Thinking of mind mapping? Here’s a straight forward how-to. (via Lifehacker)
While you’re at it you might want to check out the free mind mapping software, FreeMind.
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1 Argey // Jul 17, 2005 at 5:25 am
I’m in the beta team of a very small group of developers that’s been building a 3D mind-mapping tool for a couple of years. It’s called Topicscape. Are you interested in trying it out? This is Beta 2 – it’s been through a few months of testing by a small group of outside users.
It uses a mind mapping approach because we think that’s a great way to think and plan but it’s really a tool for organizing all sorts of information as well as getting your thoughts straight. Each node can have files, URLs, emails and parts of files dropped on it. You can have many files on a node if you want.
We chose to make it work in 3D, because sometimes mind maps can get too big if you use them on big projects or as a place to organize a lot of reference information. We’ve found that using 3D on a computer screen allows us to take in and understand much more at a time. It’s written mainly in Java because we want it to be multi-platform, but so far it’s only working on Windows – Linux and Mac versions will be along when we’ve converted the drag and drop logic that uses features that Java doesn’t support (equivalents of OLE and stuff).
It’s a personal edition (one PC). If you’d like to try it, the web site is http://www.topicscape.com. There are screen shots and stories from users showing how they organize their work, personal information and hobbies.