A toy for generating word clouds from text

Wordle takes the text you provide and turns it in a typographic design. Sometimes the result is beautiful, sometimes it’s funny. The more frequently the word appears in the text, the bigger it will be in the final image.

I tried Wordle with text centered around “programming” and “code” and used “sexy code” in it. Wordy had its own ideas where sexy would fit best, and no matter how many times I randomized the design it was sided with anything but “code”. “Sexy resources” looked quite nice though 🙂

Stixy

Found something that suited the needs of one of my non-profits better than Google docs: Stixy, a free service with the only limitation: don’t upload anything bigger than 50 Mb.

Stixy does not allow to edit documents online, but it also does not alter your documents during conversion to a proprietary format like Google. You can also share images, notes, and to-do lists, and the interface is self-explanatory.

Call to Arms for Web Designers: Make Simplicity the Trend for 2010

This thoughtful post at Inspect Element is not about cutting down on visual elements of design for the sake of simplifying interaction. It is about getting rid of clutter, both visual and functional. Complete with examples.

Call to Arms for Web Designers: Make Simplicity the Trend for 2010