That was some great advice. I also use mind maps all the time, from planning a strategy for a blog article to public speaking presentations. I also make them for my clients where appropriate.
As you said, mind mapping really is the most powerful brainstorming tool available. After all, that's how the mind works.
Brett - You should really try this - I've been searching for years - this is the only one I have kept: Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) - http://vue.tufts.edu/
You mentioned using tags in MindMeister and filtering based on them. Do you use the 'Note' field for this or are you relying on an included tag system I just missed when working with MindMeister?
Oops, that was an error. It's Mindjet MindManager that allows extensive tagging. It's pretty awesome for big maps that you want to easily filter, but not enough on its own to make me switch back. Maybe I can talk Toketaware into adding similar to iThoughts someday...
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Hi Brett.
That was some great advice. I also use mind maps all the time, from planning a strategy for a blog article to public speaking presentations. I also make them for my clients where appropriate.
As you said, mind mapping really is the most powerful brainstorming tool available. After all, that's how the mind works.
I enjoyed reading that article.
Nathan.
Brett - You should really try this - I've been searching for years - this is the only one I have kept:
Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) - http://vue.tufts.edu/
You mentioned using tags in MindMeister and filtering based on them. Do you use the 'Note' field for this or are you relying on an included tag system I just missed when working with MindMeister?
Oops, that was an error. It's Mindjet MindManager that allows extensive tagging. It's pretty awesome for big maps that you want to easily filter, but not enough on its own to make me switch back. Maybe I can talk Toketaware into adding similar to iThoughts someday...
Great article, Brett, thanks very much for the mentions!
> It started as a Macworld piece,
> but I took too long…
oh goodness, did i laugh and laugh at that...
it's one of those things i can go back to repeatedly,
and it makes me laugh every single time. every time!
-bowerbird