[Design] Buzan type mindmapping somehow??

[M.Blackmore]

On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 16:48 -0500, Seth Johnson wrote:
> Mimi Yin wrote:
> > 
> > Hi Seth,
> > 
> > How often do you come back to your mindmaps? How often do yo update
> > them? Do you use them to track progress on tasks? Or is it more of an
> > idea-capture device?
> 
> 
> I use mindmaps as my usual information store format.
> 
> If I come across an important document, I convert it to text and
> break it down into a branch structure that matches the document's
> organization, because that lets me quickly go to it and open up
> the part that's relevant, look at it and/or copy it, move pieces
> to new branches so I can use information for other purposes.
> 
> I have a To-Do mindmap that I maintain continuously, which
> branches into separate project mindmaps.
> 
> It's not just idea-capture; it's idea manipulation facilitated by
> non-linearity and branch structure.

Again, Mini, Seth is capturing the essence of the use of these things
(or the way I used to do them when I lived in the adult world!). Much
more elquently than I could, I might add.

I've generally found that conventional diary/email stuff like Evolution
not very useful as it doesn't allow the messiness and sheer serendipity
that mindmapping enables, and the power that joining them all together
with a variety of view modes that can be toggled would be significant.