Here’s a quick integration of Twitter and Wordle on how the services can be combined to gain insight on a topic very quickly. I’ve written about Wordle before; it’s a web-based tool to create word clouds from text.
Earlier today, technology columnist David Pogue asked the following question on Twitter:
Lots of replies came in, so it’s difficult to determine which apps are the most recommended among those that replied.
Don’t have enough time to sift through the 163-page list of Bernie Madoff victims?
Once again, tag clouds to the rescue. I took all the text from the PDF and loaded it into Wordle, here are the results:
I’m attending Andrew Gluck’s Financial Crisis Webinar today featuring Mark Tibergien, CEO of Pershing Advisor Solutions, LLC.
Part of what Andrew did was use a short survey to gather feedback from people who registered for the webinar
Read Andrew’s blog How Advisors Are Responding to the Crisis.
Andrew listed many comments from advisers that feature all sorts of strategies and ideas. It’s a lengthy list, and I must admit, I didn’t get a sense of what the majority of respondents were doing.
Enter the Tag Cloud.
