As I wrote last week, I just can’t decide if to blog and about what. I realize that it would be perfectly acceptable not to, considering all the things. I will say that the force of habit weekly blogging for over 10 years has built up, makes it almost impossible for me not to, so it seems like the way I am navigating things is a toggling back and forth from posts that are “normal” and posts that are “current”. This week, I just want to write something light and, thus…
…it is a perfect time for one of my favorite little blog posts…running my blog through a “word cloud” program and seeing what happens!
If you missed last year’s punny post…
I genuinely do enjoy this annual exercise in “word-clouding”. If you are unfamiliar with the idea, in a nutshell, word clouds (through an algorithm only they know) take any piece of written text and represents it graphically in a way which highlights frequently-used words. It is a fantastic device for visually summarizing the essence of a written text. Another great feature is that, not only can you cut-and-paste in any written document, you can type in blogs, websites, etc., and it will go back and search them for content, add it all up, and spit out a word cloud representing the sum of all its written content.
This is my seventh such annual post here at OJCS and I have done them each, as stated above, in November. So, what does this year’s “blog cloud” look like and what does it reveal? [If it is too small on your screen/device you can go ahead and zoom in. Or just scroll up!]
I just put last and this years’ clouds side-by-side to do a little comparison.
“Jewish”, “Learning” and “Time” remain strong. Not surprisingly “Goal” made it in. (We are doing our goal-setting conferences as I type.) Israel is also not surprisingly more prominent than last year at this time.
“Students” and “Parents” have also returned to prominence. “Blog” and “Make” are highlighted which makes sense based on our programmatic priorities.
I love to see “Feel” and “Experience” and “Build” and “Plan” make this year’s list. “Share” is pretty nice to see as well.
What words would you have expected to see? What words are you surprised to see?
If you see something interesting in my OJCS “blog cloud” let me know in the comments!
And there you go. A normal post written at a normal length. It feels good for just a few minutes to act as if things are as they ought to be. I look forward to a time when all my posts can be this simple. (But definitely not this short – who can express a coherent thought in less than 1000 words?)
