2008 is off to a great start for me, and I’m in a giving mood today. I have decided to give away one free copy of my popular e-book, Power Tips & Strategies for Mind Mapping Software Second Edition, to a deserving reader. It contains a wealth of ideas, strategies and best practices that can […]

It’s time to have a little fun. A popular website is HotorNot.com, where visitors get to rate pictures of men and women on a scale of 1-10, corresponding to how "hot" or "not hot" they are. I’ve decided to adapt this idea to mind mapping software, to get a feel for what features and capabilities […]

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 […]

It is with great sadness that I must report that fellow technology blogger and mind mapping fan Marc Orchant passed away this morning, a week after he suffered a major heart attack. Details on funeral arrangements can be found here. I remember Marc’s keen sense of humor during our one and only phone conversation, in […]

A recent article in Knowledge@Wharton explores the growing trend toward hybrid desktop/web software – next-generation tools that combine the features of web-based applications with desktop software to create a hybrid model that may offer the best of both worlds. Recently, Microsoft, Adobe and Google have announced aggressive new initiatives in this area. While each technology […]

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. […]