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Title: 5 free tools to organize your thoughts Post by: HCK on September 30, 2013, 11:01:23 am 5 free tools to organize your thoughts
You’re full of good ideas, but putting them in writing is easier said than done. Maybe you like to start from the end. Maybe you work from jumbled notes, gradually polishing them into a cohesive piece. No matter what your workflow, a good outliner can help. Much like mind maps, outliners are thinking aids. But while mind maps appeal to visual thinkers, outliners are great for working directly with text. Both are hierarchical: In a mind map, a main idea branches out into sub-ideas, which then branch out even further. In an outline, a master topic has sub-topics, each with its own sub-sub-topics. And, just as it is with a mind map, what you do with an outline is up to you: You can use it for drafting text, but it also works well as a to-do list for a project. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here http://www.macworld.com/article/2038607/5-free-tools-to-organize-your-thoughts.html#tk.rss_all |