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The mind-mapping.org Blog » This blog is about software for mindmapping and organising information. This blog will keep you bang up to date on developments in the world of visual networks and all types of business maps.

The mind-mapping.org Blog » This blog is about software for mindmapping and organising information. This blog will keep you bang up to date on developments in the world of visual networks and all types of business maps.
Mind maps Mindmapinspiration’s Gallery Mindmapinspiration has a Gallery and, as usual with Paul Foreman’s inspiring work, it’s great. A worthy addition to mind-mapping.org’s Mind Map Libraries. Libraries of Mind Maps (updated) Have you noticed the growth of sites featuring libraries of mind maps on the web? Interesting hand made mind maps My focus at mind-mapping.org is on software-made mind maps – well obviously, I do claim this as “the master list of mind mapping and information management software”, after all. Knowledge management Visual note taking From Japan, but working in English, iroha Note takes a textual approach to visualization – or a visual approach to text notes (take your pick). Its free version feels rather like clustering with Post-it notes, but adds the capability to freely associate notes using visible but subtle linking lines. The paid-for version, iroha Note+, adds the capability to freely associate notes using visible Continue reading… A visual eye on education

The Mind-Mapping Wiki In a post some months ago, I promised to tell you more about WikIT, the mind mapping wiki but kept getting distracted. Now I have found a few minutes to keep my word. WikIT is a facinating resource. It takes the line that different uses of ‘information maps’ (I’m planning a post about that phrase!) are best served by different map types and different rules. This wiki covers the many types of maps – mind maps, concept maps, argument maps and others. Although it looks a lot like Wikipedia, and has the same types of search facilities, WikIT often uses mind maps for navigation – that must be a boon – and takes advantage of MindManager 8′s ability to deliver Flash and PDF mind maps that work, as well as looking pretty. The best place to start is the list of all the subjects covered by the wiki. Information Tamers, who put this wiki together, have also remedied a hole in my site by adding a list of free mapping software on one of its pages. Google

Tools for Creating Charts and Diagrams Free Software XML/SWF Charts is a simple, yet powerful tool to create attractive web charts and graphs from dynamic XML data. Create an XML source to describe a chart, then pass it to this tool’s flash file to generate the chart. The XML source can be prepared manually, or generated dynamically using any scripting language (PHP, ASP, CFML, Perl, etc.) XML/SWF Charts makes the best of both the XML and SWF worlds. yEd is a very powerful graph editor that is written entirely in the Java programming language. Graphviz is a way of representing structural information as diagrams of abstract graphs and networks. Kivio is an easy to use diagramming and flowcharting application with tight integration to the other KOffice applications. Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a general-purpose modeling language that includes a graphical notation used to create an abstract model of a system, referred to as a UML model. DIA is a gtk+ based diagram creation program released under the GPL license.

Blogs The Brain – istruzioni essenziali Per un uso didattico di Personal Brain 4.0 – istruzioni essenziali (di Marco Guastavigna) [scarica il pdf compresso] Confesso che ricomincio a scrivere istruzioni sull’uso di Personal Brain un po’ più di 6 anni dopo la pubblicazione delle istruzioni essenziali per l’uso della versione 2, con emozione e nostalgia. L’ambiente ha conservato infatti le sue caratteristiche essenziali – serve a produrre mappe dinamiche, una definizione che ho via via perfezionato negli anni riflettendo sulla proposta logico-visiva del programma; chi non conosce una mappa dinamica, ne può avere un esempio immediato sul sito del produttore, cliccando sui nodi nella parte alta e osservando via via come essi si ridispongano. Nel frattempo, però, Personal Brain è diventato ancora più ricco e potente, ma anche intuitivo. Non documenterò quindi le funzionalità di derivazione generale (per esempio come annullare un comando) e affiderò all’intuito dell’utente anche alcune di quelle specifiche dell’ambiente. 1. 2. 3. 4.

EDWARD DE BONO AUTHORISED WEBSITE - CoRT THINKING LESSONS WEBSIT The CoRT Thinking Lessons were first published in 1974 - there must be many millions of people who have benefited. As we engage the new world of social learning and social media, this website has partnered with the Dendrite social learning platform where you can access all of CoRT in video learning form to support both teachers and students. This platform allows anyone interested in thinking to access this great programme and engage in collaborative learning with others from around the world with a similar interest. The intention behind Dendrite is to consolidate all matters relating to 'de Bono Thinking' - that mix of the CoRT Thinking Programme and Six Thinking Hats and to provide a forum for discussion on the use and implementation of 'de Bono Thinking' on a worldwide basis. Dendrite will deal with issues particular to the teaching and use of 'de Bono Thinking' - the enhancement of our thinking ability. framework are fully complementary - hence 'de Bono Thinking'.

JPC’S BLOG Web 2.0 Effects and Rich Client Applications There are many technologies on the market that are geared toward improving your user's web experience. Numerous companies that have made the Internet an essential part of their business model utilize such technologies to increase their user base and retain customers. For example, YouTube, Amazon and Yahoo all recently introduced Macromedia Flash, in the form of widgets with dynamic content, on their main web properties to improve their users' experience. Another name for the Web effects is Rich Client Application. This article will discuss the various new web effects that appeared with the wave of the Web 2.0 movement. Evolution of the Web UI Since the early days of the static web, developers were constantly improving user interaction with the web sites. The Internet dot com bubble of the late 90s laid the foundation for many of the modern Web IU technologies, and the explosion of eCommerce sites gave rise to the dynamic web. Web 2.0 Effects, Technologies, and Frameworks Page 1 of 2

- Lettres et Cartes Heuristiques Dec 15 Je me mets doucement à jour au niveau de mes lectures en retard, et parmi les ouvrages que je viens de finir il y a l’avant dernier de Xavier Delengaigne, Organisez votre temps avec le Mind Mapping. Comme à son habitude, l’auteur nous propose un livre efficace, pratique et concret ; joliment illustré par l’incontournable Luis Garcia, il se décompose en 10 chapitres : 1 Le mind mapping à votre secours ! 2 Se fixer des objectifs (et les tenir !) 3 Piloter ses activités annuelles à l’aide d’un cockpit 4 Découper ses actions 5 Piloter son quotidien 6 Optimiser son temps grâce à un logiciel 7 Inspirez-vous de Toyota : créer votre Kanban 8 Rédiger des procédures graphiques 9 Mieux gérer son stress 10 Harmoniser sa vie personnelle et professionnelle Le tout est accompagné d’un cahier central de cartes en couleurs, comme celle-ci : Le style est clair, les conseils donnés sont directement applicables, et au-delà du mind mapping, l’auteur nous présente d’autres techniques, comme le Kanban. Dec 08 Dec 07

David Allen Company :: GTD Gear :: GTD NoteTaker Wallet with Acc Our elegant GTD NoteTaker Wallet, personally designed and used by David Allen. Compact design features the NoteTaker pad and pockets for cards, money, and receipts. Black leather. The ability to quickly capture a thought and get it off your mind is as essential as your driver’s license, credit cards and cash. Crafted of the finest matte finish leather to be as durable as it is slim, the wallet’s real value as a productivity tool is the Expandable Pen and perforated notepads for easily capturing every new critical and creative thought. The GTD NoteTaker Wallet gives your mind the freedom it needs to let go of the low level task of remembering everything by instantly recording it on the notepad for later processing. Included with the GTD NoteTaker: - Beautiful leather wallet in black - Expandable Pen - 2 extra pen refills - 10 paper pads- 2 1/4" x 4 1/4" Please note: This style has an interior pocket for storing folded cash only.

Heuristiquement Micro Logic - publisher of innovative software and other product DiskMapper DiskMapper is a remarkable utility that frees up megabytes and megabytes of hard disk space - quickly and easily by showing you a useful, graphical, color-coded map of your hard disk. DiskMapper lets you quickly delete or compress programs and files you don't need or rarely use. DiskMapper is more effective than file managers because it finds space wasting files much faster, shows an overview of your drive, and quickly finds large files hidden in deep subdirectories. Instead of replacing your hard drive you'll save hundreds of dollars, hours of disk drive installation time, and you won't risk your data in the transition to a new drive. Click here for more details. To order DiskMapper use the shopping cart below: Note: If you own version 1of Disk Mapper you are eligible for the upgrade pricing. Patent # 5,987,469 For Windows 95,98, 2000, ME, XP. "Every once in a while... not very often, but now and then, a utility program comes along that blows your socks off. MPC Digest, Jim Rooney

The Mind Mapping Software Weblog InformationTamers.com, a web site created by the developers of Topicscape, a 3-D mind mapping software program, walks the reader through concise and engaging analysis of different information management solutions, and their strengths and weaknesses. Here are a few highlights: Indexing software: This genre of programs indexes the contents of your computer's hard drive and then enables you to conduct keyword searches it. This type of software was of limited use to the author because it was hard to come up with a precise search term that would deliver the results he was looking for. Like using a web search engine, these indexing programs often returned too many irrelevant results. Mind mapping/concept mapping software: These tools moved information management into the realm of a “visual road map,” which made it easier to “see” pieces of information and how they fit into the larger whole.

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