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 interesting [...]
Kickstartnews.com just published a review of MindManager Pro 7, which was very positive, calling it "an unusually useful and amazingly creative product." But that’s not what I want to highlight in this post. What’s most significant here is what author Mark Goldstein has to say about the real value that mind mapping software provides to [...]
It was just a matter of time until mind mapping showed up in Second Life, the immersive 3D world. This article from Metaversed, an e-zine that covers business and technology news in the area of virtual worlds and 3D immersive environments, explains that the effort is still in its early stages, and is focused on [...]
As part of the MindManager 7 announcement earlier this week, I was given the opportunity to talk with Lisa Arthur, Mindjet’s chief marketing officer (CMO) about the direction and focus of the company. Here are some highlights from our discussion: Frey: What was the focus of the Mindjet development team for MindManager 7? Arthur: As [...]
Eric Blue recently placed a call to action on his blog, calling for the developers of mind mapping software to adopt a common file format. With the recent explosion of web-based mind mapping tools (MindMeister, Mindomo, etc.), Eric points out that mind mapping is being exposed to a much larger audience today than ever before. [...]
Mindjet announced in a news release yesterday that it is closing in on 1 million licensed copies of MindManager sold. The company has now sold approximately 850,000 software licenses, including more than 200,000 in 2006 alone. Mindjet points out that a major contributor to this growing momentum is the presence of MindManager on WebEx Connect, [...]
Hobart Swan, external affairs manager for Mindjet, recently announced that he’s leaving the company, effective February 16th, for a new position in Boise, ID – where he has been living for the past few years. So what? Hobie was not only a very good PR guy, who worked tirelessly to build recognition for the company’s [...]
Mindjet recently released Service Pack 2 for MindManager Pro 6 and MindManager Basic 6 will now run on Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. It also incorporates a number of fixes and updates to the popular mind mapping program. No word in the release notes if Mindjet has fixed MindManager 6′s memory management issues [...]
News from CS Odessa, the developer of ConceptDraw MINDMAP: "With the increased popularity of CS Odessa’s ConceptDraw products, combined with our wish to get closer to our customer base in the Americas, we are opening an office in San Jose, California. Currently we are busy setting up the infrastructure that will make it easier for [...]
It has now been 3 weeks since I launched my mind mapping software survey. Thanks to the efforts many bloggers, I have now received over 450 responses! If you haven’t filled out this survey, please do so now, because I will be closing it out some time next week. The survey is only 10 questions [...]
