Comments on: Tools for Writing: ConceptDraw Mindmap

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:08:23 +0000

Also check out CmapTools, a free program developed by a few universities here in Florida: http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/

There are Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris versions available.

By: Bad Language / How to learn things

Bad Language / How to learn things — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 10:14:53 +0000

[...] at least, they are more useful as an aide to recall than an aide to memorisation. I’ve used ConceptDraw MindMap occasionally and one of my editors does lots of work with [...]

By: Matthew Stibbe

Matthew Stibbe — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:31:02 +0000

More - that’s it. Great program. I wonder if it’s still around. Matthew

By: Bruno

Bruno — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 10:42:42 +0000

The Mac program was called More.

By: Paula Gregorowicz

Paula Gregorowicz — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:55:04 +0000

I am a big fan of the mind mapping tool MindManager from MindJet (www.mindjet.com). While I COULD do it on paper, I find it is not only great for mapping out articles but other plans as well. And, I can go back & tweak it later, reuse it to create a more in depth series, etc. I can export seamlessly to Word as an outline so it saves some typing as well.

By: Donoho

Donoho — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:03:30 +0000

I’ve been a huge fan of FreeMind (http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) for some time. It’s incredibly functional, export/import features (including cut and paste) and free.

By: Rich Tatum

Rich Tatum — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 06:36:28 +0000

I was interested in trying out the software, but I just can’t see spending $119 on something that I can do on paper just fine. I mean, I would spend over a hundred bucks for Photoshop, which does things I simply cannot do on paper, or Office, for similar reasons. But a c-note plus for an information organization tool? And that’s just the personal version.

I am not persuaded.

Rich
BlogRodent

By: Robin Capper

Robin Capper — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:22:10 +0000

I use both software and hand drawn, scrawled would be more accurate, maps for notes and documentation. Have also used them as authoring tool for my blog (composition not posting) as find they allow you to create, structure and edit complex information.

This recent post on map based note taking might be of interest:

http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/2006/10/taking_note_of_.html