MindNode - Easy to use mindmapping tool

By Ricky Buchanan • August 25, 2008

Mindmaps are diagrams used to represent ideas - they use pictures, colours, position on the page and text together. People with dyslexia and other reading or memory difficulties often find that structuring ideas using a mindmap is easier than using a regular word processor with linear text. Mindmaps can also assist in memorisation, study, problem solving, and other areas.

MindNode is a free mindmapping application which is simple to use but does the job extremely well.

MindNode is a free and very easy to use mindmapping application. It was created with the user in mind and features a very clean interface for quickly creating visually appealing mind maps.

MindNode has full keyboard support and the developer is interested in access issues and welcomes feedback.

Website: MindNode

- Ricky Buchanan, ATMac

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Categories: Neurologically Impaired, New Software, Primary Keyboard Users, Primary Switch Users, Supporters, Users
Tags: apple, cognitive map, concept map, free, mac, mind maps, mindmapping, organizing, os x, structuring thoughts

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Ricky Buchanan

Ricky Buchanan is 34 years old and the founder and main writer for ATMac. She's bedridden with severe CFS/ME or perhaps a primary mitochondrial disorder - the doctors are not sure. When she's not working on ATMac or her other websites she composes music, listens to audio books, does other disability advocacy, watches TV with her flatmate, and enjoys her cat.

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