Org-brain – mind-mapping for org-mode

Re:Org-brain – mind-mapping for org-mode by kqr on Thursday March 15, 2018 @12:42PM (#16594368)

I've always thought of mind maps as spatially confused trees, and Org already does trees very well. This package introduces the "friends" concept -- is that the fundamental difference between trees and mind maps?

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Re:Org-brain – mind-mapping for org-mode by stinkytaco on Thursday March 15, 2018 @05:15PM (#16596584)

Org-brain allows me to have more than one parent. For example, I have a list of books I've read and reviewed (for personal use). When I started using org-brain I added author entries as parents; for comics I can do author and artists. So in the tree it looks like

* Read Books

-- Book Title

   Review

* Authors

-- Author Name

-- Author Name 2

* Artists

-- Artist Name

But in org-brain I can connect all of these in a logical way so I can jump through it quickly.

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Re:Org-brain – mind-mapping for org-mode by sk55 on Thursday March 15, 2018 @01:51PM (#16595026)

Mind mapping is more of a process, rather than a data structure. The process helps us brainstorm, recall, and visualize our ideas.

You're right in that some of the data structure behind mind maps can be represented using a tree. However, you'd lose lots of the benefits. For example, trees might not be as memorable or as unique as a mind map[1].

[1]https://imindmap.com/blog/mind-mapping-for-memory-why-is-it-...

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