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I wanted to use mind maps when I first learned about them (when I found out I was dsylexic in later life and told I would be a visual learner), and sometimes I
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I wanted to use mind maps when I first learned about them (when I found out I was dsylexic in later life and told I would be a visual learner), and sometimes I do, but not often. Certainly my hand written notes are full of arrows, circles, boxes, etc; linking things across the page(s).
My issue with mind maps, as it is with other things like concept maps, is that until you know the whole subject, and all the points you're going to need, you waste time drawing, and redrawing them; because you've missed something or you need to link a node to another that's on the other side of the web of lines.
I find that if the thing I'm making a mind map about is simple enough to show on a mind map I can usually write the same thing as a simple (nested) list.
Obviously I might be missing the point. I'd love to be proven wrong.
- tough 5y agoI really like MindNode, lets you reorder as you go, export to markdown, etc
- lancesells 5y agoI like MindNode as well but want something that's not a subscription. Still use it without the pro features but wish I could just buy it for a flat fee.
- allenu 5y agoI was disappointed about their move to a subscription model. Luckily. I had purchased their previous version and that thankfully still works. It’s a beautiful app and makes creating mind maps easy. To the other poster’s comments, I use mind mapping to sketch out ideas and do a brain dump of what I know about a topic. I usually don’t end up referring to them long term. It’s kind of like a scratch pad for me.
- voltaireodactyl 5y agoIf you’re in the Apple ecosystem, I’ve found iThoughtsX to be even better than MN, and one time purchase.
- pc86 5y agoIsn't drawing & redrawing it part of the process?