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San Jose, California, March 1st, 2010 – CS Odessa released a version of its mind mapping tool for Google Wave. This is a no charge add-in to Google Wave that can be used as part of Google Wave to map out a strategy rapidly or brainstorm on a critical topic. The ConceptDraw MindWave for Google Wave tool allows teams to collaborate on a mind map in an interactive flowing manner building a map structure that represents the planned work. The map add-in supports Google Wave playback that allows one …

As I write this short article I am extremely excited with what I am looking at inside the Comapping application. The Contextual Organizer cloud app has recently been added to the interface. It’s merely a test at this time, and is in beta mode.
I am very happy to see a contextual analysis tool included with Comapping. This will be invaluable for cutting through document and web page overload.
The bottom line is, we have an excellent marriage of a very effective process approach to information management in the Comapping …

A short introduction by Chris Griffiths from ThinkBuzan (the creators of iMindMap) on the use of mindmapping during a brainstorm session. Mindmapping ensures a more effective wat of brainstorming.

Hypershifters reviews
Hypershifters focuses on the use of visual mapping software. It addresses open source, freeware as well as commercial solutions. The added value Hypershifters provides is in research, advice and consultancy for experienced and inexperienced users. Many users have concerns about the potential of visual mapping in their work environment. This was reason for Hypershifters to create a test team that, co-advised by international experts in the field of visual mapping, critically reviews current products. Not so much viewed from the intricacies of the software, but rather from its scope of applicability. …

Hypershifters experts discovered  some interesting visualization and infographics on the web. Especially one of the Internet itself, please see below. Please find a selection of other:

An overview of  markt shares of webbrowsers, via Axiis
Visual Resume, via Fastcompany
Webtrends of 2009, via InformationArchitects
Best movies, via dataviz
Is Bottled Water Really That Bad? Yes, via Fastcompany

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Did you discover any interesting visualizations, please let us know…

Google has been around for only 11 years. In this 2 minute video which is published by the Google Channel UK on Youtube one gets a nice overview on the history of Google and the launch of its services. This overview is presented in a chronological way. This video ends with the recently launched beta of Wave.

The video ends with: “What next?” What will be the next service of Google? Please leave your ideas below.

Wallace Tait and Brian Friedlander
Web 2.0 has certainly made a significant impact on the ways we now create, manage and exchange information and knowledge. Collaboration is indeed the corner stone for real time communications within personal, academic and business arenas while using web 2.0 (Cloud) applications.
We have simply been given much more flexibility through the use of cloud computing.
Regarding Visual mapping; cloud collaboration has exponentially increased the potentials for being more effective and productive. The cloud can become a repository (Data bank) for storing and sharing much of your information …

The media landscape is changing. The fourth version of Did You Know 4.0 or “Shift Happens” includes facts and statistics focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology. XPLANE developed this video in partnership with The Economist.
What are your thoughts on the data and statistics presented in this video? Please share it with other readers.

Below is an almost verbatim of my interview with the very unique and professional Chuck Frey during February 2009. I recently revisited the interview to assess the validity of my statements, and I updated a few sentences to align with what I have been recently discussing with Chuck Frey, Philippe Boukobza and other professional visual mapping colleagues. To view the original interview, go here:
Wallace Tait is a professional visual mapping consultant based in the Canadian Province of Ontario. He is the co-author of the e-book Visual Mapping: “A Systematic …

Personas is part of the Metropath(ologies) exhibit at the MIT Museum by the Sociable Media Group from the MIT Media Lab. The web services uses a sophisticated natural language processing algorithms to create a detailed, visual data portrait of one’s aggregated online identity.
In a nutshell: Personas shows you how the Internet sees you.
How does it work? Simply enter your name in this website. To create the portrait Personas makes use of the information available of one persons name on the web. It uses that information to characterize the person and …