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Cayra: mind mapping for Windows

by Todd Ritter Mar 21st 2008

Cayra is a mind mapping and concept-planning application for Windows that lets you create graphical representations of thought processes and ideas like brainstorms, family trees, and product-release schedules.

The program lets you label link paths and change the colors of links and nodes. You can also add images, hyperlinks, dates, and yes/no fields to nodes. FreeMind and MindManager file imports are supported.

The Cayra team is working on a web-based Flash version of their product that can be used on any platform and will support map exchanging. The current Windows version requires .NET framework 3.0.

For mind mapping on Mac OS X, try MindNode.

[Thanks commenter upsilamba!]

Tags: brainstorm, concept mapping, ConceptMapping, mind mapping, MindMapping

Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Open Source, Canonical

Ubuntu Brainstorm: Vote on the Ubuntu features you'd like to see

by Brad Linder Mar 1st 2008

What's wrong with Ubuntu? No, that's not a rhetorical question. The developers behind the popular open-source Linux distribution are soliciting feedback using a Digg-like forum called Ubuntu Brainstorm. Anyone can submit an idea, and other users can vote a story up or down. The top suggestions are then showed on the front page of the site, bringing them more attention.

The concept is based on Dell's IdeaStorm web site, which the computer maker uses to solicit ideas. Right now, some of the top suggestions for Ubuntu are:

A better interface for managing network connections
Use less power
Combine the Preferences and Administration menus and condense some of the submenus
Let users know which application is using a volume that cannot be unmounted because it's in use
A prettier bootloader
Quicker boot speed

And the list goes on. What would you fix in Ubuntu if you had the chance?

[via Slashdot]

Tags: brainstorm, digg, ideastorm, ubuntu, ubuntu-brainstorm, voting

Filed under: Macintosh, Productivity, Freeware

MindNode: Map your mind and the rest will follow

by Todd Ritter Feb 18th 2008

MindNode is a free app for Mac OS X that can be used to create clean, elegant concept maps like brainstorms, writing outlines, or timelines. Each maps starts with a main concept to which branch nodes can easily be added. Primary branches are colored differently so one's eye can easily follow a consistent path.

You can have multiple maps on the same "canvas" which can be helpful for comparing or contrasting ideas. Fonts and colors are customizable, and you can change the line stroke (solid, dashed, dotted). MindNode also lets you export your finished map to a .tiff or .pdf to share your brilliant ideas with the world.

[Via i use this]

Tags: brainstorm, mind map, MindMap

Filed under: Internet, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Web services, Mozilla, Social Software, Unix

Mozilla opens up Firefox 3 brainstorming to the public, as well as alpha builds

by David Chartier Oct 15th 2006

Firefox 2 isn't even officially out the door yet, but if y'all aren't partying too hard, why not toss in your two cents on how Firefox 3 is going to turn out? Mozilla has decided to offer up a a public brainstorming wiki to solicit ideas and feature requests for the next major release of Firefox. The page is already impressively organized, offering fine-grained categories for things like software update, tabs, profiles, printing and even mobile and enterprise support. There's already quite a bit on the menu, and Mozilla will obviously have to draw at least a few lines to keep Firefox 3 on track, but swing on by if you think you can lend a hand to shape the future of one of the best darn browsers on the Internets.

In addition, they've also unleashed alpha builds of Firefox 3 (aka - Minefield), though from a quick run-through on Mac OS X, I can't see anything mind-blowingly new just yet. Of course, YMMV.

[via Ars Technica]

Tags: brainstorm, feedback, firefox, firefox 3, Firefox3, freedbacking, input, wiki

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