This is always a very disorganized pile of thoughts, but after I have enough content I start to see how to rearrange the nodes and make subnodes to tell a coherent story about how to use the app. As I’m poking every button on the app, I plop into the mind map what I’m learning as I’m learning it. I use mind mapping for my ScreenCastsONLINE tutorial videos when I’m learning a new app. Then you can drag the other nodes under the appropriate category node to organize your packing. You can make major nodes for clothes, sundry, and toys.

After you have enough nodes added to the mind map, you’ll start to find patterns to the disorganized mess. You could just start by brainstorming everything you could think of from your toothbrush to a bathing suit to sunscreen to flipflops. You can drag the nodes around to sort things out to make more sense once you get your ideas into the app.įor example, let’s say you were packing for a trip to Hawaii. Mind mapping is a way to visually plop all of your thoughts about a project or idea onto the screen in little connected nodes. I’ve got breathing room, but I immediately went on the hunt for a replacement mind map.īefore I go any further, I should at least briefly explain how mind mapping programs work and what problems they solve.

The good news is that iThoughts will continue to work for the time being, but at some point in the future, an OS update will inevitably break it.Ī while back, Dan Moren said on the Clockwise Podcast that he likes to quit apps before they quit him, and I agree with that philosophy. I was worried about how sudden this was and that maybe he wasn’t ok, but I chatted with him and he explained it was just an opportune time to shut his business down after 11 years of serving the community. The developer, Craig Scott, has been a favorite of mine as well. If you’ve had a beloved tool shut down before, you know it’s like losing touch with a dear old friend. This week I read in the TidBITS newsletter, the awful news that my favorite mind mapping tool, iThoughts from Toketaware was being discontinued.

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