State of the Union as Tag Cloud
I came across this today, courtesy The Shifted Librarian:
The 2008 State of the Union as Tag Cloud
What a great way to take the tag cloud technique - something that most people perceive as having fairly limited potential - and use it to examine information in a whole new way. When so much of our language - particularly political language - is couched in symbolism, new ways to identify the patterns behind the patter are always welcome. McLuhanists, take note.
I am more than a little curious to see how many of those “Americas” were actually “Amrrcas,” given our Commander-in-Chief’s particular diction.