do like it, tho… I see a few repeats, for being fill ins they add a nice complexion to your cloud 😉
Yeah since I only limited it to the top 20, I had some space to fill in. Thanks!
Nice! I better get catch up so I can save some “face” for myself.
I think I see you starting to come out of my nose. Wait no. That is a booger.
Ooh! I love how the cloud appears to be in the shape of your head! It’s almost lopsided, but it works its way back to correction around the neck. Where do you get these fancy toys that mesmerize me so? 😀
I’ll see you in a few days once you come up for air.
Haha, This is fun 🙂
I am the king of wasting time on the internet.
That’s one thing about you, Bearman, you don’t mind sharing your new toys. Interesting site. Thanks!
Now if I created this site, I might make you pay for it.
Boo! I’m not even a tiny speck…
You might have been number 22.
Cool. I’m always happy to see my name so I can get the slight pause – “hey that guy has the same name as me, of wait, that is me.”
There is only one. You are an original.
I’ve used a website similar to this for a teaching tool. The largest words appeared the most often, so the students could figure out the main characters of the story, or main ideas, etc. based on the size of text. Very cool stuff!
Very interesting to do it with poetry. Also not a bad idea for your resume to see what key words pop up most.