Concept mapping and Mind mapping software are used to create diagrams of relationships between concepts, ideas or other pieces of information,by using this ,all ideas are connected and we get a greater image . It is used by individuals, corporate teams, students and teachers alike for various purposes.
As bloggers,we can use this technique for brainstorming ,getting new idea for blogging . In this post, I want to show you some online tools for mind mapping .
SpiderScribe is a user friendly, free and online collaborative mind mapping tool for project management and brainstorming. With this flexible tool you can create freestyle and multi-directional maps – and combine them with elements such as images, text, files, calendar events and geographic locations.
MindMeister is the most simplistic mind mapping tool , but its simplicity is definitely an asset. Once you’re logged into the service, you can create a fully functionalmind map using little more than the directional arrows and the Insert key to add new nodes to your map.You can set font size ,node colors ... ,and exporting file to popular format PDF, JPG, PNG, or GIF.
WiseMapping is a free online mindmapping and collaboration tool which helps in Creating mind maps online, invite friends as contributors (useful when working in a team), save maps as PDF, and more. The drag’n’drop capabilities of WiseMapping make it easy to build up your diagram.
Cool mind mapping tool for creating highly customizable organization charts. Each chart node can be colored, converted to an image, supplemented with a custom icon, link, attachment and more.
Mindomo is an online mind map Software where users can create, view and share mind maps in their browser. Mindomo is offering the basic services for free, while charging for advanced features. Unregistered users can view the mind maps, while registered users are permitted to create and share mind maps.
Extremely powerful techy-oriented diagram creation and collaboration tool, create anything from basic flow-chart diagrams to well-documented troubleshooting guides.
The interface is simple and intuitive to use. You can quickly move through your entire mind map with only a handful of keystrokes or jump over to the outline view for even quicker navigation. In addition to a basic mind map you can also create fishbone, organizational, tree, and logic charts. You can export charts as HTML, images, or text, and XMind comes a free account on XMind.net which allows you to share your charts online and embed them into blogs and web sites.
Map and share your views of contents on the Web.It's a free tool,easy to use .
An interesting tool for getting solutions from others . You have a problem ,share it on Solvr, you have a link ,you can send this link to your friends ,or submit it to a forum,social networks .Every people who have the link can go to Solvr and share the solution to solve the problem .
Mind mapping is a fantastic way to sketch out ideas and do some really productive brainstorming. Bubbl.us is a mind-mapping product aimed towards exactly anyone who needs help organizing their thoughts or any jumbled information. Powered by Flash, Bubbl.us makes it easy for anyone to quickly start planning and sorting out their ideas through the use of linked text bubbles.
iMindMap takes a different approach to mapping than the other applications in the list. Rather than create new nodes off the main idea by adding boxes, nodes are created by clicking in the center or the main idea and drawing away from it with the mouse. Each new idea is a branch off the center. Strangely, many of basic feature available in free mind-mapping software are only found in the more expensive versions of iMindMap, like the ability to expand and collapse branches. Mind maps created in iMindMap can be exported as PDF, JPG, PNG and text outline.
As bloggers,we can use this technique for brainstorming ,getting new idea for blogging . In this post, I want to show you some online tools for mind mapping .
1. Spider scribe
SpiderScribe is a user friendly, free and online collaborative mind mapping tool for project management and brainstorming. With this flexible tool you can create freestyle and multi-directional maps – and combine them with elements such as images, text, files, calendar events and geographic locations.
2. Mindmeister
MindMeister is the most simplistic mind mapping tool , but its simplicity is definitely an asset. Once you’re logged into the service, you can create a fully functionalmind map using little more than the directional arrows and the Insert key to add new nodes to your map.You can set font size ,node colors ... ,and exporting file to popular format PDF, JPG, PNG, or GIF.
3. WiseMapping
WiseMapping is a free online mindmapping and collaboration tool which helps in Creating mind maps online, invite friends as contributors (useful when working in a team), save maps as PDF, and more. The drag’n’drop capabilities of WiseMapping make it easy to build up your diagram.
4. Mind42
Cool mind mapping tool for creating highly customizable organization charts. Each chart node can be colored, converted to an image, supplemented with a custom icon, link, attachment and more.
5. Mindomo
Mindomo is an online mind map Software where users can create, view and share mind maps in their browser. Mindomo is offering the basic services for free, while charging for advanced features. Unregistered users can view the mind maps, while registered users are permitted to create and share mind maps.
6. Gliffy
Extremely powerful techy-oriented diagram creation and collaboration tool, create anything from basic flow-chart diagrams to well-documented troubleshooting guides.
7. XMind
The interface is simple and intuitive to use. You can quickly move through your entire mind map with only a handful of keystrokes or jump over to the outline view for even quicker navigation. In addition to a basic mind map you can also create fishbone, organizational, tree, and logic charts. You can export charts as HTML, images, or text, and XMind comes a free account on XMind.net which allows you to share your charts online and embed them into blogs and web sites.
8. Glinkr
Map and share your views of contents on the Web.It's a free tool,easy to use .
9. Solvr
An interesting tool for getting solutions from others . You have a problem ,share it on Solvr, you have a link ,you can send this link to your friends ,or submit it to a forum,social networks .Every people who have the link can go to Solvr and share the solution to solve the problem .
10. Bubbl.us
Mind mapping is a fantastic way to sketch out ideas and do some really productive brainstorming. Bubbl.us is a mind-mapping product aimed towards exactly anyone who needs help organizing their thoughts or any jumbled information. Powered by Flash, Bubbl.us makes it easy for anyone to quickly start planning and sorting out their ideas through the use of linked text bubbles.
11. iMindMap
iMindMap takes a different approach to mapping than the other applications in the list. Rather than create new nodes off the main idea by adding boxes, nodes are created by clicking in the center or the main idea and drawing away from it with the mouse. Each new idea is a branch off the center. Strangely, many of basic feature available in free mind-mapping software are only found in the more expensive versions of iMindMap, like the ability to expand and collapse branches. Mind maps created in iMindMap can be exported as PDF, JPG, PNG and text outline.
This guest post is by Mariana Ashley
One of the most difficult aspects of starting up a blog is creating a concept. Especially when creating a blog intended to collect ad revenue or your first official "serious" blog (as in, you want this blog to have thousands of subscribers and launch you into a blogging career), devising a foundation that will unify all your potential posts and ideas can become terrifyingly daunting. Any experienced or successful blogging guru will tell you that planning is critical in this phase of blogging. Fortunately, the variety of methods for planning and creating a blog is currently approaching infinity.
This is a crucial step that not enough bloggers do. In order to have a successful blog, you have to define and redefine the purpose of your blog. This may include some personal goals like "keep my writing skills up" or "have an online presence for my work." Remember that you should also ask why your blog will be read by others. What purpose will it serve for them? Will it serve a valuable niche topic? Will it provide good information that is otherwise hard to find? There are never too many why questions to ask before starting a project. The more you define why you are creating the blog and why it will be important to others, the more valuable and focused your blog will become in the end result.
First and foremost, research research research! You should be reading any and every blog related to any idea you might want to blog about. If you don't have a feed reader, get one now! Seriously, if you want to consider yourself a blogger and don't want your life to become a nightmare of bookmarking and internet history searching, you need a reader like any aspiring author needs a bookshelf (or milk crates if they're on a budget).
As a Google fan, I use Google Reader to aggregate my feeds, but I recently started using Feedly (which basically transforms Google Reader into a personalized magazine) to consume my feeds. Since many readers allow you to integrate, import, or export your feeds, you can easily experiment with various readers and see what works best for you. Remember to organize your feeds and create a folder for blogs that give you inspiration for your new concept.
Believe it or not, brainstorming is an essential process of project planning that too few bloggers (and countless other professions for that matter) actually implement. With all the free (usually for at least some limited service) project planning software and web applications available, there's no excuse to forgo this planning step. Of course, Word or Notepad – or even a physical sheet of paper and a pen – are all you really need to brainstorm, but it can be fun to get fancy.
Of course, it's a good idea to define any purpose and principles of your blog before jumping into brainstorming, but it's by no means a necessity. Just blindly brainstorming blog topics can become a huge benefit and give you ideas for your blog that you would never have thought about during research.
One of the most difficult aspects of starting up a blog is creating a concept. Especially when creating a blog intended to collect ad revenue or your first official "serious" blog (as in, you want this blog to have thousands of subscribers and launch you into a blogging career), devising a foundation that will unify all your potential posts and ideas can become terrifyingly daunting. Any experienced or successful blogging guru will tell you that planning is critical in this phase of blogging. Fortunately, the variety of methods for planning and creating a blog is currently approaching infinity.
Stop and Ask Why
This is a crucial step that not enough bloggers do. In order to have a successful blog, you have to define and redefine the purpose of your blog. This may include some personal goals like "keep my writing skills up" or "have an online presence for my work." Remember that you should also ask why your blog will be read by others. What purpose will it serve for them? Will it serve a valuable niche topic? Will it provide good information that is otherwise hard to find? There are never too many why questions to ask before starting a project. The more you define why you are creating the blog and why it will be important to others, the more valuable and focused your blog will become in the end result.
Research
First and foremost, research research research! You should be reading any and every blog related to any idea you might want to blog about. If you don't have a feed reader, get one now! Seriously, if you want to consider yourself a blogger and don't want your life to become a nightmare of bookmarking and internet history searching, you need a reader like any aspiring author needs a bookshelf (or milk crates if they're on a budget).
As a Google fan, I use Google Reader to aggregate my feeds, but I recently started using Feedly (which basically transforms Google Reader into a personalized magazine) to consume my feeds. Since many readers allow you to integrate, import, or export your feeds, you can easily experiment with various readers and see what works best for you. Remember to organize your feeds and create a folder for blogs that give you inspiration for your new concept.
Brainstorm
Believe it or not, brainstorming is an essential process of project planning that too few bloggers (and countless other professions for that matter) actually implement. With all the free (usually for at least some limited service) project planning software and web applications available, there's no excuse to forgo this planning step. Of course, Word or Notepad – or even a physical sheet of paper and a pen – are all you really need to brainstorm, but it can be fun to get fancy.
Of course, it's a good idea to define any purpose and principles of your blog before jumping into brainstorming, but it's by no means a necessity. Just blindly brainstorming blog topics can become a huge benefit and give you ideas for your blog that you would never have thought about during research.
