As I was organizing my daily plan, it struck me that some of you would be interested in some of the tools and techniques I use. Mind mapping is a powerful tool that helps me organize my chaotic ...

FreeMind is a useful mind mapping tool, but its user interface is 20 years out of date. While free to use, it lacks the friendliness of competing tools. Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours ...

Take a step beyond whiteboard scribbling with a new category of software that help you explore the relationships between items and concepts. When planning a project, whether it’s an essay or software, ...

The Best Mind Mapping Software Mind mapping solutions help you organize group ideas and turn them into an actionable plan. Part creative aid, part project management tool, mind mapping is a ...

Let’s get the hard question out of the way, first: What the heck is a mind map? Think of it like a way to organize your thoughts. You pick a general topic, then you draw out branches to subtopics, and ...

Mind mapping is a great way to add structure to brainstorming sessions and visualize your ideas. Check out the applications your fellow readers use to do their best brainstorming. Update: This list is ...

Have you ever had to tackle a project that was so large that it overwhelmed you? A book project? A dissertation? You just didn’t know where to begin, and you quickly tired of hearing people say: ...

Mind maps a great brainstorming tools, but–as I said in my last post–mind maps are good for a whole lot more than just brainstorming. You can use them to plan meetings, build elegantly structured ...

There are many free mind mapping software available for Windows. However, some tools come with a very complicated UI. This freeware comes with fewer features than other standard mind mapping tools, ...

Freeplane is an application for creating mind maps. A mind map is the doodling you draw with shapes and other symbols around words connected with lines to make charts representing your thoughts and ...

Brainstorming sessions are great, but sometimes you can drown in a thicket of ideas, half-concepts, and free-floating words. If that sounds familiar, you might want to consider a mind-mapping tool.