But you were telling me that since these are such big topics, you wanted to find a way to focus what you wrote to help readers get their brains around something so complex. Hobie: You wrote an article about storage and networking in film and video post-production. But then mind mapping software came along. I worked that way for a few years, and it helped. I’d buy these big sketch books-two or three feet on a side-and tape sheets to the wall, and hand draw the maps. That led me to reading about mind mapping. ![]() Ochiva: I started out just trying to find a better way to manage information. Hobie: How did you first find out about mind mapping? With so many mixed types of information to deal with, mapping helps me pull it all together and make sense of it. As I go through all this stuff, I'll put it all into a mind map. I check out industry groups that might be holding meetings or giving talks about future trends. I might visit user forums to see what new issues are on people’s minds, and what’s happening in research and development. Ochiva: Before I start writing, I’ll do a combination of interviews and research. ![]() Hobie: How do you get started on a new article? He uses ConceptDraw MINDMAP as a single interface to capture all of these disparate information types. To stay current with local events-and to stay ahead of industry trends, Ochiva says he searches just about everywhere for news and information.
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