Archive for June 2008

Visuwords – a VisualThesaurus competitor

Jun 30th, 2008 | By
Visuwords – a VisualThesaurus competitor

Here’s a quick update after my recent post – I found an on-line mapper showing the relationships between words, called Visuwords. This has similarities to VisualThesaurus but it goes a stage further because it seeks to show the relationships between words using colour and shape-coded connecting lines.  So what you get is a type of concept map.  The part-of-speech of each word is colour-coded as well.  You can’t build your own maps with
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New and upgraded mind-mapping products

Jun 28th, 2008 | By
New and upgraded mind-mapping products

New on mind-mapping.org this week are three map-related tools: C-TOOLS, CharTr and Mind2Chart.  And two that have been updated - VUE and MindVisualizer. C-TOOLS C-TOOLS is a server / web based combination for making concept maps in an educational environment.  It even has an automated mark-students’-work-as-you-go capability. CharTr It’s early in the life of this project but it is making progress. Mind2Chart Not a mind mapping product, but an add-on for
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It’s moving time again, folks

Jun 24th, 2008 | By

First it was Paul, now it’s Chuck.  Chuck Frey, author of one of the leading mind mapping blogs has moved to a new address: http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com Well, I’m off to change his entry in on my list of the canonical mind map sites, mindmapsearch.org as well.  Is this the start of a trend?  Where shall I go then? (No rude answers please!) Vic The master list of mind mapping & information management software



Moving notice

Jun 16th, 2008 | By

No, it’s not me that’s moving.  Nor this blog.  I just heard from that exciting producer and publisher of hand-drawn mindmaps, Paul Foreman, that his site has moved to http://www.mindmapinspiration.co.uk  Although his site is not mentioned in mind-mapping.org because that focuses on articles and mind mapping software, it has a well-deserved place on my list of
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Text2Mindmap, Thoughtograph, GNletting Mindmap

Jun 9th, 2008 | By
Text2Mindmap, Thoughtograph, GNletting Mindmap

New in the Mind-mapping.org database this week: Text2Mindmap Using a simple indented outline-format text file (no section numbers, just tabs) this web-based application can build a simple tree-structured mind map. Thoughtograph This is mind mapping software that shows a tightly-integrated outline on the left, with the map on the right. GNletting Mindmap A basic concept mapping / mind mapping browser-based application. For details of these, see their entries at the main
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