Gideon King, the founder of NovaMind, has written a book entitled the Teacher’s Guide to Mind Mapping: The Research,Theory, and Practical Use of Mind Mapping in Primary, Secondary,Tertiary and Business Education. He reports that it should be available in about 3 weeks. For more details on this new resource, please visit this web page. It […]

As pages within large public wikis – such as Wikipedia – become more complex, you may be finding it harder to find exactly what you’re looking for. Fortunately, Felix Nyffeneger has developed an innovative solution: to present an overview of the page’s contents in the form of a mind map. He calls this intriguing new […]

Kyle McFarlin, the Visual Strategist, has put together a set of MindManager templates for managing the various roles of your life – visually, of course – for free! Here’s what the whole package includes: A mind map framework from which you can manage your personal and professional life. A files and folders framework to store […]

Jamie Nast, author of the excellent book, Idea Mapping, recently launched a page on Squidoo. It contains information about her book, recommended books from Amazon.com and examples of hand-drawn mind maps collected from the Flickr image hosting service. I’m sure she’ll be adding more resources to it in the weeks and months ahead.

Jerry Gasche at the Mindserve Group reports in his blog that his firm will soon publish an e-book on visual process mapping, using Inspiration. It has been written by Jerry L. Talley, an expert on strategic problem solving. Watch Jerry’s blog for more details. This should be a very interesting resource, because Inspiration offers a […]

According to the surveys of users of mind mapping software that I have conducted, one of the biggest needs that many of you have is to see examples of successful software-produced mind maps, and to understand what makes them work. In other words, many of you are looking for case histories that illustrate some of […]

During the last month or two, the new class of web-based mind mapping applications have generated a lot of excitement. But no one has done a side-by-side comparison of their features and functionality. So I decided to take on that challenge. The chart below is based on what the developers have published on their websites, […]

One of the hallmarks of a well-designed software program is how well it eases the way to competency for new users. Two mind mapping software programs that do a good job of this are OpenMind 2 from Matchware and NovaMind 3.2 from NovaMind Software Pty. OpenMind 2 has a lot of great features that seem […]

3D Topicscape is a program that takes visual mapping into compelling new territory. It displays your ideas and data in a 3D workspace that resembles a series of mountain peaks, and enables you to "fly through" 3D space to view your information from different perspectives. Recently, Chris from the RevolutionCalling blog posted an interesting review […]

The results of my latest mind mapping software survey are now available for download. During the month of February 2007, just over 500 people participated in this online survey. This survey reveals how users got started using mind mapping software, and the biggest benefit they’re getting from it. It also sheds light on the software-related […]