I'm doing some research on another topic, but found this amazing post called "Can Technology Help You Think? from Dave Pollard's "How to Save the World." It talks about systems and creative thinking and mentions some software tools that help you mindmap or visually diagram your work. I got excited because many of the books/writers he mentioned are favorites on my bookshelf. My preferred thinking software tool is inspiration which is mostly used in schools and isn't as expensive as the software he mentions. Years ago, I used VISIO because I would draw my diagram long-hand and then use VISIO (which is a diagraming tool, not a thinking tool) to create an electronic version. Once I made the leap from brain-to-pen-to-paper to brain-keyboard inspiration became easier for me. Now, I'm looking around for an open-source tool. Is there one?
Update: Dave Pollard pointed me to one called "Freemind" . He notes it has a somewhat unintuitive but functional and entirely
serviceable free mindmapping tool.
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