I have been curating mind maps for a long time that show step by step resources that one can use to learn any topic on Earth.<p>I also mind map books, courses and more. Here is the GitHub project of all the mind maps : https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/knowledge-map<p>There is already a working Alfred workflow that allows to find the mind map you need in an instant. Here is a screencast of how it looks in action : http://quick.as/b1gwsneao<p>I am making a search engine for it now and hope I can release a working version of it very soon. I would love to hear though how I can improve these mind maps and what you guys think of this idea as a whole. Would you use this?
I <i>love</i> mindmaps, and I find them extremely useful. I think that a search engine for these would be extremely powerful. While not everyone will find mindmaps useful, some will, and I can see other people posting theirs on a variety of subjects too.
Would the search engine use crawlers to auto-update and grow or would it simply search your curated maps (which you or your collaborators would have to maintain and grow for as long as the project runs)?
There's a world of difference between the two.
I find mind maps vastly inferior to more linear representations such as outlines. Imagine if your file explorer were a mind map. Have you tried driving in a neighborhood with more curves and less grid. Grids beat mess.