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Well guess what? I clicked on a banner ad. I rarely see one that catches my eye, but this one sure did. It is Visual Thesaurus.

Doesn’t sound catchy yet. But what it does is present looked and related words in a mind-map style. So next time you need to brainstorm, it does it for you! Sure you’ve always been able to do the same with a thesaurus, but because this draws the map for you, it is sooo much faster. And visually, yes, you do spot words of interest much faster too.

It does have a brief trial and thereafter you’ve got to pay either US$19.95 per year to subscribe to the online version, or buy the desktop version for US$39.95. I think the online version provides better value.

Have a look though, if you work with words or ideas, I’m sure you’ll be impressed.

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