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Evernote is really great. I write non-fiction so I use the Web Clipper in Chrome to save my resources.
A really great one for writing fiction is XMind. Especially if you have a lot in your head that you need to get out.
Pacing is about hitting the major plot points at the right moments. The common advice, which I agree with, is that plot structure is 8 major points, 4 of them caused by the protagonist, 4 of them caused by the antagonist. All of them has some sort of reveal. Plotting is basically figuring out what your 8 reveals will be. Reveal the main plot at the Inciting Incident or delay it to the Key Event, either way by the time the protagonist gets to the 1st Plot Point, he/she can decide to respond to it.
I started using XMind Zen (free unlimited trial version) a few weeks ago and I find it easier to expand my ideas as brackets and branches, plus they got lots of nice designs that you can customize. I actually used it to study for my IELTS and now I'm using it for work and life stuff
+1 for Slack,
Also I use Rescue Time (ref) to track time being spent on different activities across all devices.
Pomodoro One for pomodoros)
XMind for mindmapping, this thing is pretty important for discussing gamedesign and building mental models.
Absolutely! Thank you for appending my comment. 🙂
I also use tools like XMind for organizing my thoughts. I would say my design process is roughly divided into three phases:
- Exploration - Writing thoughts down in a notebook and mind mapping with XMind
- Prototyping - Formulating the idea in Word and playing on paper
- Documenting - Connecting the parts of the prototype to other aspects of the game in a Notion wiki
Note that design is never finished, only abandoned. 😄
Hay uno que se llama xmind, es el que uso, es gratis y es muy bueno, la versión de prueba es de tiempo ilimitado, tiene algunas cosas restringidas pero tiene las suficientes cosas básicas para una buena tarea. Por si te surge la duda, para guardarlo dale en compartir y elijes el formato y ya lo guardas como cualquier otro archivo 👍
Why don't you install the rpm? You definitely won't have any font problems, provided it works.Download RPM and open it with Yast-software, a message will come out saying that the package may be corrupt (this is because it is not a specific rpm for openSUSE but it should work) click on ignore. Download for Linux https://www.xmind.net/download/
A few notes:
I used XMind to build this. There’s some natural limitations to the software, hence some less than ideal layout choices.
Most of the timeline is based on the story as described in the various wikis. The inclusion of Cindered Shadows was based mostly on this theory by u/Ferronier of it’s canonical timing.
Because of the obviously daunting number of supporting characters (not to mention all of their possible outcomes), I didn’t call out any singular characters that didn’t feel material to the general narrative.
There’s probably mistakes in here. Go easy on me.
I make mind maps when I need to remember something boring. It's less stressful to work on something you're familiar with (at least for me). There are free softwares that can help
Looks like the old version of XMind
Someone else said Omnigraffle...I've been using Omnigraffle for nearly 10 years and I've never seen it look like OP's post so I highly doubt it is Omnigraffle.
I love an application called Xmind - its free and its used for mind mapping did our table plan so easily, (reduced quality image below for ref)
I've actually found it quite difficult to get good software for this.
I started off with the following many years back:
http://www.criticaltools.com/wbschartprosoftware.htm
It really looks as old as it is.
When I want to do a WBS I now use XMIND.
they include a WBS template in the package and I find it quite useful (as the rest of the XMIND application). XMIND also includes Gantt capabilities so you can use that if you're so inclined.
Given the emphasis on a solid WBS it surprises me that it's actually so hard to find a decent bit of software aligned with the need.
No problem! I definitely can empathize with that sense of being "clogged up." The times I have mind-mapped extensively (usually when I am stressed out) have been really rewarding. There is a very "clean" feeling that comes with looking over your map of thoughts (even if it is disorganized and spread across a few sheets of paper), searching your brain for more, and realizing that you've really documented all the essential points.
I will say that it has been most rewarding to me when I do not get rigid about the structure of the initial mind-map. In other words, I just draw an arrow and start a new paragraph every time I feel like there is a major transition or shift in my thinking. It might be an arrow to the word BUT (underlined), and then more words, or it might be an entirely new topic that relates more tangentially... In other words, I think organizing and imposing order almost has to come after the info-dump, at least if getting clogged up is the problem. Perhaps it becomes more natural to impose that order with practice.
For what it is worth, I got really excited about the idea of mind-mapping again after messaging you and looked into software -- XMind seems like a good bit of software, has a nice looking interface, works on Macs and PCs, there is a free version, and it won a poll for "Best Mindmapping Software" on one website. I'm hoping it will solve the problem of not feasibly being able to turn a wall into a mindmap, and will make organizing the end product easier. Happy mapping!
You might try XMind. It has support for building flow charts.
Disclaimer: I use XMind for brainstorming and organizing plot, characters, world building, but I haven't thought of using a flow chart for this.
I'm using an incredibly unreliable one I truly can't recomend to anyone: my mind.
But honesty aside: I can recommend the free software XMind. It's meant for mindmaps, but it can also be used for something like you envisioned: A large canvas where you can add ideas, concepts, images and drawings.
i think from what you described this sounds like something that can be done with an org chart? like laying out the different divisions might help you do your future training, as the people and the duties could be easily explained with this type of mind maps :) hope it helps OP
ohhh opened to its own page...like nested mind maps? I've built "mind maps in mind maps" with the insert topic feature in xmind, I think I got their newsletter once on creating this. not sure if i understood this prob correctly but hope it helps OP!
For exam lab, I will say OSCP practice lab and material provided in PDF is enough :)
You need not to go too deep for the exam lab.
Read HTB AD-based machines walkthrough and note down the tools and tricks
focus of lateral moment as well.
If you want a list, here you go :)
https://www.xmind.net/m/5dypm8/
You can install MikTex and use LATEX to write mathematical expressions. Here's the offical guide.
And I also like to use this webpage to find latex commands.
Here's an example deck package
yea, and i think the concept of mind mapping not only is about recalling info, a lot of times brainstorming works great in this format. There are actually plenty of blogs written on using mind maps to develop plots or characters in a book.
hmm i use this mind map app called xmind and they have a gallery (https://www.xmind.net/share/) filled with other users work, i use that for inspo. and sometimes you can just google what you want to see + xmind, like "book report xmind", and the result gives mind maps. even if i want to hand draw my mind map, i still sometimes use it for inspo lol
I've been using mindmaps as my go-to tool for game design for the last decade now, and still haven't run into anyhting else as good :D
I mainly use Xmind 8 (don't care too much about the subscripton model on the latest version and 8 does everything I need wiht a perpetual licence), plus tested using Scapple for some more free-form flow/relation maps (but the dragging behind updates for the Windows version have made me avoid buing that yet)
There are defintiely some more powerful tools for making graphs around, but these two have hit my perfect balance for something simple & quick enough to use while actally doing the design work (without dealing wiht the tool becoming a chore that would take my mind away from the design work), rather than something you'd use to make a pretty graph of a design afterwards.
hah, I'm in fact sitting with xmind open right now, planning for an overhaul for one of our game mechanics :D
Mind mapping out elements to a story kind of reminds me of learning to write an essay back in elementary school, and tbh it comes handy when you want to see a clean layout of all plots. https://www.xmind.net/blog/en/write-a-novel-with-xmind/ xmind actually has a blog post about mapping out a book with mind maps, maybe check it out before you start?
I had the same reaction when they announced a tepid new set of features yet a transition to subscription to the Mac version. As I added in comments on their site, it's fine to go subscription but not so when it's obvious your product is finished and you have little new to add. For Mac this year one of the listed features was allowing you to print parts of the Gantt chart or all of it. Wow!
I've kept a version of Xmind 8 going and it still compares favourably with MindManager.
https://www.xmind.net/xmind8-pro/
It's the non-subscription version and, as I highlighted here once before, there is at the same (or maybe it's slightly different) version of the software available through GitHub.
Task Info is only through a hover over that I know of but I think it keeps things compact.
May be a solution.
I don't think anyone has mentioned this, so I will because it's been a life changer for me: I use XMind to map out my thoughts and then prioritize them into mind map lists w/ color coding & number priority arrangement.
It's an incredible way of being able to control and attack projects with great success and productivity. Free software that is customizable and works offline.
Thank you for your answer. I actually meant checkboxes which I could click to put them into the 'checked' state after the certain exercise/task is completed. With the latest version of xmind all the things you put into your mindmap are also transferred into the pdf-file.
Look, here it says that xmind has the checkbox-feature, but I cannot seem to find it anywhere: https://www.xmind.net/embed/uMmN/
> If so, do you have a note taking template perhaps you could shate :)
Other people have talked about your other question, but I super recommend XMind. It's a mind mapping software that's really useful for organized notes (and is free).
I like it because in the past I'd frequently learn a combo or setup, but then inevitably forget it and have to keep relearning it. Instead I can keep track of everything I've already learned so I don't have to keep relearning things all the time.
For example, here are my Ibuki notes for SFV, and my Anji notes for +R.
Particularly handy are the "Notes/Mistakes" and "Matchup" sections. I like to look at my notes regularly to make sure I'm staying on track for what I want to work on, and I can glance at the matchup section during the loading screen before the match starts so I remember what to look out for.
Lyrics can pop out at any time. But the more you have to think about, the greater the chances are of getting new ideas. Final lyrics don't have to pop out. You can spend time changing things, making lines better, removing things. Just because we hear a song, that doesn't mean the writer didn't update and edit things.
You might explore using mind maps as brainstorming tools for songwriting as described in these articles. I use them all the time for different reasons. They're good at helping me figure out what I'm thinking - especially if thoughts aren't clear but I have a fuzzy idea of a concept. Ideally you also wind up with lots of words, ideas and thoughts that can be used in different ways in writing. You could think of a mind map as a list where you can easily branch off ideas to get more ideas and to connect ideas and find relationships.
Mind Mapping for Exercise for Songwriting: Do This Every Time You’re Stuck on a Lyric
Jane Taylor: Finding your lyrics
You can make mind maps on paper, as shown. And you can use a free program like Xmind.
started this mindmap a few years ago using xmind to keep track of hardware, links to cool ideas and a list of projects on my TODO list.
needed an all in one file I could access and edit easily on my phone.
enjoy
>I used to enjoy the visual data manifestation of Mindmapping, but the cost involved in terms of licence fees and platform inflexibility was way too high.
Have you ever tried XMind? It is not open source but it does deliver on most of the other requirements you list.
I don't use mindmaps to manage project tasks. I certainly use them to help define a project - with dependencies - but then track them in other software. It certainly can be done and mindmapping software has to an extent found a niche in offering that as a feature (see Mindjet and what they offer as PM capability.)
I've not personally tried the software on Linux but Xmind might offer what you're after:
https://www.xmind.net/download/xmind8/
It has Gantt charting and task management features (https://www.xmind.net/xmind8-pro) It's not getting the attention from the company that it used to get due to their subscription offering but it's still a great piece of software.
I use a similar structure.
Not sure if you mean Xmind 2020 or the old Xmind. Every so often I head over to Xmind.net in the vain hope a new Xmind might be available but again no. However, I do note in their most recent blog (discussing - of course - XMIND 2020) a new merge and 'Map of Contents' creation:
https://www.xmind.net/blog/en/new-arrivals%3A-xmind-2020-update-of-july/
I haven't tried that feature but it might create another opportunity to bring related content together while allowing that notion of 'sheet' to maintain some distance between them. Sounds very useful.
eu desisti de criar um mapa mental mto rebruscado pq n curtia as ferramentas ou elas davam trabalho d+ para algo q era só pra mim.
o que fiz foi adotar um documento com listas/sublistas usando menos as conexões entre nós. isso me foi suficiente para estudar e passar em concursos.
qnd precisei de algo para apresentar, daí foi o xmind. uma possibilidade é o miro q é bastante bom, especialmente para colaboração.
I've been using XMind 8. Its not freeware and has some of the more advanced features crippled unless you pony up some cash, but for my basic need at the time it worked pretty well.
I think rather than an outline, you're going to want some kind of flow-chart for this, which would allow the story to branch in different directions. Maybe mind-mapping software would be helpful. Try X-Mind.
> yeah that's a grown ass man drawing this 5-yr-old fanboy diagram in his free time
Use the free version of Xmind, or similar mind-mapping/diagram tools to quickly crank out stuff like this.
Don't be scared to get up and go talk to Devs. I've found a lot of times that a simple miscommunication or interpretation of something could have saved a lot of my own time or effort.
Also, I like to build up a mindmap of all the things I want to test on the thing I'm testing. I use a free mindmapping tool called Xmind for this. https://www.xmind.net/
Never stop learning. Grab any opportunity to learn something new in the field.
Good luck!
looks like this https://blog.prototypr.io/a-whimsical-review-updated-a73e4715a7a5?gi=1b9dde933cab
it has the enter to type when brielfy tried it u/julian88888888
prblem with xmind
free version
where to find/sort/filter stuff ppl made based on likes : dislikes ratio like on youtube, or votes?
how do you unlink two bubbles??
how to share/show a flowchart?
info in this seems outdated like part about muti-selecting, anywhere to ask? https://www.xmind.net/blog/en/2019/10/flowcharts-xmind/
when was the above feature added?
alignment of bubbles in above link doenst show up on right click?
does xmind have a forum or a place to ask?
requirements for best flowchart site/app:
when you press enter, or other easy hotkey, it goes to the next bubble below so that you can continue typing
easy easy simple to use (dragdrop to move things etc good ui ux etc)
what other flowchart site/app does this?
Xmind (https://www.xmind.net/xmind8-pro/) should still have a free level, albeit missing some of the pro features.
MindMaple isn't free, but fairly cheap at $9.99. That's actually the one I've used the most. It hasn't been updated in a while so ymmv. It works fine for me on Catalina still.
Mind-mapping software might be helpful for this. I've played around a little bit with XMind, and then decided that mind-mapping software isn't for me. But it sounds like something that would work for you.
XMind has a gallery of mind maps.
Excel will be a huge pain. It is very two dimensional, and doing cross-linking with references and such will be a nightmare. Though I may be overcomplicating things.
I did just throw the bare-bones of your thing into this XMind software (free version) and it looks amazing! Outliner view is definitely easier to get the base tree created since it's just tabs and subtopics much like you get with MS Word. Marriages, dates, etc are better done in the Mind Map view, and don't look as good, though I haven't played around enough to see if there are more options.
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Just re-read your question and realized you also want to bypass standard dates. My thought is, why not just start it at the year your local system uses, assuming your system uses standard, numeric years of some sort? Grandpa Jayme was born 799AD, to be rewritten later as AL if you can hack the software, or paste a little graphical "AL" over everything manually if it comes to that.
Ooh! A bit more google gave me this and further down in the same thread a link to this.
Bah tu dois quand même pouvoir t'installer un truc genre DokuWiki chez toi. Si tu veux partager avec des amis mais qu'ils ne puissent pas éditer ça doit pouvoir se faire avec de la gestion de droits (et t'auras peut être besoin de te faire un serveur au lieu d'installer ça sur ton ordi).
Sinon, peut être qu'un outil de Mind mapping comme Xmind pourrait être intéressant mais je m'en suis jamais servi alors je saurais pas trop dire.
edit: Xmind ça a l'air payant, je devais penser à un autre...
While it's not exactly a kanban tool explicitly, Xmind is a mindmapping software that's highly configurable, and can be made to be very, very much like the online kanban apps you find out there.
Edit: I see that They're really pushing the paid version on the website now. And they're already at Version 8. I use Xmind 6, and the features available on the free version of it are all I need. You can still download older versions from the website.
The paid version of the app DOES have some awesome stuff though. I would buy it if I weren't broke.
If you have any questions, or want to discuss mindmapping software more, Hit me up.
My campaigns are built and sometimes run from a Mindmap. I use XMind for that. I have templates for the different type of encounters. I also use Google Docs a lot to record things like maps, adventure logs, magic items, monsters, combat templates and stuff like that.
There is something out there called DnD4eCM that I found helpful running combat encounters.
I will second /u/Kyle_Dornez on the RPTools. I use their token tool for Roll20 and have found their DiceTool and InitTool helpful as well.
For writing adventures, campaign worlds and about everything else, I use mind map programs like XMind
You might like Masterplan but I have never gotten it to work without crashing. YMMV
I personally have found that most PM software is too cumbersome for FRC purposes, you're going to spend all your time learning to use the program, and even more time updating the program to keep it accurate. Not usually worth it. Even in industry PM software creates more work for everyone, the major benefit is that it helps everyone keep track of multiple long term projects better and also generates more specific metrics for management to evaluate and optimize.
We use Xmind on our team (https://www.xmind.net/). It lets you create mind maps very quickly and easily and is extremely flexible. We use it to generate our outlines and organizations charts as well as plan our offseason training. All our timing is done manually on a "as fast as you can" basis. One thing that xmind does help us keep track of is the critical path, and basically we simply push as hard as we can on whatever happens to be holding up the critical path. We usually print out the stuff we make and post it in our build area.
Xmind basic version is free, download it and poke around. Just remember, no software is going to solve your management problems, you should probably develop a solution/system on your own, then find a program to match.
Use this free software you can download called Xmind. It's a mind map and allows you to track your thoughts in visual form. If you just jot down text, less like you'll remember off top of your head. Visuals stick better.
Mindmap software can be useful for this sort of thing. This one is quite good: https://www.xmind.net/
If you try this, once it's loaded go to "File / New" and have a look at the templates it has - just to get a feel for how it works.
If I could make any other suggestion, it would be "Find software that works offline, not in a browser". Purely so that you have control of the data that you put into the software.
Looks like you're already using some mind mapping software. I like Mind maps when I'm getting ready to do documentation or software architecture for work.
I've used the following programs in the past and they work out pretty good.
Freeplane is my favorite at the moment.
Some people also prefer to just use something simpler--something to just jot down your thoughts. So notepad, or word, or Google Docs is even pretty decent. I tend to lean towards notebook software like OneNote and Evernote if I want to write paragraphs and tie together multiple subjects.
Xmind software is what I use! State the most important finding that's relevant to your research in a sentence and cite the source. This is especially helpful if you are a visual learner.