Sure, I use FreeMind and (previously) MindManager quite a bit. One way I use them is for literature reviews - to keep track of major subjects and articles. See http://groupblog.workasone.net/archives/2004/12/literature-searching-and-map... Another is to organise my thinking around particular topics - but normally only at an early stage. I got started into mindmaps by reading Tony Buzan's original book on the subject, called Use Your Head -- he's written many since but to my mind this one is still the most interesting. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0563208112/qid=1114698278/sr=8.... The reviewers for Amazon, I note, hate it. It bears more looking into, but I have found it useful. Freemind is a good and free program. So I like that. Haven't used or heard of ZigZag before. Elizabeth -----Original Message----- From: Alan Sondheim [mailto:sondheim@panix.com] Sent: 27 April 2005 22:47 To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-l] blogs and value Along these lines - has anyone worked with diagrammatic tools such as FreeMind or Ted Nelson's ZigZag? I'd really like to hear about their experiences. Thanks, Alan http://www.asondheim.org/ nettext at http://biblioteknett.no/alias/HJEMMESIDE/bjornmag/nettext/ WVU 2004 projects: http://www.as.wvu.edu/clcold/sondheim/ partial backup at http://www.as.wvu.edu:8000/clc/Members/sondheim Trace projects at http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/writers/sondheim/index.htm Books: Vel (Blazevox) The Wayward (Vox) Sophia (Writers Forum) .echo (Alt-X) _______________________________________________ The Air-l-aoir.org@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/