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Congrats on shipping! I will give this a try in a couple hours when I get my day started. You are about double the cost of my current tool, mindmup[0], so for

Congrats on shipping! I will give this a try in a couple hours when I get my day started. You are about double the cost of my current tool, mindmup[0], so for me personally there is a change cost that will have to be overcome by a much better experience. That being said I am stuck between obsidian and other tools including figjam and mindmup already and really want a nicer, obsidian friendly mindmapping solution. https://www.mindmup.com/ https://www.mindmup.com/

gxara 3y ago
Very nice! cmaps for me has been useful for centralizing all my notes (be it personal, work-related, or academic from university) in one integrated platform. That's why I consider it a "note-taking" tool, more similar to notion than figjam. Thanks for the answer, I'm eager to hear your feedback!
- leetrout 3y ago
  I think folks downvoted me for explaining the price and usage of my current tool - but the congrats on shipping was sincere. Getting something out in the world is hardest part. Quick feedback: There's a CSS / content bug on the sign up page. The google and github logos are present but no words. Screenshot: https://ibb.co/hRLvWy8 https://ibb.co/hRLvWy8 For me, the lack of keyboard shortcuts is a non-started for my immediate usage. I like to just slap stuff down and jump around vs spending time organizing and compiling. Mindmup is just as "awkward" with managing notes on nodes but the keyboard shortcuts are a real timesaver. Have you seen Arrows.app? https://arrows.app/ https://arrows.app/ You might find some additional inspiration looking at another tool I used from Jason Koo that also uses arrows.app for generating graph data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxO835DKzKs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxO835DKzKs https://mock-graph-data-generator-app-fjbvtm7qtyvs3f4ddeerz7.streamlit.app/ https://mock-graph-data-generator-app-fjbvtm7qtyvs3f4ddeerz7... https://github.com/jalakoo/mock-graph-data-generator-streamlit https://github.com/jalakoo/mock-graph-data-generator-streaml...
  - gxara 3y ago
    Thank you for sharing these insights. It's really a huge help. I wasn't aware of these options before, and I'm impressed by the efforts being made in these initiatives. Your suggestions have opened new avenues for me to explore.
brlewis 3y ago
Would you mind sharing examples of the kinds of things you mindmap? I made a tool for decisions/arguments which ended up incidentally serving as a non-graphical mind map, and I'm curious what people are looking for in this space.
- leetrout 3y ago
  Sure, here's a quick, small, real example where I reach for mindmup before anything else: https://ibb.co/m53P9r7 https://ibb.co/m53P9r7 So I built a prototype CLI in Go that wrapped up a few different technologies and before I wrote any code I popped into MM and "sketched" the command hierarchy and dependencies. It pretty snappy for tossing out linked concepts with the keyboard navigation. And in a different direction I also use it to organize / reorganize information by visualizing the structure and color coding by particular attributes https://ibb.co/xHqZdsq https://ibb.co/xHqZdsq In both cases it is a big help to me to spatially organize my thoughts and look at the relationships either while noodling or while organizing existing information. Just like this cmap project the management of notes on nodes is still a big clunky / involved (and overall mindmup is not a "slick" product, especially compared to Ink&Switch's Muse).
  - brlewis 3y ago
    That's helpful. Thanks.
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gxara 3y ago

Very nice! cmaps for me has been useful for centralizing all my notes (be it personal, work-related, or academic from university) in one integrated platform. That's why I consider it a "note-taking" tool, more similar to notion than figjam. Thanks for the answer, I'm eager to hear your feedback!

leetrout 3y ago
I think folks downvoted me for explaining the price and usage of my current tool - but the congrats on shipping was sincere. Getting something out in the world is hardest part. Quick feedback: There's a CSS / content bug on the sign up page. The google and github logos are present but no words. Screenshot: https://ibb.co/hRLvWy8 https://ibb.co/hRLvWy8 For me, the lack of keyboard shortcuts is a non-started for my immediate usage. I like to just slap stuff down and jump around vs spending time organizing and compiling. Mindmup is just as "awkward" with managing notes on nodes but the keyboard shortcuts are a real timesaver. Have you seen Arrows.app? https://arrows.app/ https://arrows.app/ You might find some additional inspiration looking at another tool I used from Jason Koo that also uses arrows.app for generating graph data: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxO835DKzKs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxO835DKzKs https://mock-graph-data-generator-app-fjbvtm7qtyvs3f4ddeerz7.streamlit.app/ https://mock-graph-data-generator-app-fjbvtm7qtyvs3f4ddeerz7... https://github.com/jalakoo/mock-graph-data-generator-streamlit https://github.com/jalakoo/mock-graph-data-generator-streaml...
- gxara 3y ago
  Thank you for sharing these insights. It's really a huge help. I wasn't aware of these options before, and I'm impressed by the efforts being made in these initiatives. Your suggestions have opened new avenues for me to explore.

brlewis 3y ago

Would you mind sharing examples of the kinds of things you mindmap? I made a tool for decisions/arguments which ended up incidentally serving as a non-graphical mind map, and I'm curious what people are looking for in this space.

leetrout 3y ago
Sure, here's a quick, small, real example where I reach for mindmup before anything else: https://ibb.co/m53P9r7 https://ibb.co/m53P9r7 So I built a prototype CLI in Go that wrapped up a few different technologies and before I wrote any code I popped into MM and "sketched" the command hierarchy and dependencies. It pretty snappy for tossing out linked concepts with the keyboard navigation. And in a different direction I also use it to organize / reorganize information by visualizing the structure and color coding by particular attributes https://ibb.co/xHqZdsq https://ibb.co/xHqZdsq In both cases it is a big help to me to spatially organize my thoughts and look at the relationships either while noodling or while organizing existing information. Just like this cmap project the management of notes on nodes is still a big clunky / involved (and overall mindmup is not a "slick" product, especially compared to Ink&Switch's Muse).
- brlewis 3y ago
  That's helpful. Thanks.

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