Mind Mapping Projects on the iPad

[@iamreece746]

I’ll be honest, but you need to go to the gym with me.

[@ChrisLawley]

I’m starting to go again this week. I went for a month and than got really busy. I really don’t know how people go everyday. 😅

[@j.d.5709]

I’ve noticed you use drafts, apple notes, and craft. Is that just for the videos? or do they all 3 serve a purpose? I ask because I’d be curious to see your notes app work flow and what each of them are for as well as their setups to get some new ideas for use cases. I’m sure I’m not the only one that would enjoy a video or videos covering this.

[@woogadoo]

Really liked this, Chris. I’ve used MindNode in the past and am a huge user of Drafts, but I never put two and two together to flesh out the map further in Markdown. A very useful tip - thanks!

[@justRandiE]

I absolutely love MindNode! I map all my projects in this app. It lets me know Exactly how long I need... Its what I use to do on paper in high school... who knew

[@tomsop]

I have a subcription to Adobe and there are months where I do not use lightroom - rather just pay one fixed cost. I do not know I could create enough mind maps per month to justify paying $20 per year - I would probbaly make a few and then forget about it for several months like I do with Adobe before picking it up again. Same thing with Lumafusion - I bought it and have not used it in over a year but thankful it is not subscription. I really like the exxtra frills from payware but find I get along just find with the Apple apps so I avoid craft. Love that drafts is free - the best bargain. You should do a video on best free apps that provide value outside the core Apple apps.

[@JakeEarp]

man, you have no idea how perfect of timing this video was. Like down to the minute. You posted 10 min ago and I was just looking for inspiration. keep doing your thing, been watching your channel for a while 🤘🏼

[@ChrisLawley]

HA, that's awesome! I was going to wait to post it tomorrow morning, but I hoped somebody could use it now.

[@leilanimr]

I’ve used mind maps for years. It helps get thoughts out of my head and on to something more workable. What ever I had handy such a legal pad, printer paper, but I finally found SimpleMind. It’s not as robust as MindNode but it works for me. 😁

[@maxjaks7425]

Great video, thank you! Really interesting! I have a question... Is the links connexion between words and videos, or whatever one wants to connect,available on the free version or on the paid version? Thank you! Steph

[@NiallDaly_cspace]

Great video Chris really enjoy the app workflow videos - I use Mindnode and also use it with Drafts. - do initial outline of projects in Drafts then into Mindnode for detailing then use the integration with Things 3 for task management - looking forward to your next Drafts video 😁

[@theloniousMac]

MindMapping needs to be included in Craft.

[@ebroussi]

Hi Christopher. This comment will change your life given your workflow if you don’t know that trick. Select your bullet list in Notes and drag and drop it in mindnotes. It will create the mindmap for you, hierarchy and everything. At least it works with iThoughts and most apps I’ve used. You can use the same workflow with any text app that uses Tab (« \t ») as outline. I used this trick at work to give a visual representation of the hierarchy of a 10k+ rows excel file with a quick Python script.

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[@user-ed7dy1mq9u]

What are you using now that iThoughts is no longer supported? Like I got a new iPad and I can’t download it anymore.

[@chinarut]

I've been using Xmind across platforms (including Linux) for quite awhile. sad they discontinued the idea of a "mindmap commons" (think a public wiki for mindmaps) What I have yet to see is anyone bring back collaborative mindmaps (think Google Docs for mindmaps - why Google has not taken this on baffles me to this day!) Mindjet technically prototyped it in 2002 then proceeded to further pursue vision/project/task management by acquiring Cohuman & then botched it up so badly they got acquired by Corel & the whole Mind Manager product became a lost cause 😭 I'll be a happy camper when I can create/manipulate node relationships w tools for thought like Roam yet have the clean cut look of maps created by dedicated apps. I definitely look forward to UAS (UIs as a service, just made this up) able to interface our raw data in a variety of ways!

[@ChrisLawley]

Apple is working on an app called Freeform and it's exactly what you want. It's more drawing based, but it looks like it has shapes you can use as well. It should be out in the fall.

[@AmazTech]

@@ChrisLawley any article link on freeform?

[@chinarut]

@@ChrisLawley I remember seeing a preview! unfortunately the programmer in me doesn't do well with "free form" mapping/drawing tools - I want the geeky data manipulation/automation layer underneath! yeah yeah - I'm too demanding... 😅

[@anagrahn]

Obsidian with Markmind might be a solution. I was using Xmind with Notion, but Obsidian with Mindmaps and Excalidraw are my preferred tools now.

[@petermarin]

I hate this is subscription. Are there viable alternatives you can recommend with one purchase? (Viable must include that markdown export you mentioned)

[@Carloselcoach]

I saw in your video that you use 🔆 iThoughts too, so what’s the difference vs Mindnote?

[@graziele3]

Loved the video but I have a question. You exported as Markdown, isn’t the result basically the same thing as the notes you wrote in your Notes? So it’s from text to map to text again?

[@ChrisLawley]

It’s mostly a way for me to organize my notes. Filter out duplicate or useless information. It’s also a way to build an outline for me. I like the visual aspect of it.

[@graziele3]

@@ChrisLawley got it! Thank u for clarifying 😊

[@Mr.Opinion]

honestly this app feels like it is quite limited. what if you are mapping things that are much more interconnected than a tree can depict. a tree is good for illustrating ancestry but it wouldn’t be good for mapping ecological relationships say between plants, herbivores, and carnivores.

[@STUFF190]

Great video Christopher, but can u do a review and an ipad setup about the iPad Pro 11.9 inch with no extra features ? Thanks Chris

[@deejayvr]

Perfect timing mate. I am just starting to use mindnode now. Been using for an hour

[@ChrisLawley]

Wow, that's almost creepy timing on my part. I hope you enjoy it!

[@ac27934]

Long-time fan of MindNode here. You might be interested in Obsidian with the Mind Map or Outliner plugins, that way your mind map and your Markdown are one and the same. Plus, great support for keyboard shortcuts which you can customize exactly as you like.

[@chrisweatherly1]

That’s super handy! So you have any tutorials or videos you’ve used to get set up?

[@doxo9597]

@@chrisweatherly1 The youtube channel “Linking your Thinking” has a great explanation of obsidian and helps you set it up and organized in a “correct” way (rather than just randomly however you feel like)

[@julianaramirez2863]

Hi Chris, thanks. Does it work with Apple Pencil?

[@josephbonner9293]

Great video, love mind mode been using it for years. Would mind to share what you are using for your iPad mount next to you monitor, I’m look to do something similar with my setup and really like how clean that looks. Thanks

[@zachpowell1561]

Thank you for this! I’ve been looking for ways to organize my writing. Keep it up! I love your videos.

[@steve9348]

You think iOS 16 getting close to being as functional as a laptop

[@natmonee]

This is fantastic. I have tried doing this in word, on notion, in a notebook, using stickies and nothing has worked. I am pumped to try this out ASAP! Thanks for posting. Very useful to learn.

[@gustavopaniagua9594]

This is very helpful. I recently started to use Taskade to build mind maps. Specially since they launched an AI feature :)

[@jeffhale1189]

Nice app! Thanks for sharing. Blessings on your day.

[@derranstokes8760]

Great video Chris, like you I am a big fan of MindNode. I hadn't used the export option until I watched the video. I will be exporting my mind maps now to reduce retyping!

[@ogdanem]

I thought is a good app and can also be used on Windows machines

[@frankwilliams5475]

I never tried the markdown feature. Thanks.

[@GretchenCawthon]

Why are you retyping your notes? If you copy all the text in your note and then paste it into MindNode in outline view, it will paste each line/ sentence/textblock as individual nodes. Then you can go to the map view and drag to organize them.

[@ChrisLawley]

Cause a lot of my notes are filled with duplicate information, or stuff I don’t need anymore. I put everything in notes and use this to filter out and organize everything. Plus it doesn’t take my long to type things on a hardware keyboard.

[@hexworthy]

Excellent video I do love mindmap’s and to be honest use both. I wish you could combine the two.

[@Mauhex]

I love mapping I use free versions of these

[@jja.gaskeun]

I use xmind

[@ecolinenlacealagestionmedi3362]

Useful content 👍

[@JezzLundkvist]

I recently started using Mindnode. Love using to plan out new illustrations etc. And I learned a lot of new stuff about it in this video 😄

[@GoADHDGo]

Mindmapping is the one thing that should work wonderfully for my ADHD brain but doesn't. I've tried it many times and it just doesn't work for me. Maybe I should give it another shot.

[@osaket]

You’ve lost so much weight since the last video I watched from your channel, well done! And great video