I recently downloaded a copy of FreeMind, an open-source mind mapping program written in Java, and have started to play around with it. When I looked at it a few years ago, it still appeared to be a bit rough around the edges. But it has certainly matured significantly since then. FreeMind now boasts a […]
New MindManager Add-ins
Mindjet has released several interesting add-ins to MindManager during the last few weeks: Google Trip Planner add-in: You put your starting point in one topic, your destination in another, and then join them together with a relationship line. Then right click on the relationship and click on the "get route" command. A web page launches […]
The Gettysburg Address as a mind map
I’m sure that some of you have seen Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address – a moving speech from U.S. history that is a marvel of brevity and impact – converted into a PowerPoint presentation. Created by Peter Norvig, his goal in creating it was to demonstrate how this visual presentation medium can often obscure rather than […]
GoalEnforcer: A visual goal mapping tool
Here’s an interesting application of visual mapping: GoalEnforcer is a specialized software program that utilizes a simplified form of mind mapping to enable you to record your goals and break big goals down into smaller, more manageable ones. You start by brainstorming your goals, recording your ideas quickly. Next, you drag and drop your goals, […]
A new visual mapping technique: Summapping
Arjen ter Hoeve, author of podcasts and training materials focused on mind mapping, has written an e-book on a new visual mapping technique he has developed called "summapping." Briefly summarized, it looks a lot like mind mapping, except that maps can contain items that may be closely related to one another (and therefore are located […]
The Electronic Graphic Organizers Project
Thanks to Hobart Swan’s reference in the Mindjet Blog, I’ve just learned of the intriguing EGO (electronic graphics organizer) project. This is a research project headed by Leigh Zeitz of the University of Northern Iowa and Lynne Anderson of the University of Oregon. Their goal is to advance the use of electronic graphic organizers for […]
The latest NovaMind updates
The developers of NovaMind continue to add new features and functionality to the "early adopter" Windows version to bring it up to parity with the Mac OS X version, via weekly releases. Latest improvements include the addition of branch boundaries (drawing a border around a group of items in your map), completion of the outline […]
New podcast: Mind Mapping for Results
Blogger Eric Mack and Gyronix principal Nick Duffill are collaborating on a new series of podcasts, entitled Mind Mapping for Results. The first installment is now available for download from Eric’s blog, and is focused on how to utilize Gyronix’s popular ResultsManager application with MindManager. The basic focus of this podcast is that Eric wants […]
NoteTalkers announces winners of MindManager map contest
NoteTalkers.com has announced the winners of its MindManager map contest, and there’s plenty of inspiration here for all users of mind mapping software. In particular, I really enjoyed student Jason Dorko’s screencast of how he utilizes MindManager as his central planning and management tool, on a Tablet PC. His strategies include creating an Active Desktop […]
Nice mention of my mind mapping software e-book
Kyle McFarland from The Underlying Blog likes to write about mind mapping and information visualization, and recently had some nice things to say about my e-book, Power Tools & Strategies for Mind Mapping Software: "I’ve noticed a lot of people are interested in how to build better, more sophisticated sets of map infrastructure. To that […]
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