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I had the opportunity to be a guest speaker for this webinar, An Inside Look at MindManager 7 Mac, and to share how I am using Mindjet MindManager in the classes that I teach at the graduate level in assistive technology. If you are not familiar with MindManager you can preview the...

The MindMeister Team shared this update with me which I thought you would find interesting. MindMeister is an online application that allows you to do mindmapping right within your browser With each update the program adds more and more functionality. One of the really powerful features...

If you are using Mindjet MindManager for project management then you will want to take a look at their current release of the Project Management Jetpack. The Project Management Jetpack consists of a White Paper on how to use MindManager Pro to get the most out of jumpstarting your...

Being able to visually see the links between ideas and information is a very powerful tool as we search the Internet. Using a very familiar mind mapping metaphor, TouchGraph has developed a visual search engine that can display the network of connectivity between websites as reported...

I just received this email from Mindsystems that I thought you would be interested in. I did post a review of Mindsystems ThemeReader earlier this month which you can find on my blog. Mindsystems ThemeReader used in conjuction with MindManager is a very exciting piece of technology...

Gideon King, the developer of NovaMind Mind Mapping application has released a wonderful resource for educators who are using mind mapping in the classroom. The book is visually very appealing and the content will certainly help teachers to think about how they can use mind mapping...

Today I was a participant in a Mindjet webinar "Get the Inside Look at MindManager 7 Mac and Walk Away with your Own Copy." looking at how I use Mindjet MindManager in the courses that I teach at the College of St. Elizabeth. I had the opportunity to share my ideas about how I use...

As I use MindManager Pro 7 from Mindjet Inc., more and more, in the work that I do, I have found it to be an excellent tool to help me organize and keep information that I use in one spot. The power in the tool from my perspective is that it allows me to quickly see my ideas and...

I have had a chance to use the PersonalBrain 4 on the Macintosh and have really enjoyed playing around with it. The PersonalBrain 4 is a wonderful visual repository for ideas, attachments, web links, spreadsheets, and calendar events. Its forte is really the ability to link or associate...

Last week I attended the DigitalLife Press Preview and had a chance to watch and speak to the representatives from Picnik.com. By using your browser and going to Picnik.com you are provided with a full set of editing tools that are very easy to use. With so many people using digital...

Gideon King recently emailed me about the release of NovaMind 4 for the Macintosh, one of the premier mind mapping applications on the Macintosh platform . Sporting a whole new interface users should find it easier to format and work with NovaMind 4. There are two new versions that...

I had the opportunity to get a preview of new application called Jing, from the makers of Camtasia Studio and it is really awesome. Think about all of the times that you want to grab a picture of something on your screen and send it to someone that you may be IMing. Or say you want to quickly show someone how to use a feature in a software application...

TheBrain Technologies LP, released The PersonalBrain 4.0 for Macintosh, Windows, and Linux today. The PersonalBrain 4.0 is a visual management software application that allows you to relate information precisely as you want to. It works by allowing you to capture your thoughts and...

Thanks to Vicki Davis for sharing this site. Over the years I have enjoyed using Visual Thesaurus and watching the interconnections being made for the words that I entered into the application. Now Visuwords can do the same thing and it is free. Just entera word and click on the...

Logitech announced two new products at the DigitalLife Press Preview yesterday that I though you would be interested in. The first product is a new webcam called the Quickcam Pro 9000. Here are some of its features: Carl Zeiss® optics: Get more detail and clarity from Carl...

Having spent the better part of my career in education my first mind mapping tool that I came in contact with was Inspiration. To this day it still remains one of my favorite applications when I am planning or need to organize my ideas. I can recall when I first came across Inspiration...

Tonight I will be going to the DigitalLife Press Preview in New York to get an idea as to what we can expect to see in the early Fall as companies preview their new innovations in the technology space. Many of these companies sell directly to consumers and will showing off their...

As a software space, mind mapping is a hot area for software development. It would seem that almost everyday there is another announcement about a new mind mapping application. Much of the software development in this area is happening with mind mapping applications that are running...

Chuck Frey who is synonomyous with visual learning and mind mapping has just released Power Tips & Strategies for Mind Mapping Software- 2nd Edition. Chuck has added over 20 plus Case Studies so that you can see how other professional are using mind mapping software effectively....

Odessa, Ukraine, July 10 2007 – CS Odessa today has released a service pack for its business productivity software product ConceptDraw MINDMAP 5. Mind mapping and brainstorming techniques are often recognized as helping people boost their business effectiveness and productivity,...

Ira Socol in his Blog SpEdChange has an excellent post about how students can use the array of Google applications effectively throughout the day.If you have a student with organizational troubles – and isn't that all students? Then, there is no better tool than the fully-implemented...

I came across this interesting utility that adds incredible functionality to MindManager 6 or 7 for Windows, which was reviewed in the last issue of Inclusion Times. Imagine a scenario in which your students have to read through a long and complex Word document and figure out what...

Amsterdam - 5 July 2007 - AssistiveWare(R) / ConvenienceWare(tm)today announced the release of GhostReader(tm) text-to-speechsoftware for Mac OS X. GhostReader 1.1 replaces TextParrot 1.0 andintroduces a number of new features with an enhanced user interface.Just as ghostwriters...

New ConceptDraw Business Suite by CS Odessa Lets You See What You Can AccomplishSan Jose, California, July 5, 2007 - CS Odessa today announces the general availability of their completely updated ConceptDraw Business Suite three integrated software applications that address project...

Here is a tip on how to reuse parts of your mind map by using the Remove Topic command. Enjoy! createSummaryAndThumb("summary6293234788766542487...