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China Digital and Social Media Landscape

2012-01-10T07:00:00.000+01:00

Published a month ago by Zaheer Nooruddin from Burston Marsteller, this report is really awesome: the use of maps and graphics helps to see quickly and clearly the big picture of the Internet and social media landscape in China. I was surprised by the power of Social Media there, despite of the governmental control over Internet. It seems clearly that the number of Social Media Users will continue to grow in China during the next years.

D/BM China Digital & Social Media Landscape Report 2011 Burson-Marsteller

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Improve the visual impact of your mindmaps titles

2012-01-04T23:14:00.000+01:00

Recently I came accross Flamingtext.com a very useful online resource for mind mapping, presentations, etc.

This is a free text generator that permits to create stunning titles for your mindmaps and improve their visual impact.

We can choose the style, the size and the colors and then export the result as a transparent image. You can see an example below.

My first impressions of MindMaple

2012-01-02T20:00:00.003+01:00

Mindmap created using MindMaple

End of 2011 a brand new Mind Mapping Software was launched: MindMaple.

I had the opportunity to try it during the last weeks and are here are my first impressions.

What I liked: The fluidity and ease to create and position freely items, the clean visual aspect of the mindmaps and the and intuitive user interface . An original feature I found very useful: the ability to organize imported images and icons with folders and keywords, perfect for creating a personal icons library.

It is also easy to insert links, attachments, text notes and images into the subjects. You can combine different grow directions inside your mindmaps.

MindMaple has launched a blog and a Twitter account.

This is my first post about MindMaple, however I think writing further ones about this very interesting software.

Interesting Presentation : The Geography of Visual Thoughts

2011-12-16T09:41:00.000+01:00

Today, reading the excellent Sabrina Bresciani's blog, I came accross this presentation. It was made using Prezi, one of the best non linear presentation tools. Enjoy.

The Geography of (Visual) Thought on Prezi

MatchWare Launches MindView 4 Mac

2011-11-20T07:02:00.000+01:00

A few days ago MatchWare announced the launching of MindView4 for Mac.

In addition to the Microsoft Office integration, this new version features include a new formatting toolbar, the ability to record audio commentary as a sound note and attach the file to a mind map branch, open MindView 4 for PC files and the option to export a mind map as a PDF.

MindView 4 Mac’s new presentation mode displays information one branch at a time, enabling users to deliver dynamic, interactive presentations directly from the mind map. Focus mode empowers users to zoom-in on specific areas of the map, allowing participants a clear view of the specific information presented. Click here for more information.

The New York Museum of Modern Art acquired the Rebuilding Downtown Manhattan mind map

2011-11-13T18:38:00.001+01:00

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After the 9/11 destruction of the New York City World Trade Center, LisaFrigand a project specialist in economic development for the city's utilitycompany Con Edison, was closely involved with the rebuilding of downtownManhattan. Her efforts were often stymied by the web of individuals, groupsand organizations involved. This could have been overwhelming, but fortunatelyshe knew Mind Mapping specialist, David Hill, also of Con Edison. He hadalready introduced her to Mind Mapping. Ms. Frigand and Mr. Hill workedtogether gathering information from hundreds of sources including reports,brochures, magazines and the Internet, to create a poster-sized Mind Map (using MindManager Software) ofall the parties involved in the restoration of lower Manhattan. The mainbranches they created were government, civic, infrastructure, properties,victims and memorials. They also identified what was created after 9/11.
When the map was completed , it showed everyone involved and their connections in a brain-friendly manner. People involved with the rebuilding effort were able to see, not only the big picture, but also the detail of this enormous effort.

Vector Doodlekit: hand made icons for mind mapping

2011-11-03T23:45:00.000+01:00

There is currently a huge offer of free icons for illustrating our mind maps (see my Free icons mindmap ).

However, it is more difficult to find a high quality icon set with an hand made appearance and over 700 items. This is what Vector Doodlekit provides, but it's not free, the current price is 29 €, about 40$.

The mindmap below includes several icons from the set. Click on the map to see it in high definition.

The strength of Vector Doodlekit is the icons simplicity, personally I use it also as a source of inspiration to train drawing visual metaphors on my notebook. Icons are available in 512x512 size as transparent PNG files and as vector graphics.

New Exciting RSAnimate Video: The Divided Brain

2011-10-23T21:20:00.002+02:00

In this exciting video from RSAnimate, renowned psychiatrist and writer Iain McGilchrist explains how the right hemisphere pays wide-open attention to the world, seeing the whole, whereas the left hemisphere is adept at focusing on a detail. he right hemisphere sees things in context, as inseparably interconnected, it recognizes the vast extent of what remains implicit.
By contrast, because of its narrow focus, the left hemisphere isolates what it sees, and is relatively blind to things that can be conveyed only indirectly.

Animated Mindmap with NovaMind's Presentation Mode

2011-09-10T15:38:00.000+02:00

Browsing the London Business School's Website, I came across a very interesting article about the Role of Social Media in New Product Development. This Collaboration between Customers and Companies contributes, in my opinion, to redesign marketing and New Product Development in the Age of Social Media.

NovaMind 5 Presentation Mode
I used the 5 W's method in order to structure some key points and turn them into a MindMap. I choose NovaMind for creating the mindmap and turning into a Presentation.

You can download the mindmap as a PDF here.

Creating mind maps in Google Chrome

2011-09-04T18:33:00.000+02:00

Connected Mind, a new plugin for Google Chrome lets you create mind maps directly within the browser.

Free, it has very interesting features such as online backup, import images from hard disk, flexible branches, clean visual aspect and although I did'nt found how to do it, import from FreeMind, as announced by the developer.

For sure, this first version needs many improvements ( for example, we have to make screenshots to export maps) but I had a very good first impression of it.

Here is a map I created with Connected Mind.

Click on image to enlarge it

A tip: when you trace a branch, hold the Shift key and click on the end of the branch to complete its creation.

Oovium Mind Mapper for iPad-iPhone

2011-09-03T23:13:00.000+02:00

Oovium Mind Mapper is an iPad-iPhone App that permits to create bubble mindmaps. It is usefull as a personal white board.
Oovium Mind Mapper allows you to place freely nodes on a field (the "aether") and designate directional links between them.
Each node can have multiple inputs and outputs. In the sample below, it took me only a few minutes to create this mindmap about the top UK Airports. It was exported as an image. You can also save your mindmaps on Dropbox.

Pricing: $5.99

Requirements: compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 3.1 or later

My Opinion: I likedThe flexible branches and the free positioning of the nodes. I would suggestto add more controls for the visual aspects of the nodes and branches, to implement an icon library and to allow more exports options.

Tip: You can use the free application Emoji to insert symbols into the nodes.

Mind Mapping 2.0: Introducing the New MindMeister

2011-08-29T17:38:00.003+02:00

MindMeister, one of the best collaborative online Mind Mapping Applications, just launched a new version with more than 200 enhancements.
I summarized the most interesting ones, from my point of view, into this mindmap.

Whe are witnessing how the mind mapping software industry is bringing this technique to higher levels of diffusion and innovation.

Clearly MindMeister puts into practice some Web 2.0 key concepts : simplicity, usability and collaboration.

A Brief Cartoon History of Social Networking

2011-07-17T18:18:00.000+02:00

A brilliant Cartoon Style Presentation....

PeopleBrowsr Presents A Brief Cartoon History of Social Networking 1930-2011

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