![]() Ctrl+Shift+K to choose a file on my disk drive and link to that file.Enter to add new node at the same level a the current node.Ins to add a new node below the current node.If I move the into a more project related directory then the link gets broken but by then it has become a project and I don't have to think about where to look - I know the project directory.įor mindmapping I use Freemind the free open-source software ![]() My scanner deposits all scanned PDF files in the same directory so I sometimes link to the file in that directory. More often I scan when clearing out a folder. ![]() If I've dropped the paper in a specific folder which is not obvious then I add 'in X folder' on the mindmap node.įor most papers, I just drop them into one of a few folders for that 'Area of Focus' eg House, Garden, Holidays ideas, various client folders and various technology folders. If there is a corresponding digital document in a file folder, I sometimes link to that document on my hard disk. If I found the idea on the web, I add the web link to that node on the mindmap. Some of the these branches naturally tend to correspond to 'Areas of Focus'. I don't worry much about where I put it on the map first time.Įvery so often, I review and reorganise, collecting related ideas into branches of the mindmap. I have Someday/Maybe mindmap into which I just throw such ideas. Mindmaps for the landscape of ideas with links to the files DT is a full-featured text and image database.) Random ideas, notes from books, that sort of thing go into an index card file that I review on a regular basis. If the material comes to me electronically, it goes into either DevonNote or DevonThink, hopefully with some kind of note to indicate why I thought it was worth saving. Something catches your eye, and you want to save it, but you aren't sure why or when you might need it again?įor that kind of stuff I use a combination of paper and electronic tools. If this is project-oriented material, the answer is easy: put it with the project materials, however you store them.įor random grist for the creative mill, it's a lot harder. I know of writers who use it to build collages of the settings or people in their books, for instance. It's aimed at designers in particular, but also anyone who collects images and shuffles them around. It's Mac only, but if you're a visual thinker you might have a look at Curio, by Zengobi Software.
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