mindmapping

It's always interested me, and lately I've begun reading up on it again.

There's a few free web-based mind mapping tools available.

I joined one, as well as downloading some open source software called Free Mind from another site.

It's going to take me a minute to learn how to use all the tools.

Last night I did three on paper. It's so simple, just take a sheet of paper and write your project in the center. Draw the shape of your choice around it - I like ovals. Now all you have to do is write down the next thing that comes to mind, and draw a line joining it back to the first. Don't make it to wordy, and use different color pens.

It's brainstorming on paper, and you won't believe how quickly your initial idea turns into a plan.

Of course, two of my three had to do with blogging.

Here's my stop.

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[VicGee]

For people who like mindmapping and want it free, I recently pulled together in one place the details of all of the web-based ones, over at
http://www.mind-mapping.org/web-based-mindmappers/

This shows what's free (and how much the subscriptions are for the others), what can import and export MindManager and FreeMind maps and, of course, where to find them. A key difference from FreeMind is that they let you collaborate with others when making a mindmap.

FreeMind has an extension that lets you put maps in web pages, though - just not have on-line users change them.

Vic
http://www.mind-mapping.org
The master list of mind mapping &
information management software