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Axon
Axon's Idea Processor provides an environment for manipulating ideas in the forms of
shapes. You need to like to plunge into a piece of software and get your hands dirty, but
the features are powerful. Reviewed. |
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COCD
Dutch creativity site (Centrum ter Ontwikkeling van het Creatif Denken)
with very slick presentation (English language). Free 'Box' idea manager. |
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Banxia Software
Banxia's Decision Explorer allows you to structure ideas by mapping them and linking them
with arrows. The thoughts can then be clustered together and analysed. There's less direct
structuring than with a mindmap, and you have to be happy with a command line interface to
get the most out of it. Worth pursuing if cognitive mapping interests you. |
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Creativity Unleashed Limited Our own software
page. Reviews of other software, plus free and shareware creativity software. |
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CoCo Systems VisiMap is
the easiest way we've seen of generating quick mind maps on a computer. Good interaction
with word processors etc. Reviewed. |
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The
concept mapping home page Exhaustive details of software etc. for mind mapping
and similar ideas. |
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The Crafty Puzzle Company
This one's hardware rather than software! Handmade Teak Wood
Collapsible Puzzles, which will test your IQ and lateral thinking. |
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Idon Software
Idons are a clever method of arranging ideas in a brainstorm. Idon has rather poorly
implemented this as software, but their magnetic hexagons are excellent. Reviewed. |
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iMindMap Mindmapping software that most directly matches
Tony Buzan's original concept. |
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Infinite
Innovations The Brainstorming Toolbox software provides
an innovative approach to thinking differently with computer
support. |
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Inspiration
Resources The Visual Concept product clever idea recording
and structuring package, similar in concept to the Idons product but
much easier to use. Inspiration Resources also produce magnetic hexagons,
etc. Reviewed. |
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Creative Juicies A
site with a 'delicious desktop application' that will provide instant
inspiration and spontaneous creative rejuvenation. This application
isn't expensive, but is beautifully designed and uses a combination of
thought-provoking images and exercises to get the creative juices
flowing. |
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The Literary Machine
Text-based software that provides a front end to enable brainstorming
and idea generation with a back end that acts as a creative word
processor. available in a free cut-down version and a professional
edition. |
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MindManager A good tool for
generating attractive mind maps. Not so quick to use as CoCo's VisiMap, but produces more
graphical (and hence more memorable) results. Reviewed. |
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MindTools Software and
information on techniques and skills to improve your mind power |
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Six Hats Systems
Specialising in software, training and courseware for Edward de Bono's output, this is a
slick professional site: worth a look. |
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Speedread the Net
This is the strangest piece of software we've ever seen. It's designed
to help improve your reading speed, and does it by processing web
sites or files from your PC, flashing them up a word at a time. If
you'd like to increase your reading rate, it's well worth a try. |
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ThoughtPath Powerful
sounding software, based on the long-established Synectics processes.
As well as the usual techniques, includes an idea gym and a thought
warehouse. |
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Xerotron
Don't be put off by the
rather flaky sounding ancient Egyptian 'story' attached to this
website - the software itself which includes a three random word
generator sounds promising (not yet reviewed) |
