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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:  Alexander Larsson. Current maintainers: Lars Clausen & Hans Breuer   Product:  Dia    Added:  2007-09-02
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Screenshot mind mapping software Dia     Screenshot mind mapping software Dia     Screenshot mind mapping software Dia    
What they say:  " Dia is roughly inspired by the commercial Windows program 'Visio', though more geared towards informal diagrams for casual use. It can be used to draw many different kinds of diagrams. It currently has special objects to help draw entity relationship diagrams, UML diagrams, flowcharts, network diagrams, and many other diagrams. It is also possible to add support for new shapes by writing simple XML files, using a subset of SVG to draw the shape.

It can load and save diagrams to a custom XML format (gzipped by default, to save space), can export diagrams to a number of formats, including EPS, SVG, XFIG, WMF and PNG, and can print diagrams (including ones that span multiple pages)."
Observations:  http://downloads.sourceforge.net/dia-installer/dia-setup-0.96.1-7.exe
Where:  http://live.gnome.org/Dia
OS: Linux, Unix, Windows
Price:  Free (GPL)
Categories: diagramming
 
From:  AlfaAlfa Software   Product:  AlfaPad    Added:  2006-06-18
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Screenshot mind mapping software AlfaPad    
What they say:  " AlfaPad Notes Organizer uses an intuitive, double-paned Explorer-like interface to allow hierarchical storage of information. A graphical hierarchical display of your documents (branches and items) appears on the left, while a text viewing/editing window is displayed on the right. Branches and items can be re-arranged via drag and drop."
Observations:  Outliner software
Where:  http://www.alfaalfa.com/
OS: Windows
Price:  US$20
Categories: outlines
 
From:  ALogic SA   Product:  eGems Collector Pro    Added:  2006-06-24
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Screenshot mind mapping software eGems Collector Pro     Screenshot mind mapping software eGems Collector Pro     Screenshot mind mapping software eGems Collector Pro    
What they say:  " Ideal for students, writers, independent researchers, small to mid-size workgroups,
eGems Collector Pro 2.6 is the easiest and fastest way to capture, organize and source your electronic research! It will help you save your valuable research ''gems'' - text, images and links - from the Internet, digital libraries, email and open applications."
Observations:  Note taking software with a tree-structured mode.
Where:  http://www.egems.com/
OS: Windows
Price:  US$20.00
Categories: outlines
 
Articles
Knowledge mapping for communities

Here's an interesting slideshow in which authors Simon Buckingham Shum and Alexandra Okada make a case for a move away from text towards knowledge or mind mapping presentation in a knowledge community. Their objective is to change cognition, no less.

Mindmapping for creativity

There's a lot to like in the (unrestrained!) enthusiasm this author shows for Mindmaps.   [Vic]

Mindmapping helps you be creative AND get things done

I've seen comments from people who have looked at mindmapping but never used the technique: "I never know what to do with the mindmap once I've got it." Well, here's one answer.   [Vic]

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]


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.