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Software for mindmapping and information organization

Software for mindmapping and
information organisation

Vic's compendium of software that supports knowledge management and information organisation in graphical form. Includes mind mappers, concept mappers, outliners, hierarchical organisers, KM support and knowledge browsers, 2D and 3D.More...










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From:  Diagramic   Product:  Diagramic    Added:  2009-10-16
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Screenshot mind mapping software Diagramic     Screenshot mind mapping software Diagramic     Screenshot mind mapping software Diagramic    
What they say:  " Data visualization is powerful. Seeing is believing. Spreadsheets were cool 20 years ago. Now we have access to more data and we need new tools to work with the data."
Observations:  Another text-to-diagram, browser based application, but quite different from Diagrammr, or Text2mindmap. Layouts can be chosen from three automatic options, and can be tweaked by dragging objects manually. Fun, but not deeply useful IMO. Neverthless, Forbes found a use for it as the first example shows - http://www.forbes20.com/ - by linking some browser controls and other processing that filters their data before submitting it to Diagramic.

Diagrams generated from plain text are all one colour. If the source is a Google spreadsheet, the diagram will have 2 colours and 2 shapes - the first column in the table is considered to contain the prime data.

This is categorized as a concept mapper because it can draw webs/nets but it would not be possible capable of making a full and useful concept map with linking phrases.
Where:  http://www.diagramic.com/
OS: browser based
Price:  Free
Categories: concept maps, networks
 
From:  Dimitry Polivaev   Product:  Freeplane    Added:  2009-06-07
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Screenshot mind mapping software Freeplane     Screenshot mind mapping software Freeplane    
What they say:  " Product vision: be the Eclipse of the mind mapping world

We strive to develop FreePlane as a lean framework for mind mapping, with clear and well-documented interfaces, allowing for easy extension and customization by programmers, scripters and other non-developers, federating them in a lively community supporting our project vision. We furthermore strive to make FreePlane the reference implementation of a yet-to-be-developed open and extensible mind mapping file format aligned with the Open Document Format.

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Observations:  There's a feature list, here:http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/mediawiki-1.14.1/index.php/Main_Page#Freeplane_features
It's currently available in English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Croatian.
Freeplane can open FreeMind (.mm) files at present, though as this is an independent fork of FreeMind, there can be no guarantee that this will always be so,
Where:  http://freeplane.org/
OS: Any supporting Java
Price:  Free, open source
Categories: mind maps
 
From:  Don Scorgie   Product:  Labyrinth    Added:  2006-10-14
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Screenshot mind mapping software Labyrinth     Screenshot mind mapping software Labyrinth     Screenshot mind mapping software Labyrinth    
What they say:  " Labyrinth is a mind-mapping tool for GNOME. It is written in Python using gtk+ and cairo for drawing.
The current version of Labyrinth, version 0.2, is the second proper release. It is still pre-alpha software though. The format used to store maps is liable to change in future versions. The layout and style of maps is also liable to change. For a list of changes, look at the latest version section."
Observations: 
Where:  http://www.gnome.org/~dscorgie/labyrinth.html
OS: Linux
Price:  Free
Categories: concept maps
 
Articles
Mindmapping can remove creativity blocks

Here's a view of creativity worth reading. It mentions mindmapping only briefly but it does provide a hint to one of the ways around creative blockage. I've added one of my own at the foot.   [Vic]

Crack the barriers to creativity

Mind mapping can help with creativity – it frees you from the rigidity of lists for example – and with its visual approach stimulates alternative ways of viewing a problem. But here, Joann adds a barrage of other techniques to help you crack barriers to creativity.   [Vic]

Basic introduction to mindmapping

I didn't see why this shouldn't work all the year round. No need to wait for the New Year - here it is.   [Vic]

Mindmapping for the quick-witted

This is a good, quick description of what mindmapping is, when applied to its use for note taking. It’s a little short on specifics and examples, so you’ll have to browse further on mind-mapping.org for those.   [Vic]

Vegetable or royalty – take your pick with mindmapping

Whether you have vegetable or royal aspirations, I can confirm that you'll find mindmapping a great way of calming yourself down when you have many calls on your time, ideas buzzing round your head and objectives to meet. But it must fit your own personal style of thinking, and you must set aside the time to do it! That's how I bust stress, not by mapping out my stressful times. But we're all different, and maybe this will work for you.   [Vic]


The opinions are Vic's but material in quotes that follows "What they say" is quoted from the vendors' web sites. Product names used in this web site are for identification purposes only. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.  If you come across any software that isn't here but you think should be, please let me know: Vic at the above domain. If you have questions about mind mapping, concept mapping or outlining, you can let me know and I'll give it my best shot.