I recently published a review of Visual Mind 9 from Mind Technologies AS, in which I explore the newest and most notable features of this well-designed, full-featured mind mapping program for Windows. The biggest news in this version is the launch of a client-server version, which makes Visual Mind it the first desktop-based mapping program […]

The developers of TPAssist 2007, a task and project management add-in for MindManager, have introduced a new version of it with numerous new and improved features. If you haven’t seen this add-in before, I definitely recommend that you take a look at the videos on the TPAssist website, which clearly explain what exactly this add-in […]

NovaMind 4 Platinum offers this free plug-in program, which transforms the mind mapping program into a brainstorming tool. In this brief screencast, I explain how it works.

I recently wrote a review of NovaMind 4 Platinum on my InnovationTools website. What I discovered was a solid, well-designed mind mapping program with a few cool surprises. Gideon King and his development team continue to push the envelope with cool "how did I ever get along without that" features, which include: Live previews of […]

Earlier this month, a new version of MindVisualizer was released by InnovationGear.com. New features in version 2.7.3 include: Support for topic attachments: You can attach any type of existing files to a topic as attachments. You can also create common documents on the fly within the attachments dialogue box – nice! Support for dragging and […]

New mind mapping software developer Cayra, which I told you about several months ago, recently released version 0.9.0. New features in this version include: The ability to add date, time, text, numeric and boolean parameters to any topic or node, and The ability to add hyperlinks to nodes One of the unique capabilities of Cayra […]

MindServe is a reseller and developer that is committed to helping businesspeople profit from Inspiration, a leading visual mapping program. Its latest offering is a new Gallery of Templates package that contains 58 "inspiring" examples that demonstrate how to push Inspiration to its limits. Each model and template comes with guidelines for its usage. You […]

Visual Bubble is a website that has been offering macros and add-ins for MindManager for the last year or so. Recently, they made available a new Visual Bubble Ribbon toolbar for MindManager 7, which adds 9 new pieces of functionality to the mind mapping program: Sum selected topics – This tool adds up the numeric […]

CS Odessa has announced a new version 5.3 of its ConceptDraw MINDMAP software. It adds the capability of generating visual eBooks from mind maps, a unique capability. What, exactly, is a visual eBook? CS Odessa explains it like this in its official announcement: "(A) Visual eBook is an electronic book where all the information is […]

MindManager is the leading developer of mind mapping software worldwide. Not surprisingly, an ecosystem of developers has formed around it, building add-ins that extend and enhance the program’s functionality. Here are five of my favorite MindManager add-ins: GyroQ Often when I’m working, an idea will come to me. What can I do with it, so […]