Friday, June 13, 2008

FREE MIND - Freeware for digital mind mapping

Mind map is a tool that I use largely in my work.
It helps me to clarify my thinking and convey ideas to my colleagues.
Looking carefully, there are lots of industrial tools, which are based on mind map.
Ishikawa diagram, ask yourself 5 times why are all tools which have mind map concept in it.

I had been wondering whether there is any software that can enable mind map to be used on the computer. I finally found one. The best thing is, it is a free software.
It needs to be a free software, as I don’t think I can sell the idea of buying a software for mind mapping to my boss.
This freeware is an open source software from sourceforge.net, which is called free mind. It is a Java written software, and saying that you must have a java application installed to run it.

For me, this freeware is very helpful. I use it for brainstorming with my team, or I use it to convey my concepts to my boss. Previously, I do mind map on a white board, and editing was not very convenient. By this freeware, changing nodes had been very easy. There are also lots of icons to be used, and you can leave notes or remarks at the bottom of the page for any nodes you choose.

For those who uses mind mapping a lot, I hope that this freeware will help your works.

Oh yes, for your info, I had scanned this freeware by windows defender.
It is free from spywares. Just to be safe as, it is known that some freewares might have spywares bundled with it.

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