Are we, outliners fans, just a bunch of outlined mind maniacs?

Posted by Dr Andus
May 3, 2013 at 06:34 PM

Alex wrote:
> I don’t like mind maps. I don’t
>know if I should try them so it can help me to develop more the creative
>side of the brain. What do you think?...

I don’t see a big distinction between outliners and mind mappers (at least the way I use them). I use Freeplane and it just seems to be an airier (roomier) way of constructing an outline.

The bigger difference for me is between outliners/mind mappers and concept mappers (like VUE). But I find that even concept mapping is all about logic. For a really artistic non-hierarchical person probably even concept-mappers would seem restrictive…