MyMind: An iPod/iPhone MindMapping Tool
Posted on February 7, 2011 by LJ Earnest
Categories: Productivity,Software
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I like brainstorming. I like being able to loosen the gates on my ideas, give them a good shake, and see what comes out. That being said, I have never liked mind mapping. My thoughts don’t come out in ways that lend themselves to diagrams on paper. I always end up with ideas clustered in one corner and a tangled knot of lines leading off to unintelligible blobs.
When the maker of the iPhone/iPod application MyMind contacted me to look at the software and provide feedback, I almost said no. As a software developer, I realized that software without feedback often lacks, so I decided to give it a shot.
Wow.
MyMind blew me away. After all, we are dealing with a tiny screen. But it was so easy to add bubbles that I found it could keep up with me. It automatically moved things around so that there were no jumbles. It was also fast to jump to another place to add ideas.
A tiny screen is no barrier to putting in ideas. The standard zoom in and out for the iPod Touch applications works extremely well and gives you an overview of your mind map.
Here is a look at one of my maps, straight from my iPod:
MyMind also exports to and from an open source mind map tool called FreeMind. So after creating the maps on my iPod, I could pull them onto the PC for printing. And the other way as well: outlines on the PC can be carried on my iPod Touch.
The price is $6.99, and it is worth every penny. MyMind is available from the iTunes store.
But if you’d like a chance to have the software for free see the contest announcement.
Note: the makers of MyMind have released a version specifically for the iPad. It can be found through the iTunes store.
Photo by torres21
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Comments (9)
Mind Mapping is very valuable but needs to be easy to use and very quick. When you are brainstorming, you have ideas pop in your mind quickly and this is why having a Mind Mapping application that can keep up with the fast pace is so important.
I will need to look into this app for sure. Thanks
I love that it maps with free mind.
I will have to check this one out. I have and use MindManager regularly, but don’t have a good iphone one yet.
I have been looking for a good mapping program for my iPod Touch. Screen utilization has always been an issue. Since I have followed several of your app suggestions to great success, I am definitely checking out MyMind. Thanks!
I love mindmapping tools, but did not think to look for one for my ITouch (ironically, one of the only devices I always have with me). Will definitely check out the MyMind. Thanks!
Oh, another mind mapping app – I’ve been trying several and non of them have done it for me yet. I always feel like they are not designed for the small interface so I’m keen to try this one. Thanks for the review.
Thanks for your blog and the contest. I’m a Fly-Baby who “fell off the wagon” 4 years ago… Now working on the GTD way.
I don’t know where that phrase came from in the Fly phrasebook, but “fell off the wagon” always rubbed me the wrong way. There isn’t just one way to get there. If you’re on the wagon, sure, you’ll get where the wagon is going…but what if you want to walk? Or go somewhere else? I don’t think Flybabies should be chastised for thinking.
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