Daniel M. Ingram:
Speaking of mind maps...
I am realizing that I find Mind Maps much more fun than wikis, and I was wondering, does anyone know of a mind map software platform that is Mac OSX compatible that will allow the creation of very large, complex, on-line mind maps that someone with a browser can interact with in the same way that someone viewing the mind map in the original creation software can, meaning expanding out collapsed child nodes, clicking nodes that are hyperlinks, click on video and audio links, drilling down into nodes that expand to more complex ones, and expand and contract the map and scroll around the way that I can when I am creating them?
I don't mind if it costs something or if I have to pay for hosting.
I have explored numerous possibilities and just haven't found quite what I want yet.
Thoughts?
Daniel
I usually don't make mind maps, but I know there are a lot of apps integrated with Google Drive.
Google drive is basically an online storage system, usually with support to sharing and real-time collaboration.
I tried two apps that are integrated with google drive and can make Mind Maps: MindMup and MindMeister.
And I found MindMeister to be the best choice.
I created an example with public access to show what I believe to be the features you are looking for. See
HEREI also added you (Ingram) as an editor so you can try it out.
Since it integrates with Google Drive, it needs some permissions from your google account.
To add this service to your Google Drive account:
1 - go to
https://drive.google.com/2 - Click on the "CREATE" red button
3 - If MindMeister is already connected, it will be listed there, otherwise click on "Connect more apps", search for MindMeister and add.
4 - Now you can create MindMeister mind maps connected with Google Drive(the edition and creation of the files willl happen on MindMeister's site)
EDIT:
I saw your video just now, and in case you are also looking for a diagramming tool, I used before and really liked
LucidChart, also integrated with Google Drive(it doesn't have real-time collaboration though).
It looks like it's paid after a trial period, but it's fully-featured and you can customize the arrows and everything the way you want.
And if you ever need it, there are some
softwares to show which keys you are pressing during a screencast.