We have recently come across a great online resource called wordle (http://www.wordle.net/) which makes some really appealing text clouds such as that shown above. The above cloud was generated by copying and pasting a page about metadata from Wikipedia, but you can also generate a cloud from website by pasting in a URL.  While it’s fun to use it to make pretty pictures it also provides a very useful summary of what a document or a website is all about.  Give it a try!