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Re: Show HN: I made a mind map tool meant for large, detailed node hierarchies

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Another hierarchical organizer: AGPL, desktop- and keyboard-oriented, highly efficient, I use every day because org-mode was more awkward to me: http://onemodel.org . (My progress has been slow lately but I have plans: feedback welcome, especially if on the mailing list.)

Anything can be nested anywhere, so I put effectively all my notes in it on everything. In college it would have been a huge help. It exports to text outlines (w/ or w/o legal numbering) which I've found useful when sharing info before the real sharing feature is implemented.

(The idea behind it is to reduce knowledge to an atomic level, as an object model: things we know have relationships to other concepts, can be expressed as measurements, etc. But it is cumbersome to create an object model anew, for every app. Right now, it is really good at supporting a big, efficient list of lists (based in postgresql), with attributes, and very minimal support for defining classes on the fly as a side-effect of use. But I really hope to be able to add anki-like (spaced repetition / flashcard-like) features, internal scripting, hosting, and secured sharing of info between instances, so it becomes like a wiki in convenience, but more efficient and computable rather than piles of words for everything).

Re: Show HN: I made a mind map tool meant for large, detailed node hierarchies

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In a similar vein, I recommend workflowy: https://workflowy.com Kudos on the design though. Clean and simple, and reminds me of the Windows XP help window that would come bundled with every major desktop app.

Man, that app does an impressively bad job at explaining what it is without signing up. I'm interested in this area, but I have no idea what features it's offering.

Re: Show HN: I made a mind map tool meant for large, detailed node hierarchies

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As someone who's used several outliners, this looks like a neat tool. I'm curious why you decided to call this a "mind-mapping tool", which makes me think of visual graphs rather than textual hierarchies. Can you talk about that decision?

Thanks for the feedback. To answer your question: To me, a mind map is a tool with which one can map his/her mind. I see some comments that claim that colourful and interesting graphics should be a part of that definition. I disagree. With such mind mapping tools, I've found that it's that "cartoony" nature that limits their size. I wanted a mind-map tool in which I could store every little piece of minutia that I wa…

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