Marc Orchant, writing in the ZDNet Office Evolution Blog, shares his perspectives on Gyronix’s new GyroQ idea capture tool, from the perspective of David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) system, of which he is a devotee. His assessment: GyroQ has become an indispensable part of his daily information processing routine: "One of the challenges I’ve […]

Mindjet technology partner HBB has announced the availability of Pocket Mindmap version 1.3.2, which is now fully compatible with MindManager 6. This means that maps can be viewed and edited on portable devices and easily transferred back to MindManager 6 when the users sync with their desktop computer. For more information about what’s new in […]

CS Odessa, the developer of ConceptDraw MINDMAP, just announced that its entire ConceptDraw product line will soon incorporate a new technology called TMA – True Multiplatform Architecture. TMA is an internal development tool that will provide enhanced functionality for ConceptDraw programs. Here’s a quote from the company’s announcement: "Using TMA technology in our software development […]

As an idea person, I’m always on the lookout for tools and software that helps me to do a better job of capturing ideas on the fly. Gyronix, the developer who brought us the ResultManager personal productivity tool for MindManager, has created a marvelous new desktop applet called GyroQ that helps you to capture ideas, […]

A company called Cirilab Inc., which specializes in developing software that can analyze unstructured text documents and can extract its major themes, has added the capability to export this data to a MindManager map. This page shows what a document synopsis looks like after it has been analyzed by the firm’s "thematic extractor." Users can […]

MindBusiness GmBH, a German company that develops add-ins for MindManager, has announced that it will introduce an English-language version of its new Map4Plan project management tool by the end of August 2006. Map4Plan enables you to create detailed project plans, check lists, cost overviews, timetables and reports.

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]