{"id":440,"date":"2006-11-07T11:32:39","date_gmt":"2006-11-07T10:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/2006\/11\/07\/freemind-free-mind-mapping-software\/"},"modified":"2007-12-27T12:22:09","modified_gmt":"2007-12-27T10:22:09","slug":"freemind-free-mind-mapping-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/en\/wordpress\/2006\/11\/07\/freemind-free-mind-mapping-software\/","title":{"rendered":"FreeMind = free Mind Mapping software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some time ago, I had noticed a technique to present and organize ideas whose name is <strong>Mind Mapping<\/strong>. I&#8217;m sure that specialist will say that I over-simplify things (an may want to add comments to complement this), but I got the feeling that it is merely\u00c2 a hierarchical organisation of ideas insisting on easy re-organisation (more a technique for managing ideas than a theory of idea organisation, but this is secondary).<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"FreeMind screenshot\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/freemindexample.PNG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image644\" height=\"88\" alt=\"FreeMind screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roumazeilles.net\/news\/fr\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/freemindexample.miniature.PNG\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>For a long time, I kept the intent of verifying what tools could support such a promising approach and I recently found the opportunity to evaluate FreeMind, an Open Source Mind Mapping software for Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.<\/p>\n<p>As a matter of fact, FreeMind behaves as well as could be expected for a small software application that must mix graphical and textual data, user-friendly interface (when you are trying to think straight about your important problem, you don&#8217;t want a klunky Man-Machine Interface to fight against you), and speed of execution. It is a real pleasure to entre ideas, modify them, re-organize them, browse them. What looks &#8211; at first &#8211; like a <em>small application<\/em> appears to be a very well-thought tool. A real success.<\/p>\n<p>Then, it is up to you to decide whether or not the hierarchical organisation (or rather the spider-like or octopus-like organisation) fits your way of thinking, but I admit I was quickly won to the approach. The example I provide along this post may not be the best (the upcoming (?) availability of Windows Vista obviously infuenced my choice, I did not find the time or the mind to to do better and I could not decently present the mind map I worked upon at my job), but my feedback is very positive and I urge you to try it.<\/p>\n<p>Side note: The <a title=\"FreeMind, aide wiki\" href=\"http:\/\/freemind.sourceforge.net\/wiki\/index.php\/Main_Page\">wiki help web site<\/a> is extensive and it also contains other <a title=\"FreeMind - screenshots\" href=\"http:\/\/freemind.sourceforge.net\/wiki\/index.php\/Main_Page#Screenshots\">examples and screenshots<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some time ago, I had noticed a technique to present and organize ideas whose name is Mind Mapping. 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