In the last two days I’ve used mindmaps for something we’re building. It’s the first time I ever used mindmaps and the learning curve wasn’t that easy.
Again, I use mindmaps to understand the stages of a game (what happens if… and if… or if…). It’s kind of similar to the logic schemes we used for algorithms in high school.
Back to mindmaps. The best tip I got for you is this: first of all, map the most desirable outcome. The one that SHOULD happen. It is gonna be so much easy to add exceptions to that.
I know, pretty obvious, right? Yeah, it wasn’t for me, at least in the beginning. And I re-wrote some parts several times.
Have fun!
P.S.: the tool I use for mindmaps is MindJet (OSX only, I think). If you have other suggestions, fire away in the comments below.
Hi Bobby, I’m a great fan of mindmapping. I think you should take a look at MindMeister (SaaS, Vienna and Münich based). I met the team a few months ago: very talented, very dedicated, very friendly guys who deserve our support. You can share mindmaps with colleagues, export them to all kinds of formats, and even upload mindmaps from the excellent free tool FreeMind (desktop). They also have iPad and iPhone apps. A very complete product.
I’ve read about it, but I didn’t know how good it was. I will try it, thanks! :)
MindMeister.com. Am cont platit de aproape un an si merita.
MindNote Pro (Il folosesc pe MAC). Recomand. Mind Meister este bun si el. Prefer MindNOTE Pro. Succes!
Thanks!