#45 Go with the flow

Okay so I'll admit it - I love flowcharts and mind maps! What can take two pages of text or ten minutes of description with a lot hand gestures can be described with one simple image. I agree that sometimes they can help the creator more than the reader, but still I think they are valuable tools.

I really liked the sites that were recommended this week. Bubbl.us is easy to use and you end up with a professional looking diagram. Flowchart.com is another good site, but by far my favourite is Gliffy.

• The flowcharts were easy to create
• You can share your diagram for collaboration
• You can create flowcharts, floorplans, network diagrams and user interface diagrams

I can see many applications for these tools at work, but I also enjoyed playing with the floorplan diagram you can see below. [while setting up the floorplan was fun, I doubt this room would look very nice or be functional. At least I got to sample most of the images!]