Re: has anyone tried mind mapping software?

[Michael Norman michael.norman@xxxxxxxx]

At 08:09 AM 1/7/2009, Andy Turnbull wrote:
> Has anyone tried the mind mapping software from thebrain.com? It
> looks like a good idea, but I wonder.
>
>
> I don't like trying new things because it might screw up my computer.


I have not tried this but have been thinking about it.
http://www.sandboxie.com/


Also, I don't know about "mind mapping" -- I think my cranial
topography is beyond cartographic correction -- but I have looked
very hard at so-called note-taking software, which is really note
organizing software. See
http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/NoteTakers1/index.php


I used Treepad/Biz http://www.treepad.com/ , a simple two-pane
organizer, for a recently completed book, but, to expand this
discussion a bit, I'm determined not to repeat my old paper-bound
ways on my current project and avoid collecting the twenty bankers
boxes of documents I did last time. I'm moving to mostly e-documents,
pdfs primarily. Treepad does not import pdf's so I'm looking again.
Establishing e-filing cabinets then finding a way to extract and
collect information from the e-files is not as simple as it sounds.
Obviously a good bibliographic program is essential to all of this.
Since, atavistically, I lean more to loose-leaf binders than 3X5
cards, my basic scheme at least lends itself to note-organizers, but
there really aren't any good ones around...at least that I've stumbled on yet.


Michael Norman