Unfortunately not everyone could get a ticket to experience all the performances and talks. Therefore the team of Connection of Minds, aHa!Coaching and Hypershifters facilitated this event with LiveMindMapping using MindMeister.
During the talks live mindmaps were created and simultaneously posted to the web. This enabled all TED fans at home, the office or wherever to not only watch the live video stream but too also view a live mindmap stream on the web! Seeing a livemind map  stream  helps you to focus on the main and subtopics while not losing …

Is this still mindmapping?
The user has limited possibilities in placing topics where he or she wants. The are roughly four positions where topics can be placed (right, bottom, left, top). Strangely enough the topics on top and bottom are displayed rather as an organogram instead of a radial mindmap. Other mindmapping solutions don’t seem to have this (problem). We can conclude mindmaps created in DropMind Web visually don’t look as good as mindmaps created in other applications. Furthermore ‘hardcore’ mindmappers won’t find …

Online mindmapping offers several advantages when sharing knowledge and information. It furthermore saves time and is perfectly applicable when brainstorming, conducting meetings and ‘project start-ups’. It requires a little extra effort from both the leader and the attendees of the meeting. More about that later in this post.
Nowadays several cloud apps are available. Seavus DropMind have had a web version of their desktop version of DropMind from quite some time now. The version we tested is 2.7 web and was made available …

Meisterlabs has just released MindMeister version 6. MindMeister is a Software as a Service for mindmapping. MindMeister claims:
“this is by far our largest – and most time-consuming – redesign since our launch in 2007”
And that’s quite noticeable! The online mindmapping solution has several new functions and the existing product has been improved a lot as well. The testers of Hypershifters are happy to see the latter, some developers forget that adding new (great) functions doensn’t really improve a buggy application. MindMeister wasn’t buggy …

The problem
About a year ago a Hypershifter created a project plan with task information and sent the file as a PDF to a fellow Hypershifter. The latter thought his colleague was kidding. Nearly all text in the (sub)topics had disappeared.
After this strange problem occurred a few more times we discovered the source of the problem, MindManager for Windows export functionality. A mindmap created in Windows and exported as a PDF file can give problems on Mac OSX. When opening the PDF it is possible part of or all text is …

MindMeister version 4.6
In February 2007, MindMeister was launched as a private beta by the German MeisterLabs. At that time it was one of the first fully functional web-based mindmapping tools available and has since become one of the most popular and widely used online mindmapping tools.
MindMeister is online mindmapping software that focuses on the ability to work on a single mindmap with more than one user at the same time (online mindmapping collaboration). This way, teams can collaborate time and place independent. This …

The Luxor Theater was the location for TEDxRotterdam on last June 4, 2010. Speakers from all over the world gathered to present ideas which are worthy enough to be distributed. Or: Ideas Worth Spreading. The theme of the day was: ‘Somethink Completely Different. The program consisted of several special performances and Talks. Our partner World of Minds facilitated this event via livemindmapping on a livestream on the web. It was possible to follow mindmaps grow which were made by the team of World of Minds. (Photo © Marc Nolte)

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For Hypershifters it is important to collaborate in real time with colleagues and clients. Combine this with MindMapping for overview and insight and it all makes more sense. One of the best offerings on the market is MindMeister from MeisterLabs.
MindMeister is rapidly moving forward to become the most interesting web 2.0 application for collaborative MindMapping. Besides features like Geistesblitz which allows you to enter ideas to you mindmaps without even opening the application (via mail, SMS. (i)Phone and gadgets). MindMeister now teams up with Google apps.
Now you can connect MindMeister …

This morning I couldn’t wait to grab my iPhone and download this new app. At last there is a truly intuitive MindMapping app for the iPhone – and it’s FREE! Download it via iTunes Store.
My iPhone is packed with similar products but this one really stands out. Now you can create beautiful mindmaps with just using your fingers. This is completely different from the other Mindmapping apps where the software determines the way your mindmap looks.  iMindmap Mobile enables you to produce BUZAN proof MindMaps on the small screen of …

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. …