Trying to find software to bring mindmapping into my blog.
I created this mindmap about cloud computing using Webspiration. This took about 5 minutes to sign up to this service, 15 minutes to create the mindmap, and 2 minutes to figure out how to imbed it into this blog. The link above goes direct to the website, and the imbedded version is below.
The embedded Webspiration mindmap is very clean and easy to scroll around, but allows no scaling and easy scrolling allowing clear navigation.
A little more fiddly to get started with and embed, but more attractive results and vastly more sophisticated editing is Xmind.
The free version of Xmind involves a download, installation, and then the upload didn't work through my corporate proxy server.
The editing tools are sophisticated, and in the free version everything you create is public. Editing is intuitive and fast to learn, although the added functionality also makes it more time consuming to learn. I created a mindmap in about 30 minutes. Using the website enables full screen viewing and a host of collaboration tools.
Xmind creates a very nice embedded map, with options to see the outline and author. But the scaling creates problems when maps are small. You'd really need a completely separate page to have this work in a blog.
2 comments:
I love your Webspiration example of cloud computing! I work at Inspiration Software, and would love to possibly feature your example on our website to show others how Webspiration can be used. Let me know if you are interested. Email me at abrislin "at" inspiration.com
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