Could someone pay for me to survive without working so that I can play with goodies discovered online? Granted, none of the following may be earthshaking. They probably won’t save any lives. It is the joy of creativity that seems so compelling.

Many Eyes

“Peopleshare their videos on YouTube and their photos at Flickr. Now they can share more technical types of displays: graphs, charts and other visuals they create to help them analyze data buried in spreadsheets, tables or text. At an experimental Web site, Many Eyes, (www.many-eyes.com), users can upload the data they want to visualize, then try sophisticated tools to generate interactive displays.”

Wordle

“Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.” http://wordle.net

Actually, since it is a fairly new tool people are still experimenting with Wordle and creating useful applications!

Join the Google Group for Wordle Users to learn more.

Moodstream
“a visual “brainstorming tool” specifically designed to take people in inspiring, unexpected directions.”
http://moodstream.gettyimages.com/

Flowgram
“a way to share Web pages, photos, and videos in a browser-based player that acts like an interactive screencast.”
http://www.flowgram.com