mind map

RSS

  • SpiderScribe builds flexible Web-based mind maps

    Posted May 24, 2011 - 6:59 pm

    As someone whose primary business role involves laying out ideas, planning creative content, and writing articles, I spend a ton of time making mind maps to organize my thoughts. Unfortunately, most mind mapping tools aren't flexible enough to handle multiple kinds of input. But a new Web app called SpiderScribe delivers enough flexibility to turn mind mapping into an online team sport.

  • Use mind maps to track your to-do list

    Posted April 27, 2011 - 8:23 pm

    Got some a busy week ahead of you? If you're like me, you'll be depending on your favorite to-do app to get you through it. But task lists aren't the only way to track next actions, and in some cases they may not be the best. When you've got a short-term project to get through, a mind map can be a great way to track all of the tasks for a short-term project or a finite span of time--such as a trade show--on a single, visually intuitive page.

  • Online collaboration on the cheap: 20 free & low-cost tools

    Posted June 11, 2010 - 7:16 am

    From brainstorming apps to full-blown project managers, these inexpensive tools can help your team work together.

  • Mind Maps Fuel Productivity

    Posted May 18, 2009 - 9:13 am

    When an Anthrax scare hit the Department of Human Services in Virginia's Arlington County in 2002, Christopher David, then the county's chief technology officer, sprang into action. "I knew there was a person who could help us [respond]," he says. "But I didn't remember his name or how to contact him." Rather than waste precious time searching through hundreds of documents housed on his desktop or in file cabinets, David opened his mind mapping application from PersonalBrain, entered a few keywords and, within moments, had the information he needed.

  • Solving problems graphically

    Posted April 30, 2009 - 11:32 am

    What do you do when you find yourself looking at the same processes and the same information and can't improve your results? Try looking at things in a new way, graphically, using tools such as MindManager or TheBrain.
Ask a Question