Mind Mapping softwares

i’m getting interested with these mind mapping softwares. is it a waste of time or is it really worth it? the floor is open. thank you all.

check out these links:

http://www.cul.co.uk/software/istruct.htm

http://www.davidco.com/blogs/david/archives/2005/08/my_brain_with_t.html

I had never heard of such a thing, but it looks just like a fancy flowcharting tool. Which is fine, I like flowcharts. But these websites seem to be selling the tool to corporations to facilitate organizing their people. Generally I find that written information of this type of rarely kept up to date.

If you have Microsoft Visio, it has a template for creating a mind-mapping diagram.