CS Odessa has just announced that ConceptDraw MINDMAP 4.5 for Windows is now available in French. This popular mind mapping program is also available in German and English.

Here’s an interesting article from TopicScape on how to utilize mind mapping software to capture the mountain of information gathered during web research projects. This technique promises to help you to stay focused on the task at hand, while also storing all of the “must-see” sites and resources you’ve found in an organized way.
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Jamie Nast, author of the new book, Idea Mapping, has just released a companion tool called the Idea Mapping Kit. It contains a 7-1/16" x 9-1/8" 3-ring binder with velcro closure, a supply of 3-hole punched, high-quality, 67-pound paper for mapping, plus award-winning Staedtler Triplus colored markers in a zippered pouch. The case that [...]

In August, I told you about GyroQ, a new desktop applet from Gyronix for capturing your ideas on the fly and dumping them into a MindManager map, was in beta testing. It has now been released, and is available for purchase from the Gyronix website. The cost for the "essential edition" is $29.95 USD; [...]

Thanks to a comment posted to this blog by its developer, I recently learned of a new, soon-to-be-released mind mapping program called MindVisualizer. What makes this program unique is that it will be launched in both English and Chinese versions. The developer, who is from China, says that the market for mind mapping in [...]

I have recently uploaded a review of FreeMind, the open-source mind mapping software program, to my InnovationTools website. You can view it here. A highlight: "FreeMind offers a lot of functionality for a free piece of software. Best of all, because it’s open source, it should continue to get even better with time. Well [...]

SmartDraw.com has just released the latest version of its popular business diagramming program, SmartDraw 2007. It may be one the most significant upgrades to SmartDraw ever. The biggest change in this new version is a revised interface, which appears to be inspired by the "ribbon" toolbars that Microsoft plans to launch in its Office [...]

I recently learned that Inspiration Software has published an international version of Inspiration 8 that includes a mind mapping view, in addition to the diagram and outline views in the U.S. version. Unlike the diagram view, which by default places topics within squares, ellipses and other common shapes, the mind map view of Inspiration [...]

While reading some blog posts recently, I became reacquainted with “Mind Mapping for Marketers and Writers,” an excellent report by Roger C. Parker that I first learned about several years ago. In it, he shares some valuable tips and techniques for utilizing mind mapping software to help you organize your questions for interviews, your [...]

It’s always great to see software developers using innovative means to get their message out to the world. The latest example is a 4-minute video demonstration of how to use ConceptDraw MINDMAP 4 for educational applications on YouTube. Although part of it looks like a commercial, it does contain some instructive content. Video is [...]