MindMeister

If you’re like most entrepreneurs, you lie awake at night, unable to turn off your mind and all the ideas that come to you at all hours. Or, perhaps you need a place to put all the pieces of a project together. Now you can record your brainstormed ideas and how they connect to each other with a free online mind mapping tool, Mindmeister.

MindMeister brings the concept of mind mapping to the web, using its facilities for real-time collaboration to allow truly global brainstorming sessions. Users can create, manage, and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere. In brainstorming mode, fellow MindMeisters from around the world (or just in different rooms) can simultaneously work on the same mind map and see each other’s changes as they happen.

You can share instantly any mind map with friends and colleagues. Invitees will receive an email with a link and – depending on what access you give them – will be able to contribute or just read. To share your map with the whole world, click the ‘Publish’ button, and integrate the map into your blog or web site.

One of the service’s coolest feature is its collaboration feature. When two or more users open the same mind map at the same time, both of you are in brainstorming mode. Every change either of you makes will be replicated instantly to your fellow editors’ screens via their server. Through color-coded effects they will see what you did and vice versa, without having to refresh the page.

They also offer fee-based editions with additional features if you decide that you like the tool and want to upgrade.Start outlining your projects and your brainstorms