Never been a huge fan of mind mapping. You have to kind of force the information into a certain structure, whereas with a paper/canvas, you can just put everything down without connecting stuff with lines.

I'm also not a huge fan of traditional mind mapping (which uses a single tree and everything has to be connected). With Kinopio if you want to put everything down where you want it without connecting stuff with lines you can totally do that :)

Would brainstorm with pen and paper only. Publishing thoughts and brainstorms to friends is the only thing I would use a tool online for

There are some cases where it needs to be digital. Paper is great for smaller projects, but it doesn't scale.

Honestly mind mapping is a waste of time, just trying to look smart

kinopio isn't traditional mind mapping, think of it as just writing stuff down wherever until it makes sense. Hopefully we can agree that clear writing comes from clear thinking.

Really wanna try Vienna. Been on their waitlist