Top Picks: Coolest Brainstorming Applications

From basic all-accessible (students, PR folks, etc) multi-person live brainstorming dashboards TO feature-rich, techy diagram creation tools.

Basic Mind-Mapping Tools

(1) ImaginationCubed - awesome looking, simple to use, live brainstorming tool. Invite your partner and share single dashboard to create mind maps. Draw, add objects, type, etc.

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Features: Demo

live collaboration
send maps by email
replay your steps
save/print maps
background grid on/off

(2) Bubbl.us - lets you quickly create custom bubble mind maps and share them with colleagues for further refining.

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Features: Demo

create/save/print/share/collaborate on maps
embed maps elsewhere (blog, web profile, etc.)
export maps as XML, HTML, or as image (JPEG, PNG)
interactive Drag’n Drop interface
keyboard shortcuts, mousewheel zoom

(3) 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.

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Features: Demo

sharie and collaborate on notes
embed maps elsewhere
print maps
integrated live chat (Google Talk)
keyboard shortcuts
Drag’n and drop interface
export maps (as Freemind, Mindmanager and RTF)

More Powerful Mind-Mapping

(4) Mindmeister - slightly more flexible alternative to the above mentioned mind42: more styling/formatting options, more diverse collection of embeddable icons, provides handy sidebar next to the mapping dashboard, and more.

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Features:

free account is limited to 6 mind maps
share and collaborate on mind maps
print maps
integrated Skype conference call
embed maps into your blog or website
drag’n drop interface
keyboard shortcuts
import maps (from FreeMind and Mindjet’s MindManager) / export to an RTF or a GIF image

(5) Mindomo - feature-rich mind mapping tool. Probable the most comprehensive one, check out screenshot and demo below.

Features: Demo

free account is limited to 7 private and an unlimited number of public maps
share and collaborate on maps
keyboard shortcuts
drag’n drop interface
import MindManager and FreeMind type maps / export to maps to TXT, MMAP, RTF, PDF, JPG, GIF and PNG formats
print maps

(6) Gliffy - extremely powerful techy-oriented diagram creation and collaboration tool, create anything from basic flow-chart diagrams to well-documented troubleshooting guides.

Features: Demos Video / Trial

free account is limited allows you to 3 private and unlimited number of public diagrams
share and collaborate on mind maps
embed maps elsewhere (blog, wiki, etc.)
export mind maps as SVG (Microsoft Visio, Adobe Illustrator, and Macromedia FreeHand)
interactive drag’n drop interface
print maps
map edits history (instantly revert map to earlier version)
keyboard shortcuts

[UPDATE] Awesome related links contributed by Vic

Bubble-Mind
Kayuda (concept mapping more than mindmapping)
Mapul
Comapping (kinda rigid, forces left-to-right mapping)
Webofweb (prob. the oldest still surviving - mayomi came first but has sunk from sight)
Glinky

And in the area of more general diagramming tools, there’s

FlowChart
CumulateLabs (Cumulate Draw)

Marcadores: 2008, CopyPaste, Cube, digitalizar, documentos

postado por mikhail # 2/18/2008 12:00:00 AM