[Hidden-tech] Mind Mapping Software

[Ross Grant]

Great site!  Just scanning through the many examples of "information  
visualization" stirs the mind.

On Feb 20, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Rich wrote:

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> In following up on your comment, I found: http://www.infovis.info/index.php?cmd=search&words=graph&mode=normal
> It does list a Natto view tool, the site itself lists dozens of  
> tools to provide different view and approaches
>
> Tnx
> Rich
>
> Bill Kirtz wrote:
> ......
>> In any case,
>> a good while ago there used to be a product that utilized what they  
>> called a "Natto view" which
>> continuously and dynamically listed taxonomies of web associations  
>> into typical star patterns. I
>> have searched for it just now, but was unable to find it, perhaps  
>> it has disappeared. The web
>> example was just a demo of what could be done and the product was  
>> being sold at that time.
>> Bill Kirtz
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>> Rich
>> Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:17 AM
>> To: HT-discuss
>> Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Mind Mapping Software
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>> I am looking for suggestions on creating more complex 'active' maps.
>>
>> I like how most mind mapping software provides the ability to draw  
>> maps that drill down and expand
>> as you explore the map.
>>
>> I have been experimenting using Mind Mapping software for more  
>> complex maps, specifically for bi-directional maps -- for example,
>>    when looking from one node forward, it feeds other processes,  
>> all do this.
>>
>> What I need is:
>>    when look at any of those processes backward, they can be feed  
>> from more than one node.
>>
>>    This can all be done with a regular drawing tool like Visio or  
>> open office draw
>>    which loses all the dynamic drill down functions of a mind  
>> mapping software
>>
>> One more requirement,  the node structure really needs to be stored  
>> in a database,
>> which can be loaded from an online system and the mind map needs
>> to be displayable on a web site.
>>
>> Some of the tools I looked at store the map as XML.  That is less  
>> desirable
>> although it will work since we can dump the database in the proper  
>> XML format.
>>
>> I am not necessarily looking for free tools, free is nice,  
>> commercial is ok, mega bucks is out the question
>>
>> Any suggestions ?
>> Rich
>>
>>
>> Tom Najemy wrote:
>>
>>> joseph at steig.com <mailto:joseph at steig.com> | 617-500-7376 EST
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Ross Grant <dearross at gmail.com <mailto:dearross at gmail.com 
>>> >> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello, everyone.
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if anyone can recommend mind mapping software to  
>>> organize a large amount of information.
>>> I use hand-drawn mind maps frequently to organize projects or to  
>>> collect my thoughts, and I've used the basic free program,  
>>> FreeMind ( http://freemind.sourceforge.net ). Before weeding  
>>> through the many other options, I thought I should check with you  
>>> all.
>>>
>>> Specifically, I need something that will allow me to easily scale  
>>> up or down the map through multiple hierarchical layers. The same  
>>> file should be able to present broad and detailed views, and to  
>>> shift focus from the primary node to secondary nodes. I would like  
>>> to produce a series of PDFs with different nodes as the focus of  
>>> their own map, as well as a broad view of the entire map.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help,
>>>
>>> Ross
>>>
>>>
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