Posts Tagged ‘mind mapping’

Web Summarizer and mind mapping on the iPad

Monday, August 30th, 2010
 
One of the advantages of cloud services is the ability to access your information over the web from any device, any operating system and any browser.  This provides great flexibility and eliminates many barriers on using and sharing information.
 
Context Discovery specializes in bringing summarization solutions to empower users by converting web pages and documents into instant summaries.  You can think about summarization as document search engine instantly pointing you to the most relevant information.
 
Recently we deployed the Web Summarizer for our beta users. The Web Summarizer offers summarization of web pages and creation of knowledge repositories. Another feature is to provide mind mappers the ability to convert web pages and documents into mind maps.  
 
When recently Brian Friedlander started to use iPad, he tested it with the Web Summarizer. First he accessed the Web Summarizer application and created summaries on the iPad. And secondly he created mind maps from the summaries. Since Mindjet MindManager does not offer yet an iPad version the mind map was automatically created using iThoughstHD.
 
For details you can check Brian’s excellent blog:  Context Summarizer on the iPad
 

If you would like to learn more about the summarization technologies please download Context Organizer for free today.

Context Organizer is available in English, French, German and Spanish.

See Context Organizer with MindManager and with Google search.
 
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Context Organizer for MindManager 9

Saturday, August 21st, 2010
 
Context Discovery is pleased to announce the availability of Context Organizer for Mindjet MindManager 9.
 
For those who are new to Context Organizer for Mindjet MindManager please take a look at this short video  demo to see how quickly and intelligently Context Organizer converts web pages and documents into MindManager mind maps:
 
 
With Context Organizer you will effectively mine for relevant information and convert it into rich contextual maps without any effort. With addition of Context Organizer the MindManager becomes a powerful knowledge mapping application.
 
From a blank page with only "central topic" in the center, with a click of a button information is turned into rich, accurate MindManager mind map.
 
The synergy between the power of Context Organizer and MindManager dramatically improves knowledge discovery and knowledge mapping. In no time you will be able to convert web pages and documents into rich in context mind maps.
 
With the ability to convert Google, Bing, Yahoo seaches into mind maps directly in MindManager you will find Context Organizer a very handy and effective knowledge mapping add-in. And with rapid rendition of the mind maps you will be able to review much more sources much faster.
  
Context Organizer is available in English, French, German and Spanish.
 
See also Context Organizer for Google search results.
 
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Context Organizer pinpoints salient information quickly

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

 

David Esko of ERP Blue Diamond owns a company specializing in providing knowledge and mind maps for SAP customers. His company developed hundreds of process and knowledge maps. Their preferred visualization tool is MindManager from Mindjet.

In the past few months David started to use Context Organizer for MindManager. Here are his comments:

Since I work in the SAP world as a project / program manager, my knowledge and process maps are exercised heavily!

I use Context Organizer extensively to generate summary information that relate to generation of sales and pre-sales content when researching industry vertical information as well as information regarding the latest best business practices and how the solution will apply to my prospect or client.

If I’m helping a sales effort, I can turn the summarized information that has been gleaned from very voluminous web sites, and spin a fact filled PowerPoint presentation so fast, most sales people wonder how I did it!

Best business practices are done in a similar way. In these instances, I need to go to multiple sources of data that are mostly web based, but also in huge Word documents and extract information regarding the way a prospect executes their business processes today (as is), but also compare it to future state business processes.

Two major time savers; first, older and voluminous ‘as is’ documentation needs to be summarized very quickly. My teams don’t generally waste a lot of our clients’ time on the way they perform their business processes today. That’s why we need to extract the salient information from their document archives quickly and extrapolate the critical from the non-critical information.

We compare the ‘as is’ results to the ‘to be’ future state and we can almost instantly identify where the bottlenecks might occur before diving into the project. The keywords for me are, proactive and pre-emptive! Context Organizer gives me these abilities!

 

 * This mind map was produced using Context Organizer for MindManager

Context Organizer is available in English, French, German and Spanish.
 
See Context Organizer with MindManager and with Google search.
 
Download Context Organizer for free today.

 

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Using Context Organizer text mining with Comapping

Monday, March 8th, 2010
 
Text mining is a powerful companion for mind mappers and knowledge workers.
 
For mind mappers the automatic summaries instantly become map topics and the relevant context clearly articulates the meaning of the map topics. 
 
The automated map generation drastically shortens the process of mapping. Once the initial map is generated then the user can concentrate on analysing and shaping of the map.
 
The power of summarization is instant extraction of the most important keywords together with the context. Context provides both interpretation and a powerful note taking facility.
 
Brian Friedlander of Assistivetek conducts here a live demo of how Context Organizer web server generates mind maps for Comapping users. You instantly extract the critical information  from voluminous web pages and documents and turn them into mind maps.
 
Mind mapping with Context Organizer  text mining is fast, simple and effective
 

 

 
The summarization is driven by Context Organizer knowledge mining engine. The results are handed over to  MindManager and Comapping as an XML file that is automatically rendered as a mind map.
 
Context Organizer is available in English, French, German and Spanish.
 
See Context Organizer for MindManager in action.
 
Download Context Organizer for free today.
 
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Context Organizer generates mind maps for Comapping

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

 

Brian Friedlander from Assistive Technology writes:

I guess the real "aha" moment is the creation of a knowledge map with a couple of clicks of the mouse.

 

Brian relates the "aha" moment to the fact that a web page or a document can be instantly converted into a mind map. The automatic map generation is driven by a powerful text mining product from Context Discovery.

Keywords and summaries are accurately extracted and the mind mapping software renders them into a map.

The automatic map generation frees the user from time-consuming map charting while providing more opportunity to focus on shaping and editing the visually mapped information.

Providing accurate and concise presentation of the original text’s most important points speeds up the mind mapping process.

Summarization is a powerful add-in to the knowledge worker’s toolbox. 

 Here is the automated mind map of Brian’s post: Context Organizer is now Integrated with Comapping

 

  * This mind map was produced using Comapping online collaborative mapping software with Context Organizer automatic summarization.

Try Context Organizer summarization power and get the essential facts at a glance. Instantly.

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Context Organizer for MindManager and SharePoint

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

 

On February 23rd, 2010, Mindjet announced MindManager for SharePoint.  Michael Deutch writes on the Mindjet blog:

MindManager for SharePoint provides faster and easier ways to find, organize and update SharePoint tasks and information. With MindManager for SharePoint, you can create personalized interactive views (maps) of SharePoint data to save time accessing and updating your content within SharePoint.

 

Context Discovery Inc. is glad to announce that Context Organizer for MindManager supports SharePoint. The same capability of automatic generation of MindManager maps by Context Organizer is extended to SharePoint users.

 

Context Organizer for MindManager for SharePoint summarizes SharePoint documents and pages and instantly renders them as mind maps.

The primary challenge knowledge workers face is to make sense from reams of documents in SharePoint.  The automatic map generation frees the user from time consuming map charting while providing more opportunity to focus on shaping and editing the visually mapped information.

Using the build-in summarization, the MindManager and SharePoint users get to their key information faster, saving precious time and energy.

Context Organizer summarization is a powerful add-in to the knowledge worker’s toolbox. 

Context Organizer for MindManager with SharePoint is available in English, French, German and Spanish.

See Context Organizer for MindManager in action.

 

Download Context Organizer today.

 

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Mind mapping Seth Godin’s ideas in Linchpin

Monday, March 1st, 2010

 

In his new book - Linchpin - Seth Godin asks:

Why are some people easily outsourced, downsized, or freelanced into obscurity, while others have their pick of opportunities?

To answer it Godin argues that it’s more essential than ever to become indispensable - to become a linchpin. Linchpins are the essential building blocks of great organizations: they invent, lead (regardless of title), connect others, make things happen, and create order out of chaos.

The attached mind map of Linchpin was originally authored by fordprefect in Mindjet MindManager Version 8 and published on Biggerplate.  I imported it to Comapping to be able to share it as an interactive mind map.

To navigate the map just click on the + or  - markers to expand or contract the map.

  

* This mind map was produced using Comapping collaborative mapping software with
Context Organizer automatic summarization.

 See Context Organizer summarization power and get the essential facts at a glance. Instantly.

 Download and try out Context Organizer for free today.

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Context Organizer in Comapping

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

 

Gene Bellinger uses Comapping - a mind mapping application - to manage numerous projects and collaborate with various teams. He is also the editor of SystemsWiki.
 
As we know reading articles in Wikis can be very arduous. This is where Comapping’s visual presentation power comes very handy!
 
Mind mapping offers a refreshing presentation that  is much easier absorbed by human brains then endless lists and bullet points. The power of mind maps is that they communicate conceptual relationships by creating clear visual structure and connectivity between relevant elements.
 
However, the challenge of actually drawing a mind map is quite considerable. Each element has to be rendered and labeled and  connected. And here comes the power of automatic mind mapping enabled by Context Organizer that now is integrated with Comapping.
 
In the Context Organizer in Comapping  post Gene provides a simple comparison of a Wiki page before and after automatic mind mapping. As you can see, the difference is startling: from a difficult  to read page to a clear visual and vibrant presentation done just with a click of a button.
 
This is what Gene says about the usability and accuracy of Context Organizer automatic mind mapping ability:
 
The keyword analysis and context generation to the right of those links [after] was generated with a single mouse click. I’ve reviewed the analysis on several documents and I think it’s spot on. What’s the math telling you?
 
 
With Context Organizer in Comapping you can instantly convert plain textual information into visually attractive mind maps with a simple click to have both: powerful knowledge mining and knowledge representation tool under your fingertips!
 

Try Context Organizer summarization power and get the essential facts at a glance. Instantly.

 Download and try out Context Organizer for free today.

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What can you do with Context Organizer?

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

 

As we all know, the home page is "the most valuable real estate in the world" according to the usability guru Jakob Nielsen.

The homepage is your company’s face to the world. Improving your homepage multiplies the entire website’s business value, so following key guidelines for homepage usability is well worth the investment.

 

So I took another look at the Context Discovery home page. Certainly you can find there a lot of valuable information and links but reading requires to pay attention. And attention nowadays is at premium.

So I decided to use Comapping, a mind mapping tool, that uses also Context Organizer - the summarization tool that we highly recommend - and present the information visually.

So here is the mind map telling what Context Organizer does together with the links to the demos showing the tremendous value of summarization in the age of information wealth.  

 Any comments are greatly appreciated.

 

* This mind map was produced using Comapping online collaborative mapping software with Context Organizer automatic summarization.

 See Context Organizer summarization power and get the essential facts at a glance. Instantly.

 Download and try out Context Organizer for free today.

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The Inimitable Comapping

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

 

Gene Bellinger uses Comapping - a mind mapping application - to manage numerous projects and collaborate with  geographically dispersed  teams.

Comapping recently added a feature that automatically creates mind maps from web pages and documents. The feature is called “Analyze”. Gene decided to give Analyze a spin. Here are his comments in his SystemWiki.org blog: 

While I have been continually amazed by Comapping they just added a new feature that is most amazing and for which I think experience is the only way to grasp the full utility of. The feature is called “Analyze”.

Imagine being able to attach a URL to a node in a mindmap and then telling the software to analyze the content of the node and build you an outline of the content based on an analysis of the relevance of the content.

Hard to grasp? I found it difficult to understand until I tinkered with it for a while. I’m still amazed! And you can attach a text, word or pdf document to a node and have it do the same analysis and build a content outline based on relevance directly into the mindmap.

If anybody is interested in learning how Analyze works with Comapping, here is more information about the Analyze feature in Comapping. And here is more information and examples of the auto-mapping capabilities.

 

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