CFUNITED – The premier ColdFusion conference Mindmaps For Better Programming Michael Smith TeraTech, Inc.

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 Overview  What are is a mindmap?  Why mindmap?  How to mindmap  Resources

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 Speaker Information  25 years programming  10 years with ColdFusion  7 years with Fusebox  Custom development  Teach one-on-one and custom classes  Fusebox and Process Methodology  MDCFUG, CFUNITED

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 What is a Mindmap?  A mindmap is a visual way of organizing ideas in a web-like structure.

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 Sample hand drawn mindmap

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 Why mindmap?  Use right brain (visual, intuitive) as well as left brain (logical, linear)  Make new connections between ideas  Fast and easy to create  Easy to learn  Fun!

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 Benefits of Mindmaps  Visual  Hierarchical  Easy to connect “distant ideas”  Like an outline  Brain dump first, then easy to rearrange ideas

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 Mindmap Parts What constitutes a Mindmap?  Center word and image  Branches  Sub-branches – less important info  Single keywords  Images and color

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 Mindmap Circuits and Fuseactions

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 How to create a Mindmap  Paper on side (landscape)  Draw Central image  Add key words and branch lines  Add sub-branches, associate ideas  Print  Add emphasis

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 Key words  One word!  Forces you to think before you write

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 Mindmap Steps  Prepare  Generate map  Associate freely  Review  Incubate – take a break!  Re-organize  New map in clockwise sequence  Act

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 Uses of Mindmaps  Planning  Brainstorming  Group thinking  Documenting  Note taking  Resources

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 Mindmaps in Programming  Requirements gathering  Fusebox Architecting  Development brainstorming  Testing and debugging  Project management  Questions and resources

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 Mindmap design tips  Single words  Use colors  Use pictures

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 Objections to Mindmaps

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 Conclusion  Mindmaps are increase thinking and remembering  Improve developer and business discussions  Easy to use

June 28 th – July 1 st 2006 Resources  Tony Buzan  Mindmapper  Open mind  Fuseminder and mindfuser  Innovation Tools p  Google Directory ement/Knowledge_Creation/Mind_Mapping/ ement/Knowledge_Creation/Mind_Mapping/  Mapping Inner Space Nancy Margiulies and Nusa Maal

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