Mind-maps made easy using coggle

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We all get ideas. 

Some of us attempt to write them down. 

Fewer can actually read them afterwards.

If you want to change this, you might want to check out coggle!

What is Coggle?

Coggle is a free online app for building mind-maps (for some reason however, there’s no mention for the “mind-map” term in their description - wikipedia mentions it though). 

It effortlessly turns your ideas into a beautifully visualised story.

To use Coggle, you sign-up with your Google account. If you want, you can organize your “Coggles” using Google Drive.

Features

• Coggle has a very simple, aesthetic, flat design about it. You can view your coggle easily with minimal obstructive menu options (which toggle neatly from the side).
• You can download coggles (as pdf, image or other advanced formats). 
• You can collaborate on coggles.
• It has shortcuts. Shortcuts are nice! Case in point, press tab and you’ll traverse to the (existing/new) child node of your current node. Node, item, element, whatever you prefer to name it (coggle uses item). shift + tab , intuitively, traverses to the parent item. Also, classic undo ( ctrl + z ) and redo ( ctrl + y ) are supported.
• Another plus is how the colors automatically alter per branch, and vary in shade with sub-branches (or child items) - so by default, you'll have a colorful coggle. You can also alter the color of an item branch if you want.

• They supports clickable URLs and you can add images.

• Coggle also provides an API, which could be interesting if you're a developer.

Uses

Coggle - and mind-maps in general - is an awesome way to visualise ideas and their branching. Here's a coggle I prepared on some fun mind-map ideas to try.

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Your thoughts

Are there any cool mind-mapping (or any organization) apps that you enjoy? If so, feel free to comment below!

Hope this was fruitful. If so, feel free to share!

Till the next post;
Noha Kareem