I saw many links to their site over the weekend and took a quick look. It looks like a great tool for basic mapping and I plan on taking a closer look when time permits.

Something that may be of interest to you is a new beta web app that does some really pretty looking mind maps http://www.bubbl.us/ It’s the simplest one that I have found to date that looks fantastic.

Anyway, keep up the good work with the blogging and podcasts!

Sarah

I have been looking at examples of hand-done maps and believe you are correct about the creative side. The software is good for “diagrams” but leave the imagination dry.

I added both of those books to my wishlist at Amazon over the weekend. I am looking forward to getting into them.

Thanks again, and I look forward to “mind mapping” with you over a good hot cup of coffee.

My subjects for 2007 are Arabic (the language) and the general area of leadership, where I continually find new things to learn.

I’ve done a lot of mindmapping over the last ten plus years. In fact, every blog I write begins as a mindmap scrawled on an 11 x 17 sheet of paper.

My first recommendation if you want to open up the creative side: do it on paper. Paper is where you will find your creative flow. Later you can move to the software, but just remember that the software ends up driving you to fairly linear, non-organic mindmaps.

As to tips and how tos, I would start with Joyce Wycoff’s book “Mindmapping” or Tony Buzan’s “How to Mindmap.”

Perhaps we should hook up next time I’m in your area and spend a couple of hours playing with mindmaps!

Kent