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That is very interesting, but I think that the main purpose of making a mindmap is really that you study the subject while making one.

epalmer 9y ago
I mostly agree with you. I create mindmaps to help me think and or dump my brain around a particular topic. But you could do textual analysis and map a taxonomy or other analysis couldn't you (said by someone that has never done a textual analysis).
dredmorbius 9y ago
It depends. For smaller maps, sure. If you've got a bunch of information you're trying to sort out, or are working programmatically, it's nice to have automated tools.
peatmoss 9y ago
My thoughts exactly, however, I could imagine printing something like this as a starting place / skeleton for further additions.
coldtea 9y ago
>but I think that the main purpose of making a mindmap is really that you study the subject while making one. Yes, but you can just as well study it while writing the Markdown list version of it.
- nabla9 9y ago
  If you write down mindmap equivalent in computer and then generate graph that you look, it's just neat illustration. Mindmap as a study method relies to hand-eye coordination. Scrawling and fudging with a pen is a way to memorize things. Good mindmap is little messy and result of some effort. It's also original creation and looking at it after some time brings the subject back into memory.
  - coldtea 9y ago
    >Mindmap as a study method relies to hand-eye coordination. Scrawling and fudging with a pen is a way to memorize things. Perhaps, but most people already do it with mind-mapping software, not pens.
rcthompson 9y ago
I have a use case for which this would be very nice that isn't studying or outlining. Baiscally, I'm testing several biological pathway databases, each containing several pathway collections, each containing many pathways, each containing many genes, using each of several statistical methods, and I want to present the results of running every test on every pathway in every database, as well as present the results for the individual genes within each pathway, and I want these results to be easy to browse. A foldable, hierarchical tree structure is the perfect vehicle for this. I've implemented my own simple script for this, but this program looks a lot better. Example (exported to HTML from Freemind): https://darwinawardwinner.github.io/resume/examples/Salomon/Pathways/Pathway%20Analysis%20Example.html https://darwinawardwinner.github.io/resume/examples/Salomon/...
- siproprio 9y ago
  Well, this package is more useful than I thought then!

epalmer 9y ago

I mostly agree with you. I create mindmaps to help me think and or dump my brain around a particular topic. But you could do textual analysis and map a taxonomy or other analysis couldn't you (said by someone that has never done a textual analysis).

dredmorbius 9y ago

It depends. For smaller maps, sure. If you've got a bunch of information you're trying to sort out, or are working programmatically, it's nice to have automated tools.

peatmoss 9y ago

My thoughts exactly, however, I could imagine printing something like this as a starting place / skeleton for further additions.

coldtea 9y ago

>but I think that the main purpose of making a mindmap is really that you study the subject while making one. Yes, but you can just as well study it while writing the Markdown list version of it.

nabla9 9y ago
If you write down mindmap equivalent in computer and then generate graph that you look, it's just neat illustration. Mindmap as a study method relies to hand-eye coordination. Scrawling and fudging with a pen is a way to memorize things. Good mindmap is little messy and result of some effort. It's also original creation and looking at it after some time brings the subject back into memory.
- coldtea 9y ago
  >Mindmap as a study method relies to hand-eye coordination. Scrawling and fudging with a pen is a way to memorize things. Perhaps, but most people already do it with mind-mapping software, not pens.

rcthompson 9y ago

I have a use case for which this would be very nice that isn't studying or outlining. Baiscally, I'm testing several biological pathway databases, each containing several pathway collections, each containing many pathways, each containing many genes, using each of several statistical methods, and I want to present the results of running every test on every pathway in every database, as well as present the results for the individual genes within each pathway, and I want these results to be easy to browse. A foldable, hierarchical tree structure is the perfect vehicle for this. I've implemented my own simple script for this, but this program looks a lot better. Example (exported to HTML from Freemind): https://darwinawardwinner.github.io/resume/examples/Salomon/Pathways/Pathway%20Analysis%20Example.html https://darwinawardwinner.github.io/resume/examples/Salomon/...

siproprio 9y ago
Well, this package is more useful than I thought then!