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Brainstorming Software

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iKnowBrainer app brings a process and diverse stimuli to brainstorming on the iPhone

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The iKnowBrainer app for iPhone and iPod is a powerful, proven brainstorming tool that has an excellent pedigree – the award winning KnowBrainer card deck, which is now in its fifth edition. This app incorporates all of the content from the physical version, and adds some cool new capabilities, too.

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improvi app offers ingenious approach to brainstorming

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improvi is a brilliant new brainstorming app for the iPhone, iPod and iPad that takes a unique approach to stimulating creative thinking. Its user interface is designed to let you drag random words and images onto the screen, where they bounce around and move next to and through each other, helping you to forge free associations that are the key to lateral thinking.

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New Unstuck iPad app is ideal tool to help you kick-start your ideas

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Unstuck is a marvelous new iPad app that is designed to help you when you face obstacles in life, including barriers to bringing your ideas to life. Its no-nonsense barrier-busting process is a joy to use.

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Whack Pack: The best brainstorming tool for the iPad

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The Whack Pack from Roger von Oech is one of the first killer apps that every creative person should have installed on their iPad. Read this review to learn why.

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Never lose another idea with JotNot for the iPhone

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I recently discovered a cool app for iPhone called JotNot that enables you to capture the contents of notes, documents, business cards, white boards and other flat surfaces using the iPhone’s camera. This makes it an ideal idea capture tool.

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Free the Genie online is a well-designed and useful brainstorming tool

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Idea Champions, developers of the popular Free the Genie brainstorming card deck, recently launched a web-based version of it, with some cool new capabilities. Here’s a look at what’s notable about Free the Genie online.

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New app for the iPhone takes a visual approach to ideation

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The Riffer is an intriguing new ideation tool for the iPhone and iPod Touch that leverages images and your brain’s power of association to generate fresh ideas.

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The Creative Whack Pack makes an impressive transition to the iPhone and iPod Touch platform

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Roger von Oech, author of the best-selling creativity books A Whack on the Side of the Head and A Kick in the Seat of the Pants, recently launched a version of his Creative Whack Pack brainstorming card deck for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This ideation tool makes the most of the iPhone’s user interface, and delivers a fun, engaging user experience.

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ConceptDraw MINDMAP Pro 5 offers a well-designed toolset to business users

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ConceptDraw MINDMAP offers a wealth of well-designed features and functionality that are designed to meet the needs of business users. This

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First look: Visual Mind 9 opens new ground for collaboration with mind maps

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Visual Mind 9 launches a new client-server version of its well-designed mind mapping software program, as well as a number of other valuable enhancements.

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First look: NovaMind 4 Platinum offers cool new features, excellent ease of use

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NovaMind 4 Platinum, the latest iteration of this well-designed mind mapping program, offers a wealth of new and improved features, plus outstanding usability. Read this “first look” review to learn more.

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iMindMap 2.0 delivers an organic visual mapping experience, plus many business features

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There’s much to love in iMindMap 2, which delivers a very organic mapping experience

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XMIND 2008 Pro offers a great set of features, impressive ease of use

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If you

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First Look: ThoughtOffice provides impressive set of creative problem solving, idea generation tools

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ThoughtOffice, a new brainstorming software program, provides users with an unprecedented variety and volume of idea stimuli. It also succeeds in bringing together two different types of creative thinking into one well-designed software program. Read on to learn more about this powerful idea-generation tool.

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OpenMind 2 Business Edition offers impressive mind mapping toolset, extraordinary ease of use

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In the battle for market leadership for mind mapping software, OpenMind 2 Business Edition is a dark horse that’s coming up fast through the pack. Read this “first look” review to learn why it should be on your short list of must-evaluate programs.