Last week, I told you about Dave Gray’s fascinating new book about visual thinking, Marks and Meaning. Today, I’d live to dig a bit deeper, taking a closer look at a concept from it called “successive approximation” that can help you to become a better visual mapper.
VizThink idea mapping webinar is now online
Two weeks ago, Jamie Nast and I were co-presenters on a webinar conducted by VizThink, the online visual thinking community. A video and MP3 audio file of our presentation is now available from the VizThink blog.
Mind mapping’s pivotal role in business productivity: An interview with Michael Tipper
Productivity expert Michael Tipper shares his thoughts on how mind mapping fits into today’s business world, how it helps today’s information worker to manage information overload, and why mind mapping isn’t taken more seriously as a productivity tool by businesses.
SnagIt Output for MindManager lets you add screen shots to your map with one click
TechSmith, the developer of the popular SnagIt screen capture program, recently announced a new accessory that enables you to perform a screen capture and then send it to a MindManager map with a single click.
10 advantages of mind mapping software vs. hand-drawn maps
Hand-drawn mind maps have a rich history and are widely used today, thanks to the pioneering work of people like Tony Buzan, who has written many books and speaks widely on the subject. They are a powerful, colorful and memorable way to represent ideas and information. But they only scratch the surface of what’s possible with today’s mind mapping software. Here are 10 unique capabilities that mind mapping software offers, on top of the advantages of hand-drawn visual maps.
PersonalBrain v4.5 introduces enhanced visualization, searching and editing features
TheBrain Technologies has just released PersonalBrain version 4.5 as a free upgrade to existing users of PersonalBrain 4.0. This new version of the powerful visual mapping program features an enhanced database backend that now permits users to create Brain files of unlimited size, and has also been optimized for greater speed. It also offers a number of other important enhancements.
NovaMind releases enhanced screenwriting version of its mind mapping software
NovaMind Software has just released a new version of NovaMind Platinum with enhanced screenwriting functionality, which can be used for all aspects of screenplay writing as well as experimental screenwriting, visual storyboarding, movie and production planning.
New mind mapping software research and reports center launched
I have just launched a new Research & Reports page on this blog, which gathers all of these valuable resources into one place. Read on to learn more about the valuable resources that have been gathered into one convenient location.
New Wisdomap seeks to deliver simplicity, clarity
Wisdomap is a new web-based mind mapping tool developed by two programmers in the UK that aims to return mind maps to the fundamental simplicity that makes them such powerful tools. And you’re the first to hear about it, in this exclusive announcement.
NovaMind announces import/export enhancements
NovaMind 4 Platinum has recently been enhanced to enable users to export map data to Microsoft Project, and to import data from Project files, according the developer’s blog.