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?

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