The Mindmapping Tool

A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualize, structure and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing.

It is an image-centered diagram that represents semantic or other connections between portions of information. By presenting these connections in a radial, non-linear graphical manner, it encourages a brainstorming approach to any given organizational task, eliminating the hurdle of initially establishing an intrinsically appropriate or relevant conceptual framework to work within.

A mind map is similar to a semantic network or cognitive map but there are no formal restrictions on the kinds of links used.

The elements are arranged intuitively according to the importance of the concepts and they are organized into groupings, branches, or areas. The uniform graphic formulation of the semantic structure of information on the method of gathering knowledge, may aid recall of existing memories.*

* Wikipedia

Sometimes the difference between a successful project and one that spirals out of control is getting all your thoughts and ideas laid out before you even get started. One of the best ways to do this is with mind maps, which act as a visual representation of all that stuff you’ve got floating around in your head. This kind of radiant thinking can be a great way to start out working on anything, from redecorating your house to landing a huge project, and there are loads of resources out there to make mind mapping even easier. Here’s a list of 100 tools, resources, blogs, articles and everything else you might need to get started making a road map of your mind.*

*find out the a complete guide of the Bootstrapper Mindmapping HERE

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Vilayanur Ramachandran, A jorney to the center of your Napkin MIND.

Very intresting speach by Vilayanur Ramachandran... watch it and maybe you'll understad how our mind works.... we all have creativity... that's for sure... we must use it to do great and good things.

Tony Robbins - Finds Internal Motivation to Do Things.

Effective leaders have the ability to consistently move themselves and others to action beacuse they understand the "invisible forces" that shape us.*
* Tony Robbins

Chilean physicst Enrique Cerda received Anti Nobel by study on the wrinkles of sheets

If Mistral and Neruda do not have in the country anybody that equals them, at least already they count on its opposite pole: a Chilean scientist who thanks to its investigation on “So that the sheets are wrinkled” was awarded with “Anti Nobel” in the category of Sciences, organized by the University of Harvard.

With this award, the prestigious house of studies recognizes the creativity of the scientists whose projects seem simple, even idiot, but that unlike which it was possible to be thought implies an important quota of talent.

In this line, the Chilean physicist Enrique Cerda Villablanca presented/displayed a work on the virtues of the wrinkles, that usually are enemy of the order and it vindicated them finding a use him, that it shaped in his writing on “wrinkles in a thin surface”, published in the Nature magazine, in 2003.

The premiación was made yesterday in Boston and her it attended the sister of the scientist, who received the prize in his name. During the ceremony, the awards were given by true Nobel prizes.

In addition to Bristle, also other ingenious investigators of the world were awarded. Like the Japanese Mayu Yamamoto who with its study on “How to remove extract from vanilla of bosta of cow” one took Anti Nobel de Química.

The Medicine prize was for Brian Witcombe and Dan Meyer, authors of a medical report on “Swallowing sabers and their indirect effect”.

In as much, Anti Nobel of La Paz it was for the laboratory of the North American Air Force of Dayton Ohio that, in 1994, seriously studied the possibility of a “pump gay” to return irresistible to each other to the enemy soldiers.

These investigations in superficial appearance, despite present important findings. As the organizers explained, the objective of the prizes “is to make first laugh to people, and later make think them”.*
* emol
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What's an Idea?

An idea is a concept or abstraction formed and existing in the mind. Human capability to contemplate ideas is associated with the ability of reasoning, self-reflection, and the ability to acquire and apply intellect. Further, ideas give rise to actual concepts, or mind generalisations, which are the basis for any kind of knowledge whether science or philosophy.

In a popular sense, an idea arises in a reflex, spontaneous manner, even without thinking or serious reflection*
*Wikipedia

Are you prepared to be wrong? Creativity as important as knowledge....

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. With ample anecdotes and witty asides, Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize -- much less cultivate -- the talents of many brilliant people. "We are educating people out of their creativity," Robinson says. The universality of his message is evidenced by its rampant popularity online. A typical review: "If you have not yet seen Sir Ken Robinson's TED talk, please stop whatever you're doing and watch it now."*
*TED

Humanity 2.0 Let's go for it!

Jeff Skoll made his fortune as the first president of eBay. Now he's spending it at the movies. His company, Participant Productions, makes entertaining, issues-driven films that inspire real change -- Murderball, Syriana, An Inconvenient Truth ... Here, he talks about the people who've inspired him to do good, and about some upcoming films that will open your eyes.*
*TED

What is NAPKIN MIND?

A napkin is a rectangle of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth while eating

Propeties of a Napkin:

Available
Absorb
Easy to use
Cheap
Useful
Personal
Flexible
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Great inventions or ideas are stereotypically first conceived on a paper napkin. An example of such an idea is J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series.

Mind collectively refers to the aspects of intellect and consciousness manifested as combinations of thought, perception, memory, emotion, will and IMAGINATION

NAPKIN MIND is a web site platform where all internet users can express their ideas, creativity and talent in a positive way.
Search ideas to unsolve problems, colaborate forming comunities united by a certain topic are the reason why Napkin Mind was reacently born. Global colaboration has made the web 2.0, so here we have another tool to search and improve our Hummanity 1.0 to Humanity 2.0... let's take the challage... I'll take it!
Collaborate with each other to build a better place to us all...

Can you help me build the Napkin Mind site? please leave your coment.