I want to help make Thortspace better … how can I help ?
Join the Thortspace Ambassadors’ club !
Our world is facing crises along multiple dimensions.
We need better media in which we can think collaboratively — media which would allow us, as a community of thinkers, to achieve transformational thinking.Thortspace aggregates the thinking of crowds, in a
qualitative rather than quantitative way, to produce
wholes that redefine the meaning of their parts.
Only a few people are claiming that Thortspace is a perfect piece of software. But that’s not my message. My message is that Thortspace is a revolutionary piece of software. And the revolution has only just started. The message is that with Thortspace we’re heading somewhere exciting, and we want you to come with us. Here’s how you can help —
Join the Thortspace supporters’ club and take action today !
Here’s some things you can do to help:
Help #0 — Make as many of your Spheres and Journeys Public as you possibly can
Obviously do not make sensitive, confidential or personal information public; but anything that is safe to make public without there being a cost to doing so, please make public.
The more people can see examples of Thortspace use benefitting people, the more they will be encouraged to try Thortspace out for themselves.
The public spheres list is here: https://thort.space
Then once you have the URL to your public sphere, go post it everywhere you can think of on your social media channels and feeds.
Help #1 — Write reviews about Thortspace
(1) Go to https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/190448/thortspace and enter your review for Thortspace.
It is absolutely fine to be completely honest about your opinion of Thortspace!
Say what you like about Thortspace and what you don’t like. Even if you hate Thortspace that is fine … go give us a bad review and say everything you hate about Thortspace. Besides anything else, that will give us some hints about how to improve.
If you would like to pick up a $20 reward voucher, you can leave a review on Capterra by following this link: https://review.capterra.com/SS-Thortspace-190448-3201274959 (valid for the first 100 reviews submitted and verified)
(2) Go to any of the following entries and recommend and / or review Thortspace.
https://www.slant.co/topics/1798/viewpoints/33/~best-mind-mapping-tools~thortspace
https://www.slant.co/topics/8639/viewpoints/7/~mind-mapping-apps-for-linux~thortspace
https://www.slant.co/topics/10579/viewpoints/9/~mind-mapping-tools-for-mac~thortspace
https://www.slant.co/topics/4703/viewpoints/8/~mind-mapping-apps-for-android~thortspace
https://www.slant.co/topics/4873/viewpoints/8/~offline-mind-mapping-apps-for-windows~thortspace
The above listings have been “flagged” as I understand it because the entries were created by me (I did this prior to reading the community guidelines where apparently it says you can’t); although I could have easily created an account called something other than “Thortspace”, and then created these entries, so: (1) I was hardly trying to be deceptive (2) if I had done that no one would have been any the wiser. So probably the lesson, if anything, is that I am too honest for our own good. I’m hoping that they get enough votes from other people, this “flagged” status will go away.
(3) On your iPad or iPhone, go to the Thortspace App in the Appstore and write a review: itms-apps://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id949518771?ls=1
(4) On your Mac laptop or desktop, go to the Thortspace App in Mac Appstore and write a review: macappstore://apps.apple.com/app/id1053958310?action=write-review
(5) On you Android device, go to the Thortspace App in Google Android Playstore and write a review: market://details?id=thortspace.thortspace
(6) What other review sites do you know of that you think we should be on? Add a comment to this article, or better still create a review for Thortspace and post the link in a comment response to this article. That would be very helpful, thank you!
Help #2 — Join in Thortspace Social Media Channels
(1) Follow Thortspace on Medium
here: https://medium.com/@thortspace and
here: https://medium.com/thortspace
(2) Join the Thortspace Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thortspace/
(3) Follow and/or like the Thortspace Facebook Page here: https://www.facebook.com/thortspace/
(4) Follow the Thortspace Twitter feed here: https://twitter.com/thortspace
(5) Thortspace LinkedIn page is here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thortspace/
Thortspace LinkedIn group is here:
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12431201/
Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thortspace/
Or Phil here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gooisoft/
Or Edward here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edward-hoare-730b927/
(6) Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/thortspace0/
(7) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thortspace/
(8) Minds:
https://www.minds.com/thortspace/
https://www.minds.com/bindon
(9) Subscribe to Thortspace YouTube channel:
Subscribe to this one (this is more important):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW-yzK5HFfDs68DFXmMSeKA
You can also subscribe to this one (but not so important):
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSGN1np9qPHcm5kX2ZK83Rg
Also you can add videos featuring Thortspace content to your own playlists !
Help #2 and half — The surprising effectiveness of merely mentioning Thortspace in a casual non-endorsement kind of way in your other areas of interest
Here’s an example.
This comment on ycombinator (HackerNews): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20396524 (Mind map)
which is part of this conversation thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20392853
put our new site visitor numbers up by a factor of about 4 for a period of about 48 hours.
Help #3 — Add comments to articles about mind mapping software that mention or link to Thortspace information
(For example link to https://medium.com/thortspace or https://www.thortspace.com or https://thort.space )
Here are some examples of articles where you can go and recommend Thortspace:
(1) https://zapier.com/blog/best-mind-mapping-software/
(2) https://uk.pcmag.com/cloud/73620/the-best-mind-mapping-software
(3) https://financesonline.com/mind-mapping/
(4) https://business.tutsplus.com/articles/best-mind-mapping-software-tools--cms-29581
(5) https://productivityland.com/lists/best-mind-mapping-software/
(6) https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/8-free-mind-map-tools-best-use/
(7) https://www.predictiveanalyticstoday.com/top-free-premium-mind-mapping-software/
(8) http://www.mindmapsoft.com/ — not obvious how to contact these people, but maybe you can figure out a way?
That will do for starters !
By all means track down other similar articles (there are hundreds of them) and recommend Thortspace in a comment or in a direct message to the author.
Help #4 — Join in the Webinars
… or go ahead and schedule and lead some of your own webinars.
Help #5 — Use Thortspace regularly — especially the real-time collaboration features
(1) Invite everyone you know to try out Thortspace and have real-time collaboration sessions with them
(2) Become a premium subscriber: https://www.thortspace.com/3d_collaborative_mindmap/planchoices/
Please if you can afford to, become a Premium subscriber. The more subscribers we have, the more resources we have to work on making Thortspace better !
Help #6 — Share Weblinks (“URLs”) with people
Quite apart from the various Social media channels owned by Thortspace itself, you yourself have a whole bunch of social media channels related to other interests and other enterprises that you have a stake in.
Where appropriate you can share links to information about Thortspace on these other channels (you know what they are).
Here is a list of links that you can share:
(1) https://www.Thortspace.com
https://www.thortspace.com/mindmap/
https://www.thortspace.com/3d_collaborative_mindmap/
https://www.thortspace.com/main/features/
https://www.thortspace.com/features-background/
https://www.thortspace.com/3d_mind_map/
https://www.thortspace.com/main/3d-mind-mapping/
https://www.thortspace.com/main/get-thortspace-app/
https://www.thortspace.com/main/introduction/ https://www.thortspace.com/main/introducing-premium-service/
https://www.thortspace.com/main/public-spheres-list/
(2) https://medium.com/Thortspace
As well as sharing direct links to Thortspace’s own content, you can share links to 3rd parties or notable people who are doing interesting things with Thortspace: such as:
(3) Links from academic institutions:
Syllabus: Administration in Health Care — Teaching Students How to Think, Not What to Think
Open Research Online — The Open University — Emke, Martina (2019). FREELANCE LANGUAGE TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ON…AND WITH…AND THROUGH TWITTER. EdD thesis The Open University.
Thortspace Collaborative Mind Mapping Software — College Of Exploration
Thortspace Collaborative Mind Mapping Software — Imperial College London University
Thortspace Collaborative Mind Mapping Software — Imperial College London University
Thortspace Collaborative Mind Mapping Software — Schools of Tomorrow
Thortspace Collaborative Mind Mapping Software — Seeing Success with a Storytelling Sphere
An interpretation of The Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path
Hildegard Bennett Heim Thesis — references Thortspace as at 28th May 2019, but does not actually appear to use it
An introduction to Thortspace (Wakelet)
(3) Celebrities:
Jo Whiley — mind bubbles — Thortspace Collaborative Mindmap
Fun fact, Edward Hoare, one of the owning family, is a mind mapping enthusiast who created the thortspace ‘collaborative visual thinking tool’.
(4) Social media:
For example here’s my ThortSpace of the entire “BlockChain Fundamentals” course
For example here’s my ThortSpace of the entire “BlockChain Fundamentals” course
Thortspace Breakthrough Collaborative Thinking on Meetup.com
Thortspace on LikeInMind
Thortspace on Quora
Thortspace on Quora — Thortspace Collaborative 3D Mind Mapping — Collaborative 3D Whiteboard
Thortspace Collaborative 3D Mind Mapping — Breakthrough Collaborative Thinking
(5) Consultants using thortspace:
SwimToTheLight says Thortspace is “Easy to use for collaborative brainstorming on ideas and direction.”
Morgan LLOSA uses Thortspace to help people find balance in their lives
OneTopicNow.com use Thortspace to present client information
Minnesota Futurists Meetup — Thortspace Collaborative 3D Mind Mapping — Collaborative 3D Whiteboard
Pair Mentoring and Team Mentoring Using Novel Thought Processor Thortspace
NCF presents on war avoidance in Iran — a breakdown of the key issues
(6) Other mentions / discussion / reviews and criticism:
Quantum Holopedia
Have You Seen Reality Decoded In Thort Space
Thortspace better than Trello, according to Mumsnet user
What are some examples of web applications based on collective intelligence
Clay Leben’s List: Collaboration tools & services
Ian in Sheffield on Diigo
Pbworks — catalogue of thought processing and brain-writing software
Review of Thortspace Collaborative 3D Mind Mapping software on Outliner Software .com
Concept maps vs. Mind maps
Visual mapper blog — Wallace Tait being interviewed by Phil Shepherd from Thortspace
3D Mind-map “Thortspace” on Medium.com — everything from the perspective of everything else
3D Mind-map “Thortspace” publication on Medium
“Thortspace” getting started guide on Medium
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(7) People Pinteresting Thortspace:
Thortspace — Beyond 3D Mind mapping
(8) People Instagramming Thortspace:
Thortspace — A breakthrough in collaborative thinking
(9) Aggregators:
Thortspace on Mac Update website
Thortspace on cnet download website
Thortspace on appadvice website
(10) Specific YouTube videos by 3rd parties:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwus0UcYSwQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtLVQXPEijY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeJtKr6TDhA
Help #7 — Anyone who’s got an inside track on getting notable publications to include Thortspace in a software review (say about trends in mind-mapping software)
If you know someone who is able to get Thortspace reviewed on reputable software review websites or publications, such as PCWorld magazine (https://www.pcworld.com/) or LifeHacker, that might enable us to get a wikipedia page entry, which would in turn potentially provide a big boost to the credibility of Thortspace. Here’s a list of some other reputable publications which appear to be considered “notable” enough by Wikipedia users that they count to bestow “notability” onto products that review:
- PCWorld magazine (https://www.pcworld.com/)
- LifeHacker (https://www.lifehacker.co.uk/)
- MacWorld magazine (https://www.macworld.com/)
- The Wall Street Journal (https://www.wsj.com/)
- Sounds farfetched? … have a look at this from 2006 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115099462942087665
- Business Wire (https://www.businesswire.com/) Eg. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120828006718/en#.Uxh2mj8izTo
- Independent newspaper Eg. https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/mapping-the-path-to-peace-in-the-middle-east-1547400.html
- TechRepublic (https://www.techrepublic.com/) Eg. https://www.techrepublic.com/blog/data-center/review-is-edraw-a-solid-diagramming-replacement-for-visio/
- CNET (https://download.cnet.com/) Eg. https://download.cnet.com/Edraw-MindMaster/3000-18509_4-197599.html
- MIT Technology Review (https://www.technologyreview.com/_ Eg. https://www.technologyreview.com/2010/10/27/25311/the-web-is-reborn/
- TechCrunch (https://techcrunch.com/) Eg. https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/26/lucidchart-nabs-1-million-from-500-startups-2m-companies-and-k9-ventures/
- Forbes Magazine (forbes.com) Eg. https://www.forbes.com/sites/laurencebradford/2017/02/12/8-tech-tools-to-communicate-your-ideas-more-effectively/#673d65b93eb7
- TheVerge.com Eg. https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/24/17896700/microsoft-office-2019-release-date-features
- EdLabs (https://edlab.tc.columbia.edu/) Eg. https://edlab.tc.columbia.edu/blog/4536-EdLab-Review-Mind42
- Bloomberg.com (https://www.bloomberg.com/)
- ZDNet Eg. https://www.zdnet.com/article/its-official-google-acquires-writely/
- Mashable Eg. https://mashable.com/2012/12/20/mindmeister-brainstorm/
- NYTimes Eg. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/technology/personaltech/video-feature-apps-to-kindle-the-imagination.html
- PCMag.com Eg. https://uk.pcmag.com/cloud-services/21313/expert-software-applications-mindomo
- HuffingtonPost Eg. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/conversational-presenting_b_13590806
- Business.com Eg. https://www.business.com/articles/the-deck-is-a-dialogue-3-steps-to-conversational-presenting/
- ComputerWorld.com https://www.computerworld.com/uk/
- FreeTech4Teachers.com Eg. https://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/03/coggle-simple-mind-mapping-tool.html
- https://twitter.com/rmbyrne
- https://www.freetech4teachers.com/p/advertise.html
Help #8 — Join the Thortspace Ambassadors’ Club
Thortspace Ambassadors are people who so value the difference that Thortspace can make, that they want to actively share the benefits of Thortspace with others.
The first Thortspace Ambassadors’ Club meeting took place on 29th June 2020, spanning across 4 time zones: 9:30am London, 10:30am Johannesburg, 2pm Delhi, and 6:30pm Sydney.
Thortspace - Thortspace Ambassadors meeting 29th June 2020
View this sphere in Thortspace.
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If you’d like to become a Thortspace Ambassador, and get the inside track on everything that’s going on in the world of Thortspace, then just get in touch with us on social media — as per any of the channels in section #2 above.
Help #9 — Become a Thortspace Affiliate
Being a Thortspace Affiliate is a distinct role from being a Thortspace Ambassador.
Thortspace Affiliates are people who have demonstrated their competence in their use of Thortspace, and consequently are able to support other people in becoming proficient in using Thortspace.
Thortspace Affiliates receive a commision for enrolling new Thortspace Premium Subscribers, and are also able to provide new subscribers with discounts on their subscription.
If you would like to become a Thortspace Affiliate, please get in touch with us on social media — as per any of the channels in section #2 above.
Help #10 — Join the Thortspace Testing Team
The Thortspace Testing Team is led by Neil Rowatt.
The testing team is a team of volunteers who test new Thortspace releases prior to them being made generally available to the public.
Testing team members are given access to our bug tracking system, and can submit issues for resolution.
Thortspace testing team are all people who have demonstrated their competence in their use of Thortspace.
If you would like to join the Thortspace Testing Team, please get in touch with us on social media — as per any of the channels in section #2 above.
