Visual Bubble is a new website that aims to be the MindManager resources portal. It contains over 100 enhancements for the popular business mapping software, including add-ins, maps, templates, map parts and wizards for MindManager X5 and MindManager 6. An annual subscription of US$17 gives you full access to all of the site’s resources. My […]
Mindjet’s growth is bellwether for growth of mind mapping
Mindjet reported earlier this week that its annual revenues increased 41 percent in 2005, and credits its strong growth to the increasing demand for better ways to harness ideas for planning and decision making. I believe that Mindjet’s rapid growth is a bellwether, an indicator of accelerating interest in mind mapping software as a whole. […]
MindCad launches Incubator 2.0 for Mac OS X
According to a number of news items published by Mac news websites, MindCad has just released Incubator 2.0 for OS X, a new visual mapping application that is the successor to Pyramid, its existing mind mapping program. Here’s how MindCad describes the relationship between Incubator and Pyramid: "Incubator is our flagship product and is a […]
Update of ConceptDraw MINDMAP supports OPML outlining format
CS Odessa has just announced a new upgrade to its well-regarded ConceptDraw MINDMAP application. Version 4.2 now supports the OPML outlining format, which means that this mind mapping software program can both import text outlines from OPML-compliant outlining programs and export to this format. This update is free to existing users of ConceptDraw MINDMAP v4. […]
A Whole New Mind – in mind mapped format
Dan Pink’s best-selling book on preparing for the future, A Whole New Mind, recently inspired blogger Steve Richards to create a mind mapped summary of it. This post contains 2 maps: One provides a high-level overview of the contents of the book, while the other one summarizes the exercises that Pink provides at the end […]
Mindmap software podcast has ceased publication
During 2005, Arjen ter Hoeve’s weekly MindMap Software Podcast was the place to learn about the latest developments in mind mapping software. It featured interesting interviews with developers, and thoughtful guest commentary from mind mapping expert Wallace Tait. However, new shows stopped appearing in late December, as Arjen got busy with some other projects. This […]
Mindjet seeks beta testers
Mindjet’s development team has been busy lately! In the Mindjet Blog, the company recently posted a request for beta testers for a WebEx (conferencing) add-in for MindManager. In its latest issue of the Mindjet Insider e-newsletter, published on Feb. 17, it is also soliticing beta testers for French and Japanese versions of MindManager for Windows, […]
Project management ‘front end’ for MindManager
A recent topic of discussion in the Yahoo MindManager group has been a tool for MindManager called Visual Project Maps Pro. It acts like a "front end" for this popular mind mapping software program, by providing a dialog box where you can define the key parameters of your project. This "wizard" then generates a "project […]
Recommended reading list from Mindjet
Recently, Mindjet added a "recommended reading" page to its website, which contains a list of books (both physical and e-books) that address issues of relevance to users of its MindManager mind mapping software. It contains some valuable resources, including books on mind mapping, collaboration, project management, collaboration and getting the most out of the Tablet […]
Sharepoint integration for MindManager
In December, Mindjet Labs published a technical note that describes how to collaborate and communicate with MindManager maps on Microsoft SharePoint Servers. It includes links to two components that must be installed for integration between SharePoint and MindManager to work. If your company utilizes SharePoint and is experimenting with MindManager, then you may want to […]