Tinderbox 4 has been updated. Even the point-point releases of this software make me drool.
Mark Bernstein: Tinderbox 4.0.1
Despite the small version bump, it’s got some important infrastructure. Get it. As usual, you can upgrade from any previous version for $90, and it’s free if you upgraded in the past year.
- Notes and Agents check syntax of rules and actions
- Comparison and equality operators in actions are more flexible
- New numerical operator for modulo arithmetic
- More control over inheritance of prototype children
- Better handling of email sent to Tinderbox
Lots of other improvements and fixes, too. See the release notes, in the Help menu.
Here is a nice comparison of computer and hand-drawn mind mapping. The author presents two mind maps that were produced in these two different styles with similar purposes in mind.
Peace of Mind: Style Comparison
This posting includes two maps used to collate recipes.
See also: Peace of Mind: Manage Information Using Drag and Drop
To help fill the demand for Chinese language education for foreign learners with a real competitive advantage, HaFaLa Chinese incorporates mind maps as well as animation and story into an innovative learning package.
Catching the Book Worm — china.org.cn
In collaboration with Mindmap Research Institute (Shanghai) and the Chinese Character Research Institute, the Shanghai-based Taotu Animation Technology Co Ltd has published a series of multi-media toolkits for overseas Chinese-language learners.
Based on the Mind Mapping methodology, the so-called Hafala Chinese learning tool enables non-Chinese learners to acquire 2,500 Chinese characters in a systematic way within months, according to Elizabeth Yu, from Taotu.
William Gibson’s blog had a post about the music he was listening to. This led me to checking out the Drive-By Truckers on iTunes and collecting some semi-related alt-country albums I want to buy later. I know too well how easy it is to buy everything I see on iTunes, so I often do this kind of mind map so that I can return to the albums and artists I thought I liked late one night and try them out again later. MindManager is perfect for this, because I can preserve all sorts of weird associations that would be difficult to maintain otherwise.
Click on the image for the full mind map.
