Have you ever experienced writer’s block? It’s a pain, especially when you need to produce, but your creative muse seems to have left the building. Darren Rowse, writing on the ProBlogger website, has come up with a marvelous technique that uses mind mapping to help you to generate fresh ideas for your writing. His article [...]

IdeaTree is a new visual, team-based tool for capturing and structuring information and knowledge. It enables you to collect images, files, web pages and other bits of information into a visual map; other users can then attach comments to the map or add to it. Each node in an IdeaTree map can contain text, links [...]

2007 was an amazing year in the evolution of mind mapping software, and this weblog was there every step of the way, alerting you to the latest news, research, trends and best practices in this software genre. Here are some of the most important posts of 2007 from the Mind Mapping Software Blog: January I [...]

Mango Software has announced the launch of XMIND 2008 version 2.1, which offers five new features: Free positioning of branches: Using the Alt key when moving branches, you can freely position them in this new version. If you don’t like the result, you can choose a "rearrange main branches" command to restore them to their [...]

Comapping recently released a major update to its online mind mapping application. Among the new features are these: Create your own template maps: When working with a visual map in Comapping, you can now select a new "save as template" command so that you can utilize it as a starting point for new maps. Chat [...]

A recent post in the NovaMind News Blog indicates that NovaMind 4 Platinum for Windows has just been released. It includes all the features of NovaMind 4 Pro for Windows plus: Task information recording for start and end times, percentage complete, priorities, and resource assignments, Presentation functionality similar to the Mac version, and Screenwriting functionality [...]

Steve Rothwell, writing in his Peace of Mind blog, recently posted a very concise, well organized description of how he utilizes MindManager for writing (these principles apply no matter which mind mapping program you use). Here is an overview of the steps he takes: Create an overview map containing the main events or elements as [...]

Vic Gee, author of The Mind Mapping Blog, has developed a set of resource pages on his website that provides very detailed information about web-based mind mapping tools. It’s very comprehensive; especially notable is a detailed table that compares the features and functionality of these online applications and a neat flowchart that shows which programs [...]

Mind mapping software is one of those software tools that can be used to create clear, concise visual maps that communicate information and knowledge with great clarity. But all too often, they aren’t as effective as they should be. Here are eight top ways to supercharge the effectiveness of your software-produced mind maps: 1. Use [...]

Kyle McFarlin, the Visual Strategist and author of The Underlying Blog, was recently featured on The Productivity Show, a weekly podcast that covers technologies and methodologies for getting things done more efficiently. In this one-hour conversation, host Tony Goodson talks with Kyle about a wide range of mind mapping topics, including: The current state and [...]