In a recent Mindjet webinar, marketing expert Roger C. Parker shared his personal productivity tips for working with MindManager. During the hour-long webcast, he explained the cornerstones of personal productivity and the strategies he employs to get a remarkable level of productivity out of MindManager. During his presentation, Roger outlined how tools, templates, training and [...]

When I wrote my Power Tools & Strategies for Mind Mapping Software, my goal was to gather together the best tips, techniques and practices into one convenient resource, to help many users of mind mapping software to take their skills to the next level. In line with that mission, I have decided to reduce the [...]

MindMapper 2008, which I previewed for you last week, was introduced earlier today. As I mentioned in my review of this program, I consider it to be the most improved mind mapping software program of 2007. Click here to see what’s new in the 2008 version, and here to see how the Basic, Standard and [...]

During the last year, web-based mind mapping software applications have grown in their level of functionality and popularity. To better understand how people are utilizing these tools and what the potential impact of this type of online tool is likely to be, I’ve decided to conduct a brief survey on this technology. This survey covers [...]

MindMapper from SimTech Systems is one of those visual mapping programs that has been around for years, but has never attracted a lot of attention. All the while, its developer has been steadily adding features and functionality to it. The latest version, MindMapper 2008, is currently in beta testing; I recently got a chance to [...]

I was recently contacted by Stefan Dobrev, one of four Bulgarian students who used Microsoft’s development tools to create a new mind mapping software program called Bookvar. They created this intriguing application for the 2007 Imagine Cup, a global software development competition for students that is sponsored by Microsoft. The theme of this year’s competition [...]

Earlier this week, SmartDraw.com announced the availability of the newest version of its flagship business diagramming and mapping software, SmartDraw 2008. It offers numerous improvements that are designed to help businesspeople create charts, graphs, diagrams and mind maps more quickly and easier than ever. In general, this new version of SmartDraw can do much of [...]

I can’t believe how crowded the market for mind mapping software is becoming. Between desktop and web-based tools, it seems there is something new introduced almost every month. The latest entrant in this horse race is Cayra, which is currently at release 0.8.2. It’s built around the Microsoft .NET framework, and claims to combine mind [...]

The developer of XMIND, one of the newer entrants in the field of desktop mind mapping software, has just announced that a new version, XMIND 2008, will be launched on September 30, 2007. It offers a host of new and improved features, including these: 6 map structures, including mind map, logic chart, organizational chart, tree [...]

WiseMapping.com recently launched a new web-based mind mapping application, which is currently undergoing beta testing. A quick look at the demo workspace revealed the following features and functionality: Support for numerous topic formatting options, including topic shape, color, text font and style Good support for keyboard shortcuts The ability to share maps with others, as [...]