What's the Best Free Software Ever Released?

Ralph Garcia said that Visual Paradigm Online Express Edition is the best free online drawing tool ever released. It allows:

• Create diagrams for FREE (personal use)
• Create unlimited number of shapes
• Draw unlimited number of diagrams

According to Ralph, VP Online Express Edition features many convenient and powerful tools that help you create professional diagrams easily and quickly. Here are some of the key features:

• Easy to use: Create and connect shapes with drag and drop. Connectors are always attached to shapes - Never separate apart! (unlike many other tools).
• Beautiful drawing: Apply different formatting options (shape and lines, solid and gradient paint), 40+ connector types, RTF caption, font options, shadow effect, etc
• Alignment guide helps you position shapes nicely.
• Create diagrams with the standard shapes and your own shapes.
• Start quickly with the pre-developed diagram templates. Hundreds of templates are provided.
• Easily add text, notes, external images, web links to diagram
• Easily print and export into different formats (PNG, JPG, SVG, GIF, PDF)
• Available on the cloud, compatible with all O/S and browsers
• Visio drawing and stencil import
• Info shape to transform text list into diagram automatically
• Multiple pages
• Google drive integration

Ralph concluded that VP Online also has several paid editions that supports more diagram types such as UML, Flowchart, ArchiMate, BPMN, DFD, organization chart, venn diagram, SWOT, PESTLE, floowplan, AWS Architecture Diagram, etc. Besides diagrams they also features an agile user story map, customer journey may and task management tool.

What's your Favorite Free Software?

Ralph Garcia recommended Visual Paradigm Online Express Edition as his favorite, best free online drawing software. It allows people to:

• Create diagrams for FREE (personal use)
• Create unlimited number of shapes
• Draw unlimited number of diagrams
• Export diagrams without watermark

According to Ralph, the free edition of VP Online supports UML, ERD, Organizational Chart and Floor Plan. It features many convenient and powerful tools that help you create professional diagrams easily and quickly. Here are some of the key features:

• Easy to use: Create and connect shapes with drag and drop. Connectors are always attached to shapes - Never separate apart! (unlike many other tools).
• Beautiful drawing: Apply different formatting options (shape and lines, solid and gradient paint), 40+ connector types, RTF caption, font options, shadow effect, etc
• Alignment guide helps you position shapes nicely.
• Create diagrams with the standard shapes and your own shapes.
• Start quickly with the pre-developed diagram templates. Hundreds of templates are provided.
• Easily add text, notes, external images, web links to diagram
• Easily print and export into different formats (PNG, JPG, SVG, GIF, PDF)
• Available on the cloud, compatible with all O/S and browsers
• Visio drawing and stencil import
• Info shape to transform text list into diagram automatically
• Multiple pages
• Google drive integration

Ralph ends by saying that VP Online also has several paid editions that supports more diagram types such as Flowchart, ArchiMate, BPMN, DFD, Mind Map, venn diagram, SWOT, PESTLE, floowplan, AWS Architecture Diagram, etc. Besides diagrams they also features an agile user story map, customer journey may and task management tool.

What's the best free alternative to Omnigraffle?

Ralph Garcia recommended Visual Paradigm Online as the best free Omnigraffle alternative.

According to Ralph, Visual Paradigm Online supports a wide variety of diagram types such as AWS diagram, Azure Architecture diagram, UML, BPMN, ERD, DFD, flowchart, ArchiMate, organization chart, mind map, venn diagram, strategic analysis (e.g. SWOT, PESTLE, etc), etc. Here are some excellent features they offer:

• Drag and drop to create shape
• Alignment guide
• Wide range of formatting tools
• Custom shape library
• Export diagram as PNG, JPG, SVG, GIF, PDF
• Real-time synchronization
• Diagram layers
• Visio drawing and stencil import
• Google drive integration

Ralph said that VP Online offer an Express Edition that allows you to draw these diagrams free: UML, ERD, Organization Chart, Business Concept, ITIL.

How should you write and keep meeting minutes?

Ralph Garcia has given a good answer to this Quora question. He said that traditionally, people write and keep minutes in a document in linear format. This way of note taking ends up creating complex text list which is difficult to read and understand. He see people started to write minutes with a mind map. To use Mind Mapping for managing minutes, write down the key topic as the central concept, and then create branches for the discussions, conclusions and action items. Make sure sub-branches are created properly in organizing your ideas.

Is there any alternative to Microsoft Visio for Ubuntu?

Ralph Garcia suggested Visual Paradigm Online (VP Online) as the best alternative to Microsoft Visio for Ubuntu users because their team use VP Online intensively to create UML diagrams, flowchart and ERD. As he know VP Online can also import and edit Visio files smoothly.

Ralph added that VP Online supports a wide range of visualization needs, from software design, data modeling, business process mapping, strategic analysis, mind mapping to project scheduling, and is widely adopted in different sectors like business, education, and social units. Here are some features that make VP Online better than Visio:

• Easy to use: Create and connect shapes with drag and drop. Connectors are always attached to shapes - Never separate apart! (unlike many other tools).
• Beautiful drawing: Apply different formatting options (shape and lines, solid and gradient paint), 40+ connector types, RTF caption, font options, shadow effect, etc
• Alignment guide helps you position shapes nicely.
• Build your own shape library to create diagrams with your own shapes.
• Start quickly with the pre-developed diagram templates. Hundreds of templates are provided.
• Easily add text, notes, external images, web links to diagram
• Easily print and export into different formats (PNG, JPG, SVG, GIF, PDF)
• Available on the cloud, compatible with all O/S and browsers
• Visio drawing and stencil import
• Google drive integration

Ralph thought that the user interface of Visual Paradigm Online is quite similar to Visio. There is no difficulty for any Visio users to opt to Visual Paradigm Online.

The Express Edition of VP Online is free and covers UML, ERD, organization chart, floor plan, ITIL diagram. If you want to draw diagrams like DFD, BPMN, Venn, flowchart, PERT, ArchiMate and more, you can subscribe their service on monthly basis with a very low cost.

Ralph ends by suggesting that if you've already created some Visio drawing, you can use the import function to import into Visual Paradigm Online and carry on editing.

Low Cost Visio Alternative

Ralph Garcia suggested Viusal Paradigm Online to be a low cost Visio alternative. Their team use VP Online to create UML diagrams, flowchart and ERD. They support an array of editing feature, including the ability to import and edit Visio files smoothly.

According to Ralph, VP Online supports a wide range of visualization needs, from software design, data modeling, business process mapping, strategic analysis, mind mapping to project scheduling, and is widely adopted in different sectors like business, education, and social units. Here are some key features of VP Online, which makes it better than Visio:

• Easy to use: Create and connect shapes with drag and drop. Connectors are always attached to shapes - Never separate apart! (unlike many other tools).
• Beautiful drawing: Apply different formatting options (shape and lines, solid and gradient paint), 40+ connector types, RTF caption, font options, shadow effect, etc
• Alignment guide helps you position shapes nicely.
• Build your own shape library to create diagrams with your own shapes.
• Start quickly with the pre-developed diagram templates. Hundreds of templates are provided.
• Easily add text, notes, external images, web links to diagram
• Easily print and export into different formats (PNG, JPG, SVG, GIF, PDF)
• Available on the cloud, compatible with all O/S and browsers
• Visio drawing and stencil import
• Google drive integration

Ralph believed that the user interface of Visual Paradigm Online is quite similar to Visio. There is no difficulty for any Visio users to opt to Visual Paradigm Online.

The Express Edition of VP Online is free and covers UML, ERD, organization chart, floor plan, ITIL diagram. If you want to draw diagrams like DFD, BPMN, Venn, flowchart, PERT, ArchiMate and more, you can subscribe their service on monthly basis with a very low cost.

Ralph ends by suggesting that if you've already created some Visio drawing, you can use the import function to import into Visual Paradigm Online and carry on editing.

Any Easy-to-Use UML Diagram Software?

From Ralph Garcia's point of view, Visual Paradigm Online is the most easy-to-use UML diagram software, ever. Let's see why.

According to Ralph, their team use Visual Paradigm Online (VP Online)to draw UML, ERD, DFD, Flowchart and other diagrams essential in analysis and design. It is web-based drawing tool with great diagramming capability. You can always create beautiful and professional flowchart quickly and easily with VP Online.

Ralph has provided a list of VP Online's key features:

• Easy to use: Create and connect shapes with drag and drop. Connectors are always attached to shapes - Never separate apart! (unlike many other tools).
• Beautiful drawing: Apply different formatting options (shape and lines, solid and gradient paint), 40+ connector types, RTF caption, font options, shadow effect, etc
• Alignment guide helps you position shapes nicely.
• Build your own shape library to create diagrams with your own shapes.
• Start quickly with the pre-developed diagram templates. Hundreds of templates are provided.
• Easily add text, notes, external images, web links to diagram
• Easily print and export into different formats (PNG, JPG, SVG, GIF, PDF)
• Available on the cloud, compatible with all O/S and browsers
• Visio drawing and stencil import
• Google drive integration

Ralph suggested that the free edition of VP Online supports UML, ERD, Organizational Chart and Floor Plan. There are also paid editions that supports more diagram types such as Flowchart, ArchiMate, BPMN, DFD, Mind Map, venn diagram, SWOT, PESTLE, floowplan, AWS Architecture Diagram, etc.