Wordle

     Wordle is a free website that allows the user to create a randomized word cloud out of their choice of text. The user may type whatever they wish, or copy and paste anything into the box. It doesn't matter how long or short the message is, as I copied my friend and I's story into it to find the most commonly used word, and another friend of mine just wrote his name. Elaborating on my comment about finding the most commonly used word, Wordle will find the most commonly used words in your message and will add a size modifier for each time the word is used, making it bigger. Wordle ignores "be" verbs and articles, so do not worry about the largest word being "The", as it will not appear at all. If you want words or names with spaces to be stuck together rather than separated, instead of leaving the space out you can insert a tilde, or '~', and Wordle will automatically insert a space in the place of the tilde without separating your word. Handy for sentences you do not want separated or spaced names, such as Geordi La Forge.

     When you finish, press the button in the bottom right-hand corner of the webpage to continue. Wordle will automatically generate your words in a random fashion (In the shape of a cloud), with random colors and a random font. The arrangement of the words, color scheme of the words and background, and font of the words are editable using the tabs above the image. The image can then be saved (A bit more easily by Microsoft users, but Apple fans know how to do it in their own way), where you can do practically anything with it. Be warned: Once you close out of the picture, you will never see the words arranged exactly that way ever again unless you spend your entire life on Wordle trying to find it.

     Another option Wordle provides for its users is the option to type in the URL to their blog (Or any website with an RSS or Atom archive), where it will take the text from and turn into a word cloud. This feature could prove useful for finding what words you favor over long periods of time.

All the names of characters from Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Stargate that I could remember off the top of my head. I went for first names when listing the Doctor's companions. I chose the colors to match the Fourth Doctor's iconic scarf. Click on the words above, or the picture, to go to Wordle.