I came across an excellent resource providing information on 100 different online resources and tools for freelancers.

I wanted to internalize the information in a way that I could rapidly work with in multiple settings in the future if I ever needed to find the right tool for the job. So of course I mindmapped out the tools listed, plus I added in the tools suggested in the comments and I added a bunch of my own.

Now I have a great starting point for the future whenever I need to build up the list or find something I need quickly. I linked back to the original article from my MindMap Central topic and I created sub maps for each of the categories identified. This kept each category of items viewable at a single glance.

I’ve provided snapshots of these maps below. For more details about each of the tools I suggest a quick visit over to the site yourself as it really does have a great deal of information.

In the meantime, I did this experiment in part to internalize the info as I mentioned, but also in part to find a more rapid way of mindmapping this type of information from primary sources on the web. I hope to find more efficient ways to achieve this goal in the future.

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I just had a great little blogging experience this evening.  I came across a terrific little blog called go2tap.com.  I would describe it as a general tech and review blog with lots of interesting articles.

The top article on Tap tonight was Bubble.us Simple Flow Chart Solutions.

I tried out Bubble.us you don’t need to establish an account to start using it, just hit start.

It was fantastic.  You can create a very dynamic flow chart or org chart with the tool.  The interface is superb for a website and even as good if not better than many software tools I’ve tried.

I am going to use the tool a bit more before I do a more in depth review, but wanted to mention it now and encourage you to try it out.  I will warn you it has a learning curve that requires about 20 seconds of study (that’s a joke its very easy to learn and very intuitive!)

here is the zoomed in version

I think one of the coolest things about the feel of the program is the scroll wheel zoom and mouse positioning of the flow chart and components.  All very very fast and very very easy.

here is the zoomed out version.

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