During 2005, Arjen ter Hoeve’s weekly MindMap Software Podcast was the place to learn about the latest developments in mind mapping software. It featured interesting interviews with developers, and thoughtful guest commentary from mind mapping expert Wallace Tait. However, new shows stopped appearing in late December, as Arjen got busy with some other projects. This […]
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 […]
Recommended reading list from Mindjet
Recently, Mindjet added a "recommended reading" page to its website, which contains a list of books (both physical and e-books) that address issues of relevance to users of its MindManager mind mapping software. It contains some valuable resources, including books on mind mapping, collaboration, project management, collaboration and getting the most out of the Tablet […]
Sharepoint integration for MindManager
In December, Mindjet Labs published a technical note that describes how to collaborate and communicate with MindManager maps on Microsoft SharePoint Servers. It includes links to two components that must be installed for integration between SharePoint and MindManager to work. If your company utilizes SharePoint and is experimenting with MindManager, then you may want to […]
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 […]