Do you use Mindmap for Mac

is it really useful as Mindjet advertise, i am a student now and i really dont know how to use it in studying

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Any advice for how to use this application, i also see they have available version in Blackberry

 

I don't own a mac, but I tried Mindmap on Windows, and I actually own a license of PersonalBrain which is a competitor of Mindmap. I bought PersonalBrain before I knew about Mindmap.

I am not too sure I am your typical user, but I used PersonalBrain now and then to build a knowledge base at work that links various pieces of information, mainly word, visio, html documents, links to folders, urls and notes I put in PersonalBrain myself. I have to admit I don't find the graph like interface very useful but I rely a lot on searching which works well in PersonalBrain (Off the top of my head, I don't know if it indexes documents though).

One of the things I liked about Mindmap that PersonalBrain doesn't have is the ability to query sql data and create what they call maps based on this data.

If I had the money and I knew about it before I purchased PersonalBrain I would have chosen Mindmap instead of PersonalBrain.

However, I should say that I personally don't gain much by organizing the information visually. For me the most important thing is access to the information. I need to find the info quickly so searching is crucial. This is what I value most. From my point of view I could have used, and I actually do use it, Microsoft OneNote 2007 do build my KB. OneNote is pretty cool unfortunately there is no mac version but you could run it using Parallels or vmware.

I think a tool like mindmap is very useful for a company because you can use it to build knowledge bases for various projects. One the other hand one could argue that a Wiki could do it just as well. Or a content management tool.

So, to answer your question, mindmap is a tool, just like a hammer. You make it valuable by using it in a way that adds value to whatever you do and helps you to be more efficient. I suggest that you install it and use it for a while. If you find it useful then get a license. Each individual is unique and without knowing details on what you do and what kind of information you deal with on a daily basis, it is difficult to give useful advice. However, I believe that it could be useful for you to organize your notes and your information, but if you cannot afford it you might find that there are alternate ways of organizing this information, using a wiki or even just simply organizing your documents carefully in folders.

 

thanks you for the information

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