Comments on: Wordle http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/1602.html Data is ones and zeroes | Software is ones and zeroes and hard work. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Third Bit » Blog Archive » At a Glance http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/1602.html#comment-1817 The Third Bit » Blog Archive » At a Glance Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:20:25 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/1602.html#comment-1817 [...] posted a note about Wordle back in June, and keep coming across interesting ways to use it.  The most recent is this [...] [...] posted a note about Wordle back in June, and keep coming across interesting ways to use it.  The most recent is this [...]

]]> By: Heather http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/1602.html#comment-1816 Heather Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:06:35 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/1602.html#comment-1816 I had that same question, Brandon. I love wordle, it is certainly fun but also quite telling. So I put in all of Obama's speeches from June and all of McCain's from June into Wordle and ta-da: http://heatherwilliams.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/the-politics-of-obama-versus-mccain-using-wordle/ Very interesting I think!! I had that same question, Brandon. I love wordle, it is certainly fun but also quite telling.

So I put in all of Obama’s speeches from June and all of McCain’s from June into Wordle and ta-da:

http://heatherwilliams.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/the-politics-of-obama-versus-mccain-using-wordle/

Very interesting I think!!

]]> By: Brandon Craig Rhodes http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/1602.html#comment-1815 Brandon Craig Rhodes Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:14:29 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/1602.html#comment-1815 Thank you for pointing out Wordle! They should create contests where you take similar documents, like the five acts of Hamlet or the dozen or so books of Paul, and challenge your friends to guess which is which merely from the word frequencies. I wonder whether people could tell politicians apart from word frequency? How would one hundred Obama speeches and one hundred McCain speeches compare on Wordle? Thank you for pointing out Wordle! They should create contests where you take similar documents, like the five acts of Hamlet or the dozen or so books of Paul, and challenge your friends to guess which is which merely from the word frequencies.

I wonder whether people could tell politicians apart from word frequency? How would one hundred Obama speeches and one hundred McCain speeches compare on Wordle?

]]> By: David Wolever http://third-bit.com/blog/archives/1602.html#comment-1814 David Wolever Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:03:40 +0000 http://pyre.third-bit.com/blog/archives/1602.html#comment-1814 Am I the only one who thought that said "Zune" (then thought "Greg, have you sold out to Microsoft)? Am I the only one who thought that said “Zune” (then thought “Greg, have you sold out to Microsoft)?

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