After a recent comment on the original Creately Diagram Viewer post I thought it would be a good idea to follow up with a full post to help all the other Creately users who also use Google Code and Google Project Hosting. Google Code projects allow you to add Google Gadgets to the Wiki for the project. This means that you can add your Creately diagrams of the design, features and UI mockups for your [...]

We’re thrilled – Creately has been named one of Asia’s Top 10 Apps at the Singtel Accelerate 2010 conference held in Singapore today. And we’ve been picked from a list of over 200 companies who vied for this coveted title. Here’s the list of all the other Top 10  apps! Thanks for your votes to get us nominated to the Top 50. From this list of 50 apps, a panel of judges evaluated each of [...]

Every project kicks off with a basic idea; and ideas evolve into viable projects only after intense brainstorming. There’s a gap between the initial idea and project execution, and this gap is filled typically by brainstorming. Brainstorming can take various forms, some of you might have the practice of writing down ideas; while others might use Mind Maps to visually arrange their ideas. Mind mapping is a fun exercise which helps you capture and visualize [...]

Its been a year since we came out of Beta and launched Creately to the world. I know its not a long time, but for the team here at Creately, its a moment to be proud of as we pause to think about how far we’ve come since the early days pitching the Creately idea to investors and potential customers almost 3 years ago. To celebrate, today we’re announcing the biggest, baddest release of the Creately [...]

Flowcharts are fairly simple things. Before I wrote this, I almost thought “Hey, who’d ever need a tutorial on how to draw a flowchart? It’s too simple and it’ll probably need one line to explain.” Well… not really. There’s more to flowcharts than simple shapes and arrows connecting them if you want to get the idea across. The flowchart tips below will help you create better flowcharts that get the message across: Identify why you [...]