Pattern Cognition

(left hand raised)  I admit it, I do not think in linear progression.

Or I should say, frequently, I do not consciously think in linear progressions.  As a rule, I tend to think and process information either verbally, tactically (e.g. writing down initial thoughts and continuing via exploration), or through pictures: I draw insights and conclusions from time and dimensional disparate data.

Mind mapping tools are great for us non-linear, and/or picture centric information processors.  Here’s a short video from the father of mind mapping, Tony Buzon.

Want a free version of mind mapping software?

(hat tip to Mike Brown for this post’s inspiration)

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I guess Microsoft‘s OEMs (e.g. Dell, HP) pushed the issue hard enough.

From the social and online community world,  at HiveLive we still have to support IE6, much to the chagrin of our dev team.

So much for pushing forward with Vista

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