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Open Thread: Mac Mind Mapping, and how you use it
Merlin Mann | Sep 17 2006
I've recently revived my interest in doing mind mapping as a way to capture ideas and plan out projects. Back in the day, I'd use Inspiration (which registration regrettably died a few years ago), and in more recent times I've played with free apps like My Mind and FreeMind, as well as tested more costly apps like NovaMind and MindManager. If you also like to mind map, I'm curious to hear which of these you and your Mac are using, how you're using it, and what made you choose one app over another. Got a preference? Prefer regular old paper and markers? Using lots of images in your mind maps? Which pay app is most worth the dough, and why? And for folks who are new to mind mapping, here's a few links to get you started:
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I have been mind mapping...Submitted by Tim Benest (not verified) on September 17, 2006 - 9:47pm.
I have been mind mapping for almost 27 years now, having being taught it by a forward thinking teacher in the late 70's On the Mac, i used to use novamind, but recently switch to using mind manager, which I find has a cleaner less cluttered interface, and has that certain "je ne ce quois" Mind manager allow fairly rapid entry of ideas and thoughts, with non-mouse navigation being pretty good. There is also meta-data on the nodes of the map, which can be usefull. With mind manager, there are also a couple of Apple Scripts that allow you to bang maps back and forth between Omni Outliner Pro. There seem to be two schools of thought on what a mind map is. Some folks would class a simple outline as a mind map, but in Buzan's books all the examples tend to have pictures and diagrams as visual queues. A lot of mind maps, can be seen a works of art. Like alot of things in life there is no correct answer as to which mapping software, I think it is often a case of picking the best tool for the job, which often will be the faithfull pen and paper. Very often I will scribble maps in the Moleskine notebook that I carry with me. I also often use dip pens and coloured ink. I tend to do most of my goal planning, and day to day planning with maps. Well I could rattle on for much more, but other stuff beacons. » POSTED IN:
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