If nothing else, this tool is just fun to look at. It’s a form of artwork. Wordle gives greater prominence to words that appear more often than other words in a document or URL that’s submitted as text.
I copied and pasted my URL of my blog homepage for this assignment. What appeared after I clicked submit was out of control. The Wordle website chose the colors, style and layout of the words.
The next one I uploaded was a essay I wrote for one of Dr. Bob’s classes and the piece was entitled “The Bohemian Way.” Randomly selected, I was excited to see how this essay would look in image form. To my surprise, the image that appeared was horizontal, whereas my blog Wordle was vertical. The colors were also different, a mix of maroon, black and shades of gray.
Now I was excited to see how other pieces turned out. I’ve been working on a feature story about a senior at Coe, an artist named Mitch Iburg. This Wordle was randomly created in gothic font, and was also layed horizontal like the Dr. Bob essay.
I can see this being used online, in brochures and many other public documents. Although it’s mostly just a jumble of words, it’s also intriguing to the eye. A company who uses such a piece sends the message that they’re creative and fun. However, I think this tool can only be used as fun artwork or a neat new image to be used in documents. Other than its artistic qualities Wordle isn’t able to convey a clear or coherent message. I still think it’s a cool gadget, though…
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