WordCount™ is an artistic experiment in the way we use language. It presents the 86,800 most frequently used English words, ranked in order of commonness. Each word is scaled to reflect its frequency relative to the words that precede and follow it, giving a visual barometer of relevance. The larger the word, the more we use it. The smaller the word, the more uncommon it is.  For instance if the word Jeremy was in a popularity contest I would be ranked #7,521.

Check out some of the following I’ve tried:

• The = #1
• Me = #72
• God = #376
• Safeway = #22,415
• California = #4024
• Illinois = #21,125 (for Jill)
• Dog = #1276
• Cat = #2,532
• Man = #142
• Woman = #393
• His = #27
• Her= #36
• Love = #383
• Hate = #3,107
• Basketball = #19,433
• Baseball = #12,548
• Live = 561
• Die = 1,840

Want to try it?  Check this out…

“Do, or do not. There is no try” – Jedi Master Yoda

Kevin Rose released this picture the other night of an old sketchbook he “dugg out” (haha couldn’t help myself) of some initial Digg designs and ideas.  Where do you keep your ideas?

Source: http://www.americanpapist.com/2009/11/blog-post.html

“I love picking up stories that reveal the humanity of unborn babies.  Now a new study shows that babies, even before they are born, are learning how to talk just like their mothers sound.

In this study, the scientists compared recordings of 30 French and 30 German infants aged between two and five days old. While the French newborns more frequently produced rising crying tones, German babies cried with falling intonation. The reason for this is presumably the differing intonation patterns in the two languages, which are already perceived in the uterus and are later reproduced.  Or to put it in simple English: before they are even born, babies start learning from their mommies.”

http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2009/11/unique-japanese-barcodes.html

Anyone who knows me knows that I am fascinated with barcodes.  I’ve had some ideas in the past; some for what I do for a living and some for personal business ventures.  Barcodes are amazingly powerful yet very simplistic.  Evidently a design agency in Japan is doing some interesting things with tweaking the design of their barcodes which I loved.