Witness the powers of mind mapping!

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Witness the powers of mind mapping!

by Joey Celis Jun 24th 2008

A mind map is a graphical representation of words or ideas that are linked around a central theme. Putting down your ideas on a mind map really helps to concentrate your efforts to ensure you stay focus. But while mind maps are generally helpful, assembling one on your computer may require a map of its own.

Instead of figuring out how to put one together yourself, text2mindmap has developed a site where you can enter in your ideas in an outline format and Text2mindmap will generate a fully interactive map. You can move the segments of the map around to see how each word or idea is connected to another.

The site is in beta and configuration options are limited to font, color and sizing. What would be nice for future updates, is the ability to download your map to some sort of self contained application that will allow you to retain all the interactive aspects of the map instead of the static image download option currently available.

Tags: MindMap, web services, web2.0, WebServices

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Edwin Yip said 6:07AM on 6-27-2008

it's useful when you need a one-off mindmap. But I think most of the time you will still need a professional lmind mapping software.

Edwin Yip

MindVisualizer -- Visual Mapping Software Leverages Mind Mapping and Concept Mapping Approaches.
http://www.InnovationGear.com

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