Introducing Noodlin – A Brainstorming App by Kristina Chodorow.
From the webpage:
I’ve been working on a web app, Noodlin, for brainstorming online. Basically, Noodlin just lets you create notes and connect them. I’ve been using it for taking notes during meetings, figuring out who gets what for the holidays, and organizing The Definitive Guide. I think it might be handy for people studying for finals this time of year, too.
I find it really difficult to be creative while looking at a text editor: it’s just not a good form factor for organizing thoughts, taking notes, and coming up with new ideas. There’s a whole class of problems where people say, “Let’s go find a whiteboard” or start sticking post-its to a wall. Noodlin is an attempt to make this kind of thinking easier to do on a computer.
You may recognize Kristina Chodorow from her work on MongoDB.
Could be quite useful.
I would prefer the ability to host it locally, a few more shapes and properties on the edges connecting shapes.