By chance I've just discovered Wordle, a free application that converts a chunk of text or (part of) a website into a word cloud. Once you've done that, hit the Randomize button to see the cloud in various colours and fonts. It's great fun, sometimes surprising, and you can save a cloud as a jpeg.
My Blogs
- Ask the English Teacher
Questions and answers about English usage. - Bridging the Income Gap
Why inequality is hazardous to your health. - Camila Vallejo in English
Tracking a political phenomenon - H5N1
News and resources about avian flu - Jou Tou and Silk Road Music
About a couple of remarkable Vancouver world-music groups. - Neat Stuff
Serendipitous discoveries around the Web. - On Education
Schools for a civil society. - Pioneers
Blogging the Black pioneers of British Columbia - Sointula
"Place of Harmony"—a remarkable community on BC's central coast. - Write a Novel
An online guide for fiction writers. - Sell Your Nonfiction Book
And use online resources to research, write, and publish it. - Writing Fiction
Advice and suggestions on how to write and sell short stories and fiction. - Writing for the Web
About the surprising new genres emerging on the Web.
Useful Links
- Answers.com - Online Dictionary, Encyclopedia and much more
- APA Style
- Ask the English Teacher
- Canadian Press Style Guide
- Editors' Association of Canada (EAC)
- Google Directory - Arts > Writers Resources > Style Guides
- Google Help : Search Features
- Grammar Resources on the Web
- Guide to Conducting Online Research
Very helpful suggestions here. - How to Write Almost Anything at explorewriting.co.uk
- Inflation Calculator-Bank of Canada
- Investment Calculator- Bank of Canada
- Measuring Worth
- MLA Style
- National Punctuation Day
It's September 24—but useful 365 days a year. - NationMaster.com
Excellent reference source! - Plain Language Action & Information Network
- Plain Language Association International
- Plain Language in Plain English
- Plain Language Wizardry
- Plain Language.com
- Statistics Canada
- Universal Currency Converter
- US Census Bureau
- Wikipedia
- Wordorigins.org
Fascinating place to browse around. - You Don't Say: Language and Usage
- ZoomInfo.com
Read The Tyee
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