Wordle.net is a website that allows users to easily create 'word clouds.' A word cloud is a bunch of text that is based on the inputted words and how frequently they are used. The more they are used, the bigger the words will be in the word cloud. For example, if the input is 'apple apple apple banana banana grape,' 'apple'would be the biggest word, followed by 'banana' then 'grape.' You can customize your wordle by changing the direction the words go in, the fonts, and the colors. There's also an option to weight words and color them by how you want them [under 'Advanced']. Wordle is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution license, so anyone can use their created wordle or any wordle on the site for any purpose [even to make money!] You just have to give credit to the site.
Wordle, I don't think, has much use in psychology [unfortunately]. It's a really cool site and I love it, but it doesn't have much of a practical use in psychology. Maybe if someone was doing a presentation, a wordle could be a cool compliment to a poster or opening to a slideshow. As for personal use, I would definitely use Wordle is my every day life. I like taking random web pages and making wordles, or using my friends's blogs and making wordles for them.
Here's an example of a wordle of this blog [including this entry!]
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