Last week I used Wordle to create a blogroll cloud from my link list (which worked quite well, see here) — and today I tried to make a similar cloud of eDrugSearch‘s latest (25 July) list of 883 health and medicine blog names (i.e., the full names of the blogs, not just the single words).
It turned out to be too big a mouthful for Wordle to turn the whole health and medicine sector of the blogosphere into a cloud display. So I abbreviated the run to the top 100 blog names on eDrugSearch’s list. But even then it took Wordle about 45 (!) minutes to complete these 100: (click image to make it bigger; added 28 July: if it doesn’t work, upgrade your Java version).
Wordle has rapidly become a favourite pastime among internet users so their bandwidth seems to be quite filled up. Maybe its slow also because it takes more computing power to construct a phrase cloud than a word cloud. But if you want to make a blogroll cloud, as opposed to say a tag cloud, then phrase clouding is the only option, of course.
The image is printable, but so far not clickable. Maybe Jonathan Feinberg could add a function that makes it possible to open a blog by clicking on its name in the image?
And here’s the list I took from eDrugSearch (again, only the first 100 are in the cloud; maybe I can try to process all 883 when Japan and California have stopped playing with Wordle tonight):
The~New~York~Times~Health~Blog – WSJ.com:~Health~Blog – Respectful~Insolence – Bad~Science – Medgadget.com – Healthbolt – A~Blog~Around~the~Clock – Kevin~M.D.~Medical~Blog – NHS~Blog~Doctor – DiabetesMine.com – denialism~blog – The~Health~Care~Blog – Awful~Plastic~Surgery – Junkfood~Science – SharpBrains~ – World~of~Psychology~&~Mental~Health – Mark’s~Daily~Apple – Fitsugar – Autism~Vox – Dr.~Sanity – Running~a~Hospital – Terra~Sigillata – Livin’~La~Vida~Low-Carb – Pharmalot – Pure~Pedantry~ – HealthCareVox – In~the~Pipeline – Brain~Blogger – Eye~on~DNA – blog.bioethics.net – PharmaGossip – Health~Care~Renewal – Science-Based~Medicine – Random~Acts~of~Reality – Emergiblog – Over~my~med~body! – GruntDoc – Cranky~Fitness – But~you~don’t~look~sick – Health~Business~Blog – The~Biotech~Weblog – A~Day~in~the~Life~of~An~Ambulance~Driver – NewsInferno – Fat~Man~Unleashed – Michael~R.~Eades,~M.D. – WhiteCoat~Rants – Polite~Dissent – Clinical~Cases~and~Images~blog – Vitabeat – Sciencebase~ – HealthBeatBlog – Lively~Women – New~York~Personal~Injury~Attorney~Blog – Mental~Health~Notes – Straight~from~the~Doc – Diabetes~Daily – Eating~Fabulous – Surgeonsblog – OR-Live:~Live~and~On-Demand~Medical~Webcasts – Allergizer – Doctor~Anonymous – Six~Until~Me – Dr.~Deb~ – Fight~Aging! – The~Cheerful~Oncologist – Weight~of~the~Evidence – Science~Roll – The~Happy~Hospitalist – Neurophilosophy – Effect~Measure – About~Pediatrics – Biosingularity – Healthcare~Economist – The~Blog~That~Ate~Manhattan – The~Angry~Pharmacist – Dr.~Wes – Daily~Diabetic – davidrothman.net – Insure~Blog – Genetics~and~Health – DB’s~Medical~Rants – Pharma~Marketing~Blog – A~Hearty~Life – Musings~of~a~Dinosaur – Managed~Care~Matters – Movin’~Meat – Dr.~Melissa~Clouthier – Cato@Liberty~(Health~Care) –
Drug-Induced~Hallucinations~ – Gardner’s~Gate – Misadventurous~Melissa – Salad~Tongs,~Anyone? – Sunlight~Follows~Me~ – The~Doctor~Blogger~ – e-MedTools~News – Plasticized – Plastic~Surgery~Photos – Miami,~M.D. – Kate’s~Casebook – Confessions~of~a~Stretcher~Jockey – Fixin’~Healthcare – insidermedicine – Becoming~A~Doctor – Confessions~of~a~Student~Nurse – Medicine~and~Economics – Pharm~Aid – Tales~of~my~Thirties – Just~Up~The~Dose – Coffee~&~Conversation – Sobriety~Girl – Livin’~Large – Medstud
entitis – oncRN – Postcards~From~Holland~ – The~S-DRG~Report – Transplant~Headquarters – Medicare~Update – Tiggers~Don’t~Jump – YKYW~-~Nursing~Student~Blog – Web~2.0~and~Medicine – SoloDoc – Medical~Tourism~Blog – two~(presidential)~terms~later~ – ICTconsequences – Maldiveshealth – symtym – Managing~the~Sweetness~Within – The~Geriatric~Patient – Deacon~Barry – ED~Manager:~My~Side~of~the~Stretcher – ID~Crossroads – Indian~Medic – Island~Med~Student – It’s~All~Okay – Learning~To~Catch~Babies – Mark~on~the~World~ – Medicine,~Animals~and~a~Dream – midnight~nightingale – my~life,~my~pace – MyHeartOnMySleeve~ – Notageek~ – Nursing~Research:~Show~me~the~evidence!~ – Putting~Our~Heads~Together – Student~Nurse~Jack~ – The~Forgotten~Blue~Line – Terrible~Palsy – Doctor’s~Girlfriend – The~Long~Road~to~Medical~School – Baycitywalker – Nurse~Practitioner~Business – A~Day~In~the~Life – PresidentialRX.com – Dalai’s~PACS~Blog – Westmeade~Anaesthesia – Bay~City~Walker – BibMed~Blog – Drea~and~her~CGMS – Creating~the~Godcomplex – Foggy~Bottom~Lantern~ – Project~Health~Design – EverythingHealth – Wachter’s~World – PharmaFraud – LIfe~in~the~Emergency~Department – Drug~Pusher – Becoming~a~Nurse~ – DundeeMedStudent – Life~With~Premature~Boys – the~evil~resident – pathtalk.org – What,~Me~Worry? – Medical~2.0 – The~Berry~Patch – Anatomy~on~the~Beach~ – frylime:~a~quasi-medical~autobiography~ – Ms~Ellisa – Nursing~Job~Bank – Medviews~ – Insider~Guide~to~Online~Prescriptions – Pharm~House – Pharmcountry – Colorado~Health~Insurance~Insider – A~Budding~Emergencist~ – Life~Lessons – Type~B~Medicine – Yet~Another~Med~School~Blog~ – Digital~Pathology – Asthma~Mom – The~Stem~Cell~Geek~ – Health~Content~Advisors – Musculoskeletal~MRI – mursing – Crusty~Ambulance~Driver – tails~of~a~mouse~asthmatologist – Healthcare~Management – The~Medicine~Box – The~Angry~Doctor – Physiospot~Musculoskeletal – Life~with~Little~Joe – The~Dental~Implant~Blog – constructive~medicine – NYC~EMS – Electronic~Medical~Records~Information~&~Resources – A~day~in~the~life~of~an~OptStudent – A~Jolly~Company~ – Arthros – Aunt~Pickle~-~Dedicated~Aunt~and~Nursing~Student~ – Code~Pink – COWman’s~Corner~of~the~Web~ – Sinus~arrhythmia~ – Knitting~In~The~Dark~ – Mika’s~World~ – Mommy~Nurse~Wife~and~25!~ – Nursa~Minor~ – Nurse~Practitioners~in~Business~ – of~ditziness~and~med~school!~ – Orphie,~The~Wonder~Dog – talking~RN~ – The~Future~Dr~House,~DO~ – This~won’t~hurt~a~bit – DNA~and~You – Brain~Scramble – Libratto – Dr~Speedy~and~ME – Your~Heart~Your~Life~-~HypoCol~for~Cholesterol~Management~and~Lifestyle~Chooses – The~Makings~of~a~Nurse – Respiratory~Therapy~Driven – N~is~for~Nurse – CCLCM~Student~Blog – Lost~on~the~Floor – Reportergene – Dr~Brenda~MD~Medblog – Live~from~the~Coroner’s~Office – Disabled~Not~Dead – Rogue~Medic – MedicoNews.com – Updated~Health~News – BLOG~Medicine – healthTech – Consumer-focused~healthcare – An~American~Medic~in~Britain – I’m~A~Blogaholic – The~Biotech~&~Healthcare~IT~Blog – Patient~Destiny – The~Business~Of~Wellness – Liz~Does~Sydney – Health~Hog – Project~Disaster – Cosmetic~Genital~Surgery~Blog – Outrageous~Times – everything~related~to~tomography – Defying~Gravity – In~Our~Own~Words:~Medscape~Nurses – Michelle~vs~the~Med~Student – The~good,~the~bad,~&~the~putrid–tales~of~a~new~nurse – MyDocHub~Blog – The~Nursing~Site~Blog – Regulating~Health~Insurance – TruMed – X-ray~Rocks – Chris,~Pharm.D. – Elqalatawy-View – Two~Weeks~on~a~Trolley – Anne~Ross~Library~Blog – Low~Carb~Craig – Thoughts~from~the~Pharmacy~God – My~MS~Journal – NY~Medical~Malpractice~&~Injury~Law – PACS~World – Your~Pharmacist~May~Hate~You – healthcare~epistemocrat – RHIOs,~Health~Information~Exchange~and~Healthcare~IT~ – Advance~My~Practice – constructive~procrastination~ – Dr~Brokeback’s~Second~Opinion – Echo~doc~ – Meditec – New~Nurse~Jane – Picklecakes – poeMD – raecatherine~almost~on~the~water~ – Scrubs~and~Spit~Up~ – Stethoscopes~and~Diapers – The~Pink~Teeshirt – Till~I~Run~Out~of~Road~ – Cancer~and~Your~Genes –
Student~Nurses’~Notes – Medspaces – Counterfeit~Drug – Weird~Nursing~Tales~ – Sonicrusk~Blog – Cancer~Blog – Big~Pharma-FDA~Blog – Milliner’s~Dream – Respiratory~Report – Foreign~Pharmacy~Tips – Irv~Arons’~Journal~ – MudPhud~Adventures – Your~Nursing~World:~After~IUON – Fingolimod~and~Me – Mediformatica – Poor~Emil’s~Almanac – A~Scanner~Brightly – Dr.~Clouthier’s~Natural~Health~Blog – Ideas~For~Surgery~MIS~Innovation – My~Vasectomy~Reversal – iPhone~Medicine~Blog – The~Lowly~Worm~-~The~UK’s~Most~Junior~Doctor – My~USMLE~Story~-~of~Steps~and~Journeys – Oncology~Blog – The~Chronicles~of~A~Medical~Student~In~Melbourne – Medic~Interrupted – From~Medicine~to~Mckinsey~to~Main~St – Renaissance~Orthopaedics – Buying~Signals:~Rod~Solar’s~blog~on~marketing~private~healthcare~in~the~UK – T.J.~Kuhn’s~GxP~Zone – With~Enough~Courage – WardBunny’s~Coffee~Break – Medic~Interrupted – Just~A~Midwife – From~The~Bedside – Not~My~Second~Opinion – Pammiecakes – Paramed:~A~Paramedic’s~Plight – Psyched~Out~ – Reflections~of~a~DC~Medical~Student – Studying~Under~a~Palm~Tree~ – The~Multiple~Sclerosis~Companion – The~Underside~of~Nursing~ – White~Scrubs – A~day~at~the~pharmacy – Where’s~My~Towel~ – Apollo,~M.D. – Med~Students~Down~Under – Dr.~Schwartz’s~Weblog – Onehealthpro~ – I~love~my~heart – Med~School~and~Grad~School,~Am~I~Crazy? – The~Arizona~Pharmacist – Diabetes~Pedia – EducatedNobody – HeartDisease~-~Alair~Castro – Dr.~Sam~Online – Mark~and~MS – Joseph~Kim,~MD,~MPH – Health~Train~Express – Ridin’~the~Bus – Non-Clinical~Careers~ – Intubate~Em!!! – Best~Dental~Answers – Vaccine~Blog – Clinical~Trails~Blog – Spirituality~of~Dying~Well – Days~of~My~Life~ – Living~A~Healthy~Lifestyle – Labor~Lore:~Tales~from~the~Delivery~Room – MRCOG~Facts – jamesloganmd – Sarah~goes~to~Deutschland~ – Scrub~Notes~ – Dr.~Mintz – weblogdofraga – Nursing,~Life,~Cooking,~Twins,~Politics,~Curiosities~ – Raspberry~Stethoscope – Sisterhood~of~the~Travelling~Scrub~Pants~ – Tangled~Chain~A~Nurse~Perspective~ – Too~Fat~For~Ponies,~RN,~BSN – Toxic~Megacolon~ – Type-B~Premed – Under~the~Mosquito~Net – eCTD – Legal~Discount~Online~Pharmacy~ – Healthcare~Education~2010 – idiopathic~iatrogenesis – Pound~of~Cure – New~Technologies~in~Medicine – health18 – PharmaStats – Krongrad~Institute~Prostate~Cancer~Blog – Critical~Pathways – Mike’s~Viewpoint – Clinical~Trials~Web – Medicine~&~Spirituality – BMJ~ – StorkNurse – Medilogy – Medical~Videos! – Health~Articles – My~Medical~Journal – O.C.~Scrubs – Medical~Pills – My~Nurse’s~Notes – A~grumpyRN – Healthcare~Today – A~Nurse~Practitioner’s~View – LIFECARE~Homoeopathy – PharmaRag! – Physician~Surveys~and~Healthcare~Market~Research – dental~management – Ranaesheart – Healthcare~Engineering~Consultants – Ivor~Kovic,~MD – Nexthealth – Planning~the~Unpredictable – Medicine~Feed – Joerg~Schwarz~on~Health~Care – My~Pregnancy~Symptoms – melting~mama – Real~Health~Reform – health~trekker – James~Hubbard’s~My~Family~Doctor~Magazine – Too~Old~To~Work,~Too~Young~To~Retire – health~care~quality – carethics~-~healthcare~news~monitor~in~India – Pharmababble – NY~Medical~Malpractice~Video~Tutorials – Nurses~Informations – Postcards~from~Kiddieland~ – Backboards~and~Bandaids,~Papers~and~Projects…~ – The~Gamere – Reflections~of~a~Clinical~Support~Nurse~ – Gastro~Girl~ – MCOL~Blog – Healthcare~Blogmatica – Life~Sciences~Thought~Leadership~One-to-One – Lifesigns – Health~and~Longevity – Manifest~Destiny – Adventures~in~Medical~School~ – Compu_Nurse – Kisses~and~Compliments~ – The~Petri~Dish~ – Kentucky~Insurance – Fitness~Central – OutofPocket.com – Life~Sciences~and~Healthcare~Strategy
span> – rants~from~an~ER~Murse – Dr.~Jeff~Ryan – Action~For~Better~Healthcare – Normal~Sinus~Rhythm – Pharmaceuticals~Anonymous – Marketing~For~Physicians – nurse’s~notes~online – American~Healthcare~Crisis – The~Club~of~Cos – NP’s~Place – Dentistry~for~Diabetics – Medical~health~care – My~Resveratrol~Experience – Biomedical~Research – Undiagnosed~Illness – Living!~with~MS – Healthcare~NBIC – HealthCare~Voice – Healthcare~Marketer’s~Forum – HotMed.info – Azygos~Medical~Clan~81 – Health~Medical~Insurance~Info. – St.~Jude~Medical~Fraud – Nursing~in~the~Hole – Nurse~Zygote – Researchgrrl – Travel~Nursing~Blog – Healthcare~Management –
Cloud of top 100 health and medicine blog names
Last week I used Wordle to create a blogroll cloud from my link list (which worked quite well, see here) — and today I tried to make a similar cloud of eDrugSearch‘s latest (25 July) list of 883 health and medicine blog names (i.e., the full names of the blogs, not just the single words). It turned out to be […]