Doug Shimp - Agile Scrum Coach » tools http://doug-shimp.net I love the intersection of people, technology, culture and great products. Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:47:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Playing With Wordle A Fun Tool http://doug-shimp.net/tools/playing-with-wordle-a-fun-tool/ http://doug-shimp.net/tools/playing-with-wordle-a-fun-tool/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 20:43:11 +0000 doug-shimp http://doug-shimp.net/?p=99 So, I found a new tool to play with and it is pretty slick. The tool is free and allows you to make some interesting word art for little to no effort. Here is what you do.

  1. Visit Wordle
  2. Navigate to the create tab
  3. Enter an Url ( For example, I used an atom feed from an upcoming Scrum Training Class)
  4. Submit and then modify to taste.

Here is the sample I produced in about 5 minutes.

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 You can adjust colors, fonts, remove words, increase words etc. The picture is a pleasing refresher when graphics are burning out your tastes. And it looks a lot better than classic tag clouds. 

Please drop me a comment if you use it,  like it and why.

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  1. Navigate to the website that you has your WordPress installed application.
  2. Navigated to the login panel (backend)  and typed user name and password.
  3. Click on posts in the dashboard. You will see a list of posts that you have made and if you have not made any the list will be blank.
  4. Then select add new.
  5. Give the post a title.
  6. Entern you content in the post field.
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