Your Thinking Time Is Precious

As my job requires me to work a lot of hours per week I have come to realise that my thinking time is a valuable resource and I was wandering how I could make more effective use of it. All you need to do is free your mind, well actually it's a piece of software called FreeMind and best of all it's completely free of charge.

It works by allowing you, the user to create notes in a pictorial format much like a brain storming session. If you're like me and write copious amounts of notes on paper then you will instantly realise the time saving features this piece of software will provide you with especially when researching keywords for your current articles.

You use it by putting the main topic in the middle then using branches or nodes start making a kind of spider diagram like so:

I tend to use it for planning markets I would like to enter into, article ideas and designing websites from a linked map perspective. It really is a versatile piece of software.

In order for you to use this software you must have Java installed which can be downloaded at http://www.java.com/. To download FreeMind just goto http://freemind.sourceforge.net/.

So go on give it a try!