Archive for May 2008

Mastering mind mapping can help at work.

May 17th, 2008 | By Vic
Mastering mind mapping can help at work.

Most people accept, I believe, that we are on the verge of recession.  Maybe already in the downturn in parts of the western hemisphere.  So what’s that got to do with mind mapping?  Survival!  I’ve just put up a few thoughts on how you can use mind mapping skills to better your chances if downsizing looms:  Visual mapping and recession-proofing your job Tip
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“Hands on” concept mapping

May 16th, 2008 | By Vic
“Hands on” concept mapping

Pretty fluid, cool, and oh yeah, expensive? … once they’re past the proof-of-concept stage. wikiWall – Stefano Baraldi’s Master’s Thesis.  Projected from above.  Watch it in action here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkKLLhlWm0E And this one would catch the kiddies’ attention when they complain about having to do concept maps for homework.  The Surface-like tabulaTouch. Catch it in action at this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpJKCb8hL4g&NR=1 Vic http://www.mind-mapping.org The master list of mind mapping & information management software



Chuck delves into functionality of web-based mind mappers

May 16th, 2008 | By Vic

Chuck Frey has done a comparison of the functions of some of the web based mind mapping services.  Starting from Tiffany Brown’s comparison chart that I blogged about almost a year ago (here: “Valuable comparison of four web-based services“), he did a great job of updating that and adding the new kid on the block, MeadMAP as well.  With Tiffany’s permission, he has now published this extended, in-depth comparison.  And what’s more, you can
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MeadMAP, Spinscape and a small Imindi update

May 5th, 2008 | By Vic
MeadMAP, Spinscape and a small Imindi update

New entries in the Mind-mapping.org database this week: MeadMAP MeadMAP is new.  It inherits Comapping’s left-to-right structure.  Their emphasis is on use by students and in the educational field. Spinscape Getting to use Spinscape is by invitation only at present.  Bravely ignoring the 12 existing browser-based mind mapping applications, some of which go back to 2006, they claim in a press release that their “goal is to create the next level of
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