learn what is mindmapping

I’ve started reading about Mind Mapping and how to organize my thoughts and feelings. Further study is needed in this area. I’m on the path of learning this technique

I’ve just learned some more about mind mapping from Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map].

Maybe mind mapping could be a fun, useful practice for doing some brainstorming on my bestseller. I’ll see.

Great thing, very helpful for systematizing your knowledge and making notes clear, short and consistent.

A very useful visual method to memorize stuff..

http://www.mindjet.com/

I use freemind 0.8 RC5 for mindmapping now. You will find it at http://freemind.sourceforge.net/testversions/

FreeMind is a GNU-licensed mind mapper written in Java, similar to the commercial MindManager, just that it is free, fast, and cross-platform. Some notes:

• Lightweight (just 300k), unbloated feature set, no-frills interface, good keyboard shortcut set
• Fast folding and unfolding even of large trees
• Data storage in XML format; Freemind-to-MindManager, MindManger-to-Freemind, Freemind-to-DocBook XSLT files available
• Anything can be linked: local or remote files, folder, executables
• Smart drag-and-drop / copy-and-paste features (see screenshot)
• Browse directories as mind maps – this can be very handy to visualize folder and file structures of software you work on. Any file or folder can be map root
• Viewer applet available – putting it on a web or intranet site, others can browse your maps. There is a find function in both editor and browser. Alternatively, maps can be exported as HTML foldable trees
• Resulting maps are clean and elegant; if you want to scatter clip art or images across your map, this one might not be for you

And here are other interesting links:

http://www.peterussell.com/mindmaps/mindmap.html
http://maps.pietrosperoni.it/delicious/makemap.html
http://wikka.jsnx.com/FreeMind
http://www.crinnology.com/Main_Page
http://www.mindmap-training.com/index.php
http://www.thebrain.com/

You may find these links of interest:

http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=lang_en&newwindow=1&q=tony+buzan+mind+mapping

http://www.thebrain.com/

http://www.kmconnection.com/pguide/KSP2000279.htm

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/personalbrain/

http://flashbrain.kicks-ass.net/