Tagxedo
Creative
word cloud design
SHOW HN2011
72points
44comments
#168of 1,097 in 2011
Top 16%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
5 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 19 comments about the project. Thread score -0.02.
Design: 4 for, 0 againstIdea: 0 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Design looks tasteful and attractive.
From 3 comments
If I could use one word to describe that design, it would be "tasteful."
AndyKelley on HNI think it's awesome. Very cool.
earbitscom on HNA few years ago I made a similar word cloud of his essays using Wordle: http://i.imgur.com/akCnD.png I've often thought it would make a good shirt or book cover.
kylec on HN
Objections
Using YC name and essay words on a paid shirt may raise copyright or trademark issues.
From 3 comments
It may or may not be fine, but my guess is that calling your Zazzle shop y-combinator is a bit much. Yes it's a generic term, but out of courtesy you should probably rename it to…
peterarmstrong on HNI think its a great design coming from a designer myself, but I'm no lawyer and I don't think you can be making money off someones logo or brand. I dont think you need to be a…
MenaMena123 on HNYea I understand where your coming from with the Tagxedo (which is really cool, minus the copyright issues that could arise), but putting it on Zazzle would be debatable. Not my…
MenaMena123 on HN
Word clouds seen as meaningless art.
From 1 comment
Why not just make an actual essay into a t-shirt? The instapaper logo is a merlin mann essay, for example. Sorry to be blunt, but word clouds are just ε over meaningless.
ivankirigin on HN
Word-frequency tribute may feel creepy to the writer.
From 1 comment
I don't want to put words into anyone else's mouth here, but if anyone ever made and wore a t-shirt containing a frequency count of the words in stuff I'd written, then I'd find…
hugh3 on HN
Questions
How are word clouds generated algorithmically?
From 1 comment
I've always wondered how this is actually done, algorithm-wise. Can someone more knowledgeable give me a link, or at least a google search term?
invalidOrTaken on HN
Alternatives named
Wordle
From 1 comment
A few years ago I made a similar word cloud of his essays using Wordle: http://i.imgur.com/akCnD.png I've often thought it would make a good shirt or book cover.
kylec on HN
Spreadshirt
From 1 comment
I always just wanted the ycombinator on a shirt, and spreadshirt looked easy enough to use so I gave it a shot. Here's what turned out:…
mdwrigh2 on HN