Looks interesting. I've been using DropTask (https://www.droptask.com) recently which is a slightly different take on visual task management. Still not sure whether I prefer it to more traditional apps, but kudos to both companies for trying something different.
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#32From my experience, it's almost impossible to divide a whole software project into a hierarchical view like a mind map.
Take for example a simple website. What will be your first level? Server-side and Client-side? What about pages? Do you repeat every pages on each side because you have code on both? OK so maybe the first level is all the pages then? Now, do you repeat client-side and server-side work for each pages?
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I think some people actually do think like this, but I'm with you: I can't imagine how this is more helpful than a linear list.
It is more helpful in the same way as binary tree search is better than linked list traversal.
Interesting. I use org mode to manage my tasks and a simple C-/ t shows me all my todos, managed hierarchically.
Different tools for different people and if your brain works with mindmaps, that fascinates me because they make my brain stop functioning.
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#35What is a mind map and why should I use one?
That is the other sale that needs to be made. As an HN'er, I'll Wikipedia up an answer and Google around on it, but how am I going to sell this egg basket to my boss for our next project? Or rather, how are you going to help me sell it to Mr. PointyHead?
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#38"At least 5 characters, only letters and numbers please." It's 2013. Why are there still constraints on what characters can be use for a password? I would love to hear from the author why this is the case.
At least they tell you what's allowed. My favorite is when I put in a password that's rejected with an ambiguous message. Or, even better, when my bank accepted my password but it actually didn't handle whatever punctuation was in it correctly, so that changing my password succeeded but I couldn't log in at all (I was using KeePass, so it wasn't typos).
Had this happen with a credit card company. Registered for online access, generated pass with 1password, no errors, "Very strong" indicator, save (again, no errors) and was locked out.
Was a lot of fun talking to the customer service rep who insisted I needed to be using IE. That I had to register. That I "must be doing something wrong". That I am not typing in the correct password. That I'm not technically capable.
Turned out to be a length restriction. It just cut off the last n characters of the password I chose. Good times.
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#39Does anyone's mind actually ever work like this? Mindmaps drive me insane.
I use mind maps all the time. They were instrumental in helping me pass GCSEs, A Levels, UnderGrad and parts of my PhD. Before I read the book (Tony Buzan, Use Your Head) I did OK in exams and school but nothing to write home about. With mind maps I went from a C to an A across the board.
Whats most amazing about them, for me, is that even after 7 years I can still remember good chunks of my A Level Physics and Electronics mind maps.
The key is to read the book and use them properly, most people use them as a glorified spider diagram (like this software). A good MM stays in your head for years and it's like feeling you way to the information rather than just brute forcing it from memory.
I highly recommend reading the book.
I have 2 MMs on the walls next to me. One for how we are going to get enough traffic to our site next winter and another detailing what we learnt last winter in general in the business.
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At least they tell you what's allowed. My favorite is when I put in a password that's rejected with an ambiguous message. Or, even better, when my bank accepted my password but it actually didn't handle whatever punctuation was in it correctly, so that changing my password succeeded but I couldn't log in at all (I was using KeePass, so it wasn't typos).
Had this happen with a credit card company. Registered for online access, generated pass with 1password, no errors, "Very strong" indicator, save (again, no errors) and was locked out. Was a lot of fun talking to the customer service rep who insisted I needed to be using IE. That I had to register. That I "must be doing something wrong". That I am not typing in the correct password. That I'm not technically capable.…
Yes! My bank did something like this - they kept rejecting my password as too long without telling me how long it was supposed to be!!
Turns out it was ten. Ten characters protecting my sensitive personal banking information. Upon e-mailing, they said they're going to be bumping it to 20.