Mind IT is great when you are researching something and want to link up bookmarks together to know what is linked to what. Currently, the tool allows up to 25 ‘LinkMaps’ to be created – the visual representation that Mind IT creates is called a ‘LinkMap’.

To use the tool, just create a user account and install the browser add-on. Currently, the tool supports Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Use the button found on your browser window to add pages to Mind It LinkMaps, which allow you to attach bookmarks according to their category, tags, etc.

Features

• Free and easy to use bookmarking tool.
• Display bookmarks in a form of a map.
• Great for people researching a subject, or have more than one bookmark related to one subject.
• Similar tools: Connected Mind, Spiderscribe, Think, Thoughtboxes and Mindmaps.
• Also read related articles:
• How To Build a Mind Map In Microsoft Word
• Mind Map Creatively By Bouncing Your Ideas on BBC’s Pinball
• 6 Excellent Brainstorming and Mindmapping Sites

Check out Mind IT @ www.mindit-bookmarking.com/index (via AddictiveTips) (by Hammad from TechnicallyDigital)

Connected Mind is a browser app that comes as an extension for Google Chrome. Once you install the app from Chrome’s Web Store you can run the app from the new tab page. The maps you create within Connected Mind are stored online; to do and reopen saved maps you will first need to sign in using your Gmail ID.

While creating the map you have complete control over the layout, choice to add online references to your map nodes, use anyone of the 60 available fonts, and choose from one of 35 available map shapes. In case you are a Freemind user, you can import your pre-created maps into Connected Mind.

Features:

• A user-friendly web service.
• Lets you create mind-maps.
• Stores your maps online.
• Offers full control over map layout.
• Offers various map shapes and fonts.
• Similar tools: Spiderscribe, Think, Thoughtboxes and Mindmaps.
• Also read related articles: How To Build a Mind Map In Microsoft Word, Mind Map Creatively By Bouncing Your Ideas on BBC’s Pinball and 6 Excellent Brainstorming and Mindmapping Sites.

Check out Connected Mind @ chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pmkffmgahaepmhkhkblhopnpleeikokc (by MOin from Urban Savior)

It’s an easy to use and very intuitive app. You start from one box (your central idea) and branch out using the red button. Double click to edit the text inside each box. Easily undo or redo your moves, copy boxes, change font sizes, colours and more.  While there are many mind mapping apps out there, this one is free, dead-simple to use, doesn’t have unnecessary features and gets you started with your mind map almost immediately.

Althought it is an online app, it doesn’t need an Internet connection to keep working. Once you open it in your browser, it keeps working even if you go offline.

Features

• Easy-to-use, intuitive and dead-simple HTML 5 based mind mapping application.
• Free and open source.
• Undo/redo moves.
• Copy, cut boxes.
• Zoom in/out, use Navigator to overview the mind map.
• Works right inside your browser, even when you are offline.
• No registration or installation needed.
• Similar tools: Spiderscribe, Diagramly, Sneffel, and Think.

Check out Mindmaps @ www.drichard.org/mindmaps

What makes SpiderScribe distinctive from other mind mapping tools is that you can connect and organize your ideas in any way that you like, compared to others where you are limited to a hierarchical structure. To do this, hover your mouse in the lower-middle section of a stencil. Click and drag the + symbol to draw an arrow to other elements in your mind map.

Another unique feature of SpiderScribe is that aside from the usual text input, it also lets you upload text files, images, geographical locations using Google Maps snippets, and calendar entries.

SpiderScribe is a fresh and easy-to-use mind mapping web app that is ideal for people who are looking to organize their ideas in a unique and unstructured manner.

Features:

• Create free-form mind maps.
• Add text files, images, geographical locations, and calendar entries to your mind maps.
• Quick search inside maps.
• Navigator panel for managing large maps.
• Choose from private and public maps.
• Share and collaborate maps.
• Updates in real time.
• Maps are stored online.
• Similar Tools: Diagramly, Sneffel, and Think.

Check out Spiderscribe @ http://www.spiderscribe.net

DiagramLy is a free online drawing application with numerous features. In addition to letting you create flow chart -like drawings that look great, the web app lets you get the drawings in XML format. These XML drawings can later be loaded into the application for further modifications. In addition to XML, you can export your drawing to the PNG, JPG, and SVG image formats. Of course along with the ability to export to multiple file formats, you also get a multitude of drawing tools such as various shapes, the ability to drag objects, arrows that connect objects, text tools, etc.

Together all the above mentioned features form an excellent online drawing application.

Features:

• A user-friendly online drawing application.
• Does not require any registration.
• Lets you export drawings to XML, PNG, JPG, and SVG formats.
• XML drawings can be later loaded for further modifications.
• Many drawings tools are provided including numerous shapes and text tools.
• Similar tools: Grapholite, LucidChart, SimpleDiagrams, LovelyCharts, SmartDiagram and Cacoo.
• Also read related article: 10 Awesome Free Tools To Make Infographics.

Check out DiagramLy @ www.diagram.ly (by MOin from ThumbPress)

Model Xtractor is a wonderful web service aimed at developers. It helps you create diagrams that can be used to communicate or understand programming projects or ideas. The service includes preloaded metadata from numerous platforms and languages e.g. .NET, ActionScript, Oracle, Access, etc.

The diagram editor gives you an impressive number of advanced tools that can be used to form great diagrams from scratch; you can also use one of the available diagrams as a starting point.

When you are finished with the diagram, you can publish it online, and share its URL via emailing and online social networks.

Features:

• A great website for programmers and web developers.
• Lets you create complex diagrams relevant to programming and web developing.
• Contains preloaded metadata for various languages and platforms.
• Provides you with a number of impressive diagram creation features.
• Includes a few predefined diagrams that can be used as starting points.
• Lets you publish and share your diagrams.
• Similar tool: Diagrammr, Creately, yUML and LovelyCharts.

Check out Model Xtractor @ www.model-xtractor.com (by MOin from ThumbPress)

A new SneffelBoard can be created for free and will remain active for 24 hours. If you intend to extend its life, you’ll need to buy SneffelCredits (100 SneffelCredits cost $15).

Overall, it’s a nice web based tool that can serve as a personal drawing pad, collaborative board and presentation builder.

To see how it works watch demo video below:

Features

• Cool whiteboards to create and share diagrams.
• Quickly create doodles, and maths presentations.
• Free Sneffelboard remains active for 24 hours.
• Play your diagrams as animated presentations.
• Embed the drawings on your website.
• Extend life of your Sneffelboard by buying Sneffelcredits.
• Similar tools: Board800, Twiddla, WorkHack, DabbleBoard, and Squareleaf.

Check out Sneffel @ www.sneffel.com/home (By Abhijeet from Guiding Tech)

Once you have signed up, click on the “My Media Files“ to start uploading your files. You can then use these files with the different tools on the website: Cartoonist for creating comics, Mindomo for creating mind maps, Audio Editor for generating sound effects, and Movie Editor for creating movies

In Mindomo, start by clicking the “Central Topic“ button and add more topics by clicking the “Subtopic“ button. You can add notes, hyperlinks, multimedia, and tasks for each topic.

In Cartoonist, drag items from the right panel and add speech bubbles or change moods by using the menus on top. Audio Editor lets you add tracks and manipulate them using the mixer. You can split, resize and rearrange audio files by dragging them around in the mixer.

To edit a video, select “Movie Editor“ and drag the files in the timeline to modify it. You can also add photos, audio clips, texts, and video effects.

Creaza has free and paid account options available. The free account gives you 25MB storage and lets you use all the tools without restrictions, although you cannot export or download your files unless you get a paid account. However, you can share a link of your work to your friends.

Features:

• Free and paid accounts available.
• Website developed for kids.
• Flash-based.
• Drag and drop interface.
• Lets you edit your own audio and video collections.
• Offers free tools for editing multimedia without downloading any software.
• Offers 25MB storage for a free account.
• Similar Tools: Kideos, Zoodles,  and StoryBird.

Check out Creaza @ www.creaza.com

You can add a node, delete a node, drag a node to change its position and connect two nodes together. You can also drag the whole background to change the view and simply double click a node to edit its text. Once you are satisfied with your thought, you can save it online or export it as an image.

It is one of the most simple yet effective mind map apps to capture and represent your ideas.

Features:

• Create visual mind maps.
• Each thought consists of many nodes.
• Nodes can be added, deleted and edited.
• Move nodes around to organize your thoughts.
• Save your thoughts online or export as an image.
• Similar tools: WisdoMap and Ekpenso

Visit Think @ www.think.ajsands.com

All you need to do is click the start button and relax. BandwidthPlace will do a test for your download as well as upload speed. During the test, the speed will be displayed on an analog speedometer. Once the tests are completed, you will see the speeds your bandwidth connection has for downloads and uploads in KBPS or MBPS.

Features:

• Test your download and upload speed.
• Dead simple tool with just one feature.
• See current speed on an analog speedometer.
• No registration required.
• Similar tools: Speed.io and PingTest.

Visit BandwidthPlace @ www.BandwidthPlace.com