Comments for Spinscape Blog http://spinscape.com/blog Mapping your digital landscape... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:33:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 Comment on The Spinscape “I’m not going to call it a launch launch…” by shredfactory http://spinscape.com/blog/the-spinscape-im-not-going-to-call-it-a-launch-launch/#comment-438 shredfactory Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:53:00 +0000 http://spinscape.com/blog/the-spinscape-im-not-going-to-call-it-a-launch-launch/#comment-438 Hey Chuck, glad to see you checked on our progress! I just wanted to clarify a few things about your post. I completely agree about moving the parent and having the children follow. This is a feature included in the July sprint and will be available August 1st. Admittedly we have focused more on the collaboration and plugin aspects of Spinscape and less on trying to make it exactly like every other mindmapping application. In fact lately, I have been describing Spinscape more as a Visual Collaboration Platform that has aspects of mindmapping because it is not just a mindmapping application. I also agree about the renaming nodes comment. It is another "feature" we have in our backlog that we hope add soon. Expanding and collapsing branches actually does work by clicking on the + and - as you would expect. You no longer have to drag nodes into the parent. You may be thinking of the old version. With respect to your "Add to Spinscape" - Map - Node comment...I'm sorry that was confusing. We have talked about other terms to make it more clear. The idea is that we allow you to add "auto-discovered" information as a new node or to the selected node. So Map means add information as a new node in the map, and Node means to put it in the selected node...basically a merge function. I suspect that "Add to Spinscape New Node - Selected Node" may be clearer. Again, I thank you for keeping us in mind and for keeping up with our progress! We take all input seriously and it helps us to plan the direction of Spinscape. We introduce new features every month. Many are guided by comments we get from people who are using Spinscape to solve their problems. We unveiled Spinscape to the public this month so more users will have a hand in our development through their feedback. Hey Chuck, glad to see you checked on our progress!

I just wanted to clarify a few things about your post.

I completely agree about moving the parent and having the children follow. This is a feature included in the July sprint and will be available August 1st.

Admittedly we have focused more on the collaboration and plugin aspects of Spinscape and less on trying to make it exactly like every other mindmapping application. In fact lately, I have been describing Spinscape more as a Visual Collaboration Platform that has aspects of mindmapping because it is not just a mindmapping application.

I also agree about the renaming nodes comment. It is another “feature” we have in our backlog that we hope add soon.

Expanding and collapsing branches actually does work by clicking on the + and - as you would expect. You no longer have to drag nodes into the parent. You may be thinking of the old version.

With respect to your “Add to Spinscape” - Map - Node comment…I’m sorry that was confusing. We have talked about other terms to make it more clear. The idea is that we allow you to add “auto-discovered” information as a new node or to the selected node. So Map means add information as a new node in the map, and Node means to put it in the selected node…basically a merge function. I suspect that “Add to Spinscape New Node - Selected Node” may be clearer.

Again, I thank you for keeping us in mind and for keeping up with our progress! We take all input seriously and it helps us to plan the direction of Spinscape. We introduce new features every month. Many are guided by comments we get from people who are using Spinscape to solve their problems. We unveiled Spinscape to the public this month so more users will have a hand in our development through their feedback.

]]> Comment on The Spinscape “I’m not going to call it a launch launch…” by Spinscape enters open beta testing, but still needs a lot of work - Mind Mapping Software Blog http://spinscape.com/blog/the-spinscape-im-not-going-to-call-it-a-launch-launch/#comment-436 Spinscape enters open beta testing, but still needs a lot of work - Mind Mapping Software Blog Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:30:08 +0000 http://spinscape.com/blog/the-spinscape-im-not-going-to-call-it-a-launch-launch/#comment-436 [...] with visual mapping/personal information manager tool I told you about in March , recently completed its closed beta testing phase . Anyone can now go to the Spinscape website and sign up for a free 30-day trial of the open beta [...] […] with visual mapping/personal information manager tool I told you about in March , recently completed its closed beta testing phase . Anyone can now go to the Spinscape website and sign up for a free 30-day trial of the open beta […]

]]> Comment on The Spinscape “I’m not going to call it a launch launch…” by Sheldon Smith http://spinscape.com/blog/the-spinscape-im-not-going-to-call-it-a-launch-launch/#comment-433 Sheldon Smith Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:46:14 +0000 http://spinscape.com/blog/the-spinscape-im-not-going-to-call-it-a-launch-launch/#comment-433 Awesome to see the progression/evolution of Spinscape. Great idea and it's come a long way already! Just the last two months that I've been working in Spinscape, I've seen some serious application changes and feature implementations...for the BETTER. Scrum--the monthly sprint thing--is so cool. Good to know I can look forward to Spin evolving and improving on such a regular basis. Keep up the good work! Awesome to see the progression/evolution of Spinscape. Great idea and it’s come a long way already! Just the last two months that I’ve been working in Spinscape, I’ve seen some serious application changes and feature implementations…for the BETTER. Scrum–the monthly sprint thing–is so cool. Good to know I can look forward to Spin evolving and improving on such a regular basis. Keep up the good work!

]]> Comment on More on the Spinscape Invite Code Bonanza! by admin http://spinscape.com/blog/more-on-the-spinscape-invite-code-bonanza/#comment-326 admin Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:39:10 +0000 http://spinscape.com/blog/more-on-the-spinscape-invite-code-bonanza/#comment-326 That send failed bug should be gone. Had to do with firewalls blocking RTMP messages. We now have a fallback just in case RTMP gets blocked. That send failed bug should be gone. Had to do with firewalls blocking RTMP messages. We now have a fallback just in case RTMP gets blocked.

]]> Comment on More on the Spinscape Invite Code Bonanza! by SSBN http://spinscape.com/blog/more-on-the-spinscape-invite-code-bonanza/#comment-314 SSBN Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:50:33 +0000 http://spinscape.com/blog/more-on-the-spinscape-invite-code-bonanza/#comment-314 got the code AND send failed! got the code AND send failed!

]]> Comment on More on the Spinscape Invite Code Bonanza! by Snowcore http://spinscape.com/blog/more-on-the-spinscape-invite-code-bonanza/#comment-205 Snowcore Wed, 07 May 2008 10:12:18 +0000 http://spinscape.com/blog/more-on-the-spinscape-invite-code-bonanza/#comment-205 I don't think so :-)) I don’t think so :-))

]]> Comment on More on the Spinscape Invite Code Bonanza! by Caveman Paul http://spinscape.com/blog/more-on-the-spinscape-invite-code-bonanza/#comment-200 Caveman Paul Tue, 06 May 2008 19:31:54 +0000 http://spinscape.com/blog/more-on-the-spinscape-invite-code-bonanza/#comment-200 Was this post done with a Spinscape mind-map?? :-P Was this post done with a Spinscape mind-map??
:-P

]]> Comment on Scrum, Evolving Beta, and Creative Quips. by Martin Tibbitts http://spinscape.com/blog/scrum-evolving-beta-and-creative-quips/#comment-83 Martin Tibbitts Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:32:12 +0000 http://spinscape.com/blog/scrum-evolving-beta-and-creative-quips/#comment-83 And for the uninitiated, lest you think we are talking about Rugby, this is Scrum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development) And for the uninitiated, lest you think we are talking about Rugby, this is Scrum: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(development)

]]> Comment on What is Spinscape? Glad you asked… by AKahn http://spinscape.com/blog/what-is-spinscape-glad-you-asked/#comment-23 AKahn Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:21:24 +0000 http://spinscape.com/blog/what-is-spinscape-glad-you-asked/#comment-23 One of the things you should do is put something on your site that gives users the ability to be notified once you have a "try it" portion of your site that works. I'm unlikely to remember your company a month from now, but I'm interested in it now (even though I don't have an invite). If you had my e-mail addr (and my conscent), you could notify me when you had a working version and not lose teh users coming to your site interested in your product, only to forget about it 15 min later. Rgs. One of the things you should do is put something on your site that gives users the ability to be notified once you have a “try it” portion of your site that works.

I’m unlikely to remember your company a month from now, but I’m interested in it now (even though I don’t have an invite). If you had my e-mail addr (and my conscent), you could notify me when you had a working version and not lose teh users coming to your site interested in your product, only to forget about it 15 min later.

Rgs.

]]> Comment on Did I mention Vizthink? by Mark Salamango http://spinscape.com/blog/did-i-mention-vizthink/#comment-9 Mark Salamango Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:29:51 +0000 http://spinscape.com/blog/did-i-mention-vizthink/#comment-9 Thanks Brian! We are very excited as well. You should have an invite by now. Let me know if you don't and we'll get back to you. Thanks Brian! We are very excited as well.

You should have an invite by now. Let me know if you don’t and we’ll get back to you.

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