MindMeister’s Geistesblitz Tools goes iPhone
Posted by Dusan on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 at 3:12 pm under Applications, Services, iPhone
Don’t know you have heard about MindMeister, but it’s a great web-based mind mapping tool which allows creation of mind maps by multiple users in real time — and which I personally use. And guess what, they’ve decided to get some media attention by adding support for Apple’s handset.
To be fair, it’s not the complete service you’ll be able to access from your iPhone. Rather the Germany-based company decided to “iPhone-ize” their Geistesblitz Tools, allowing users to quickly submit their ideas (or Geistesblitzes) to a default map in MindMeister. The ideas are inserted in a special branch top left of the root and remain there for you to copy to other maps, or move around within the default map.
Finally in case you’re wondering what the hack “Geistesblitz” means, it’s literally translated as mind flash - a sudden insight or idea, often brilliant and unexpected…
January 30th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
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January 30th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Geistesblitz is german. It’s a idea that comes from one moment to another,
January 30th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
ah you already said it.
January 30th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
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January 30th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
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January 31st, 2008 at 1:33 am
So, it’s basically like a high-tech notepad? I’ve never used that service.
January 31st, 2008 at 1:48 am
Mindmaps are more than high-tech notepad:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map