Concurrent with Apple’s launch of version 10.5 of Mac OS X - "Leopard" - several mind mapping software developers have announced incremental upgrades of their applications to make them compatible with the new version of the Mac operating system.
Yesterday, CS Odessa announced the availability of ConceptDraw MINDMAP v5.2 for the Mac, which includes Quick [...]

The developers at NovaMind Software Pty. have recently launched NovaMind 4 Platinum for the Mac OS X platform. It features a very cool new presentation mode that breaks new ground in terms of functionality. Here’s how it works:
The NovaMind Presenter divides your map into a series of "slides," consisting of your entire map, each [...]

Mindjet recently announced the availability of a new Productivity Pack, which is designed to help users to get up to speed with MindManager Pro 7’s Microsoft Office integration capabilities. This special collection of seven MindManager maps and one white paper provides helpful "how to" instructions for moving information to and from Microsoft Outlook, Word, [...]

Business mind mapping expert Wallace Tait has thrown down a challenge to the developers of mind mapping software: In a letter recently posted to the MindManager Users group on the Ning social networking site, Wallace stronply encourages them to expand their programs to include concept mapping and flowcharting. His post has generated a very [...]

Raj Dash recently added a very interesting post to his Bootstrapper Blog entitled, Secrets of Thinking Outside the Box: 27 Ways Digital Entrepreneurs Can Use Mindmapping. It covers a wide range of applications for mind mapping software - everything from business plan design and website planning to goal setting and exploring alternate options. If [...]

Last year, I reviewed version 0.8.0 of FreeMind, the open source mind mapping software program that has made significant strides in recent years. In early September, the development team introduced a beta version of 0.9.0. While still somewhat buggy, it shows the direction this unique program is taking.
Here’s what’s new in FreeMind version 0.9.0:
HTML [...]

Vic Gee, author of the Mind Mapping Blog and cataloguer of mind mapping applications, created a Google Co-op search engine focused on mind mapping a number of months ago. Most recently, he moved it to a new domain name, MindMapSearch.org. It includes 177 websites, and appears to be very comprehensive. Thanks for creating this [...]

Here are links to some recent coverage of Power Tips & Strategies for Mind Mapping Software - Second Edition, which I published just a few months ago. FYI!
Kaye Nightingale - Inspired by IT Blog - She just posted a very detailed review of my e-book in her blog, with notable quotes and tips excerpted [...]

CS Odessa, in its ConceptDraw Lab blog, recently announced the availability of ConceptDraw MINDMAP version 5.1. This free upgrade for existing users improves the program’s speed and performance, and fixes a number of bugs. The only new addition to version 5.1 is an auto-save feature, which prevents users from losing their maps if the [...]

This strategy is excerpted from my new e-book, Power Tips & Strategies for Mind Mapping Software - Second Edition. I hope you find it to be valuable in your personal planning efforts!
Many people spend more time planning a party than planning their life. Why? Because it’s hard work! If you’ve been putting off planning [...]