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. […]
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 […]
Review of ConceptDraw MINDMAP Pro 4
Late last year, CS Odessa launched ConceptDraw MINDMAP Pro 4, the latest iteration of its full-featured mind mapping software. I just completed a review of it, which you can read on the InnovationTools website. Read it to find out what makes the newest version of ConceptDraw MINDMAP more attractive to business users than ever before.
Mindjet seeks beta testers for Japanese version of MindManager
In its January e-newsletter, Mindjet has announced that it is planning to release a Japanese language version of MindManager Pro 6, and it is seeking bilingual beta testers for it. The beta testing program will start in March 2006. If you are fluent in Japanese and English and have any interest in helping Mindjet to […]
Mind mapping interview on the Personal Productivity Show
Cameron Reilly from the Personal Productivity Show conducted an extensive interview with me earlier today on the topic of mind mapping software. You can download the podcast and listen to it here.
A collection of mind mapping software reviews
During the last few years, I have written numerous reviews of mind mapping software. Here is a convenient summary of the last 10 programs reviewed on my InnovationTools website: MindManager Pro 6 BrainMine Standard 2005 Visual Mind 7 NovaMind 2.0 (for Mac) Inspiration 7 Inspiration for Pocket PC HeadCase Map it! Visual Concept 2.5 (concept […]
AKS releases version 2.6 of Mind Pad
AKS Labs announced the availability of version 2.6 of its Mind Pad software yesterday. Here’s a link to the news release. The program features a number of new and improved features, including: The ability to create links to web resources, A "reorder children" function, which enables users to quickly and easily re-order the branches of […]
mindMapp.com launches new mind-map based programming tool
A company called mindMapp.com has just launched a new object-oriented programming tool, based on MindManager Pro 6.0, which allows knowledge workers with minimal technical skills to build custom web applications. Here’s a link to yesterday’s announcement. Here’s how this application is described on the mindMapp.com website: “The user describes their needs in a set of […]