[Design] Buzan type mindmapping somehow??

[Seth Johnson]

Mimi Yin wrote:
> 
> Hi M. Blackmore,
> 
> Yes, more visual interactive displays of data are definitely
> something we're interested, although sadly probably not in the short-
> term. We recently had a thread about this: http://
> lists.osafoundation.org/pipermail/design/2006-January/003753.html
> 
> We've also thrown other ideas around:
> + Plotting data on maps (ie. contacts, anything with lat/long, gps
> information)
> + Plotting data on a timeline/calendar (not just events!)
> + More generic graphical presentations with user-definable x and y-
> axes (ie. plotting tasks with respect to urgency and importance)
> 
> Can you speak in a little more detail about when it is you find
> yourself preferring more flexible mind-manager style displays of
> information versus more traditional table or list views?


I use mindmapping for nearly everything.  I use it every time I
have a large task the nature of which I am not fully sure.  I
create collections of mindmaps, hyperlinked to documents and
other mindmaps.  I simply really appreciate the ability to spit
out thoughts without regard for linearity, then to group them as
I please.  I use mindmaps to manage project details of all sorts;
I usually leave my clients with a large mindmap collection as a
less-formal deliverable, and they always seem to love
mindmapping.

The radial arrangement of a mindmap is specifically designed to
convey non-linearity -- it's great for group brainstorming
sessions, as well as personal -- everybody can participate
without feeling like somebody's idea comes "first."

Sorry if this is just really general, but mindmapping is good for
nearly everything, in my book.


Seth


> For example (these are just some random examples):
> + When I'm brainstorming, coming up with unstructured ideas versus
> tweaking a final plan.
> + When I'm dealing with family projects versus work projects.
> 
> etc.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mimi
> 
> On Jan 17, 2006, at 5:11 PM, M.Blackmore wrote:
> 
> > Just a thought, but when I did a lot of writing before the kids were
> > born (I early retired to be a middle aged housedad from academe,
> > though
> > had had a "varied" life before the ivory towers, hence the late family
> > start) I found mind mapping worked wonders for my messy dyslexic
> > thought
> > processes.
> >
> > I'd have killed for an easy way to integrate the then burgeoning and
> > fascinating new facility of email into that - we discussed a lot of
> > the
> > globalisation and new technology stuff (yes, it was that long ago)
> > around "the world" via this new fangled email, and a lot of the ideas
> > now current were hacked out in these formless written conversations.
> >
> > Emails, discussions, drafts, quotes typed in (not much on the web
> > then,
> > even predating web) revisions bandied around, reviews - all became a
> > tangled mess of files. Then in the late 90s I discovered Mind Manager
> > under Windows (I think that was the name) ... revelation. Not had any
> > call to use anything like that for the last 6 years, but all the
> > same...
> >
> > If some way had been possible to organise this mass of data into flows
> > and maps it would have been great.
> >
> > As I said, just a thought, but one that can be of possible benefit to
> > writers and informationally dense (err...) workers dealing with
> > disparate threads.
> >
> > A mind mapping facility wouldn't go amiss if it could /integrate/
> > other
> > information flows in the program/package/suite whatever you call it!
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