Wordcount is an online interactive visualization of the frequency of word usage in the English language. I created the above image after searching for echo and generation. The graph below shows how most of the time people stick to a small subset of available words.

Why I blog this? It offers a different perspective on how we use language. It is also an example of a simple, clean, and stylish flash interface which presents a massive set of data in an easy to interpret way.

via Genius Now

Today I found a great example of the type of innovation that web services allow for. Keita Kitamura and Yugo Nakamura have created an awesome flash-based visualization / book search engine / referral magnet / graphical search something called amaztype. They have used Amazon’s web services in a way that I find quite innovative. Try their Amaztype typeographic book search for yourself, I think you will also be impressed. I’m guessing they will make a fortune in referral fees for a modest amount of work - great idea.