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Auto-Discovery Plugins Palette

Darlene Kasak — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:16:01 +0000

Spinscape is a web-based mind mapping application for online collaboration and information sharing. Find, organize and share information necessary for research, projects, planning, brainstorming, writing, and more!

Our auto-discovery plugins reach outside of the application to find and retrieve information. Through the Plugins palette, search popular resources like Google, Wikipedia and the ESV Bible. Access your own files from Google Docs and Spreadsheets and AmazonS3. Select and add information directly into your map. Instantly populate your paper or project with a wealth of information, which links back to the site for easy reference.

Enhanced Collaboration

Darlene Kasak — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:11:18 +0000

Real-time collaboration means you and other users view and edit the same map or node at the same time. Our Collaborating window lets you see who’s working with you. Discuss the project or paper using our new chat interface, complete with pop-up window and message indicator light. User badges show where others are working in the map. The lock icon displays and blocks access to an area where another user is making changes.

YouTube videos in a node

Darlene Kasak — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:08:12 +0000

How many mind mapping applications do you know of that let you put a YouTube video right in your map? In Spinscape 2.0, you can embed widgets in a node. We’ll have more offerings later, but for starters you can embed a YouTube video. Simply paste the embed code from your favorite YouTube video in the widgets field in a node. The video will automatically appear as the node lid and you can play the video right in Spinscape! Spinscape is not just for information sharing, but for sharing videos, images, links, documents, and more.

Check out this quick video (1min 24sec) to learn more:

Spinscape iPhone Style!

Mark Salamango — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:46:29 +0000

Now offered iPhone-style, Spinscape is an online mind mapping and visual collaboration application. Create and edit maps online or on the iPhone–both applications automatically sync with the server for real-time updates.

Capture, create and clearly communicate ideas and information–including audio recordings, photos, and hyperlinks–on the
iPhone. Pull information from your phone and automatically sync to the online version of Spinscape. Further additions that include file
attachments and customizations can be made and viewed online with your own mind maps!

Capture ideas and information on the fly, via the iPhone, including:
    * Notes
    * Audio recordings
    * Photos
    * Hyperlinks
    * Tags

Display your ideas, information, data and tasks in a visual way that is easier for people to understand. A map of nodes starts with a main idea or central topic and continues with levels of detail. That way you can capture your ideas, information and tasks on the fly, as the thoughts flow or the project requires and you don’t even have to be at your computer.

View your map on the iPhone as a series of node lists. Each list revealing another level of detail. But wait! These are not just ordinary lists. They are lists of NODES.

Envision each node as a container. Access the node editor to instantly add notes, audio recordings, photos, hyperlinks, and tags. Go ahead, fill it up!

The Spinscape application syncs automatically with Spinscape’s web application at www.spinscape.com, where your vision becomes a reality! Organize, edit, and share your maps online where further additions, file attachments, and customizations can be made, including colors, shapes, icons–and more!

Spinscape Premium users can not only organize endless ideas and information on their iPhone, but also collaborate and share maps and nodes by linking with other Spinscape users in real-time.

Get more information and create a FREE account at www.spinscape.com