Month December 2015

2nd Place: Mindomo

2. Mindomo: This is the runner up. I actually like it quite a bit. It is clean, easy to use, pretty flexible and it guides you how to use it effectively and unobtrusively. Plus you can access most of the…

MindMup: Maybe better than 3rd place…

Since I wrote that blog entry I gave MindMup another try to organize a my son’s science project. I actually like it a lot more now. It’s growing on me. Overall, I would recommend it. See the posting of what…

3rd Place Mind Mapping Program

MindMup: This one is okay. The ease of entry is good. The look is clean and organized. Unfortunately with that cleanliness come very little customization. Moving around ideas is not as easy as I would like and there is no…

Fourth Place: Mindmaps

mindmaps: Straightforward name, not so straightforward app. I can’t get over the default colors, shapes, sized etc. It is also very visually cluttered and would take forever to change everything to make it look cleaner. Also don’t love the buttons. Not exactly intuitive.  Here’s a…

Mind Mapping, Part V: Making my own system

At some point I realized that I needed to combine these two disparate ideas in to one process. Since then, I have started with a Mind Map. I think of it as “throwing up my ideas” without rhyme, reason, structure,…

Mind Mapping, Part IV: The tools I was given

I have always taught a two step outlining process. It is a system I cobbled together based on two things I learned probably 5 years apart in school, each of which serves a different function for my ADHD brain and…

What does a mind map look like?

It occurred to me that it might be helpful to see a completed mind map as a reference during this multipart series on mind maps. Here’s one that I just made for my son’s science project. (He’s only 6. So,…

“Backdoor” into MGH

It is very hard to get into to see a behavioral health doc at MGH. But, signing up for a clinical trial is an excellent way to get treatment. If they trial drug doesn’t work, they don’t kick you out.…