iThoughtsHD for iPad

I must confess I am iPadict --)))
The very first application I bought after getting the iPad was iThoughtsHD.
The first thing I missed was getting some mindmapping application on the ipad, taking advantage of the tactile features and the really fast ability to draw mindmaps on th fly. That was just something like mixing up tha advantages of hand-made maps and software-made.
It makes my life easier, drawing mindmaps really fast and sending it out through email, so you can get you iPad-drawn mindmaps wotking with the desktop mindmapping applications.
Really cool!

Taking notes all day long

Pros and Cons Map

Many times when we are dealing with difficult decissions to make, it turns out really healthy to think about the pros and cons of this particular decission. How this can be achieved by using a mindmap and without breaking the particular mindmapping rules was a handicap for me some times.
This maps uses a central concept with two particular parts (as human hemyspheres), the right part (pros) where all the branches explain different concepts to detail the favorable issue by making this decissions, on the left part is the opposite.
Finally after working this map you´ll geta global picture about pros and cons to decide.

Back on track

Coming back after some months without posts, I just suffered some kind of stuck about mindmapping, not about the usage, which it will go along with me for the years to come, much more about the transmission of the information. That was one the reasons for the delay, the other one was a very tight budget to get.
Now I come back with new fresh ideas about mindmapping and with new instruments.

Vic´s Picks

Vic Gee (mind-mapping.org) has developed a major enhacement in the referred web page, with a fresh approach.
It turns out to be either a place to find and share information about different interests or a place for crowdsourcing.
It seems a very interesting inniative to follow.
http://www.mind-mapping.org/VicsPicks/category/all-software/

A powerful combination

To those of you music lovers and specifically if you´re a Spotify user, the combination of this lovely application and mindmapping software could be suitable enough to organize your preferrable music.
In my particular case I love classical music and I have taken advantage of Spotify and XMind (thanks for allowing me to test your Beta 3 portable) to classify the music I love the most, with visual enhacements (links to web pages, notes and so on).
Here you can access the map.

Mindmapping and investments

I was challenged by a friend of mine about how to use mindmapping to keep track about his investments, mostly in securities and funds. He thinks he will be able to take better decissions by having visual and updated information about every specific portion of his investment.
I did the best I could with the information I got.
I will come back later to explain the results and experiences of this experiment.