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(DIR) Post #9xJqMvuC432z351yj2 by davidoclubb@toot.wales
2020-07-21T18:32:34Z
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@switchingsoftware hi guys, i don't suppose you've got a suggestion for mind mapping software? I've been a big fan of the non-open minddoodle but it's closing down in two weeks.I know there's loads of open source projects around, but I'm particularly keen on selfhosted or other online options
(DIR) Post #9xLmumF5FDkADc50OO by switchingsoftware@mstdn.swiso.org
2020-07-22T17:02:49Z
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Hi @davidoclubb 👋 I just noticed that Framasoft has a mindmap software as part of their services:https://framindmap.org/It is based on wisemapping. There it can be tried without a login:http://www.wisemapping.com/Otherwise, there is:https://www.mindmaps.app/ (source at https://github.com/drichard/mindmaps)
(DIR) Post #9xLxfnfYkuL5nRWafo by davidoclubb@toot.wales
2020-07-22T19:03:58Z
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@switchingsoftware thankyou 🙏🙏
(DIR) Post #9xMuZr9emKNKAG2K24 by oros@mastodon.host
2020-07-22T21:59:04Z
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@davidoclubb @switchingsoftware Hi David, do you have nextcloud? There is a mindmap app for it which is quite nice actually.
(DIR) Post #9yZiue2BzE5SKbt3Ds by Blort@social.tchncs.de
2020-08-27T21:42:06Z
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@davidoclubbI'm going to suggest a fairly unusual approach that I believe is actually truer to the concepts behind #mindmapping, and that is to avoid specialist mindmapping software and instead use something designed more for drawing like #krita or #inkscape.@switchingsoftware
(DIR) Post #9yZiuf5m3OXvc0ZQRc by Blort@social.tchncs.de
2020-08-27T21:48:49Z
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@davidoclubb @switchingsoftwareWhy? Because the whole idea of mindmapping is to engage the visual, imaginative parts of your brain in tandem by actively drawing and using imagination. The drawings can be awful. It's the process of actually drawing them though that gets you thinking about the concepts differently and makes them unique and thus memorable. Specialist software tends to make ultra uniform mindmaps that engage virtually no visual stimulation or imagination, defeating the purpose.
(DIR) Post #9yZiufSofiyglTLpMO by Blort@social.tchncs.de
2020-08-27T22:03:10Z
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@davidoclubb @switchingsoftwareTake a look at some of the mindmaps added to this toot. Look at how visual they are. Would they be easier to create in a piece of art software or mindmapping software? Yes, you can insert a piece of clip art at strictly defined locations, but just as opening an ebook won't improve your writing skill, inserting clip art won't do much to engage your visual and imaginative thinking compared to actually creating something yourself by hand.
(DIR) Post #9yZiug1uZF3CWJlr3w by Blort@social.tchncs.de
2020-08-27T22:10:41Z
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@davidoclubb @switchingsoftwareIronically, mindmap software seems to encourage the behaviors that mindmaps were designed to get away from. Making forgettable, uniform collections of data using very few different skills and this few areas of the brain. Using branches in mindmapping software instead of bullet points in a word processor is very little difference mentally, if all the branches look exactly the same. Just compare the images in my last toot to this one made in specialist software:
(DIR) Post #9yZiuhGTyYIgLnb0Pg by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
2020-08-28T08:08:28Z
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@Blort @davidoclubb @switchingsoftware Hey, cool thread. I'm doing a lot of mindmap and even if I can draw, I prefer to use LibreOffice Draw for them (arrows with nodes, colored text boxes, embed of picture I can crop on the fly, A4 landscape layout to print my action plan later,pdf). I'm not a bit fan of mindmap specialised software for same reason you describe, but I also saw mindmap software shines in action during meetings: very efficient way to take notes of collaborative brainstorming.
(DIR) Post #9znTFQgTEfvv2jdQ24 by davidoclubb@toot.wales
2020-08-28T07:33:18Z
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@Blort @switchingsoftware You make some very salient points! I love @inkscape , but there's something to be said for a shortcut for quickly assembling the ideas. Though I accept that the improvement over bullet points is likely more modest than revolutionary!
(DIR) Post #9znTFQv0MdYjloR1ge by ChrisWere@linuxrocks.online
2020-10-03T21:18:29Z
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@davidoclubb @Blort @switchingsoftware @inkscape An online FOSS tool which might fit the bill could be https://app.diagrams.net
(DIR) Post #9zpwK1hMqQjdzEWCga by Blort@social.tchncs.de
2020-10-05T01:53:36Z
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@ChrisWereI like that it has an actual freehand drawing tool, rather than being limited to automatically generated, uniform branches.@davidoclubb @switchingsoftware @inkscape