What did you learn about mind mapping software in 2008?
Dec 11th, 2008 | By Chuck Frey | Category: Discussion
What was the most significant thing you learned about mind mapping software during 2008? Please share your thoughts in the comments section of this post. Perhaps we can all learn some new things from each other!
The most significant thing I learned during 2008 was that it was possible to significantly increase my productivity by placing several of my key mind maps in a central online repository, where I can access them from both my work and home PCs.
I’m doing this using a combination of MindManager 8, the Mindjet Connect collaborative workspace and MindManager Web. One of those maps is used to maintain a list of ideas for future blog posts and notes about them. Using this arrangement, I can now capture ideas in both places, without having to worry about file versioning issues. That’s very cool!
What about you? What did you learn this year?
I look forward to your thoughts!
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My key learning that even you think an application can’t be improved anymore it still can be (MindManager, PersonalBrain).
Further, I found my perfect toolset:
- MindManager 7 Professional (soon to be upgraded to v8)
- TPAssist, a MindManager add-in for project and task management including a strong journalling functionality
- PersonalBrain 4.5 (soon to be upgraded to v5)
I learned that iMindMap needed a serious look again when v3 came out – while I like MM8 a lot, my view is that is is going away from being a pure mind mapping tool into being a fantastic visualisation tool.
Since I started using iMindMap’s non rectilinear curved mapping in my workshops, it seems to produce completely different results in the authors I mentor.
I have learned the difference between conscious brain mapping and mind mapping and have learned I can teach Whole Mind Thinking on top of Whole Brain Thinking and get even more amazing results.
I learned that MindManager is going to be even more fantastic tool! Thank you!
I learned the developers of Thinking Maps need to get with the programmers of Mind Manager to make the software more accessible to educators.
Like Tom Evans (above) I too learnt iMindmap on the first training course after discovering the earlier version which I found amazing. Since then I have been very busy teaching others how to use it.
I was a huge user of MindManger 6 and 7 but have not bitten into 8 yet because iMindMap does everything that I need, to the point where I have left fulltime teaching (today!) and am going to be teaching/training iMindMap as part of my training portfolio. iMindMap is amazing and meets all the requirements of Tony Buzan’s concepts and ideas for mindmapping.
iMindMap is a wonderful tool in education and business if you havent tried it have a look http://www.destech.wordpress.com for a trial.
I learned that Mind Mapping applications (or, their creators/owners, to be more specific) are trying to be everything to everyone, instead of focusing on a specific need of their users. I think there are better ways to look at the positioning of the software applications in order to both be more productive for the end user and also be monetized in a better way. If you keep trying to be everything to everyone you will never be EVERYTHING to someone. Make smart choices – but define a game plan of what you want to do and stick to it.
Ok, now that I’m done ranting – thanks to you guys over at SpinScape for providing a great application! Can’t wait to see what 2009 has in store for us!