Nice people thread 2 - now even nicer

PasturesNew

Bugg4h... hit another brick wall. Have to do a mindmap.... we were shown one on the powerpoint side in the lecture... and she said "do mindmap". I remember somebody querying the software used and she said "matter of factly" eMindMaps ... well, it turns out that's not free software, which is annoying. The College have/use it, so she's just used to having it available .... So I just looked and it's a 30 day trial (couldn't start the trial at the time as it would have run out by the time I wanted to use it). So just clicked now to download it .... and it'll take FOUR HOURS to download!!!! 69MB filesize.

sss555s

PasturesNew wrote: »

I've just learnt I'm poor.



I had NO idea others had such huge incomes until I came to MSE. Maybe MSE is predominantly posh people.

I've learned how different London/SE is to the rest of the UK.

I used to just think it was similar to "round my way"

PasturesNew

sss555s wrote: »

I've learned how different London/SE is to the rest of the UK.

I used to just think it was similar to "round my way"

It's another country, but they all think alike ... weird bunch.

Malcolm.

I've learned a high emotional IQ generates more thanks than traditional IQ.

edit: it also helps to explain Tony Blair and the state of the UK.

fc123

PasturesNew wrote: »

Bugg4h... hit another brick wall. Have to do a mindmap.... we were shown one on the powerpoint side in the lecture... and she said "do mindmap". I remember somebody querying the software used and she said "matter of factly" eMindMaps ... well, it turns out that's not free software, which is annoying. The College have/use it, so she's just used to having it available .... So I just looked and it's a 30 day trial (couldn't start the trial at the time as it would have run out by the time I wanted to use it). So just clicked now to download it .... and it'll take FOUR HOURS to download!!!! 69MB filesize.

Sorry to be thick...I have missed a lot of posts but I didn't know you were doing a course (or at college?) What course are you doing?

misskool

PasturesNew wrote: »

Bugg4h... hit another brick wall. Have to do a mindmap.... we were shown one on the powerpoint side in the lecture... and she said "do mindmap". I remember somebody querying the software used and she said "matter of factly" eMindMaps ... well, it turns out that's not free software, which is annoying. The College have/use it, so she's just used to having it available .... So I just looked and it's a 30 day trial (couldn't start the trial at the time as it would have run out by the time I wanted to use it). So just clicked now to download it .... and it'll take FOUR HOURS to download!!!! 69MB filesize.

there are other smaller programmes but it depends what you are using the mindmap for. If it's just a blank note idea thing then you can just use the word feature in draw. Unless you're linking and back linking and creating notes for lots of ideas, it's a long time to download something for not much more than drawing some speech captions around some text.

I don't find mindmaps useful or helpful. I'm a list person. So it doesn't work for everyone.

And on a side note, green tomato chutney anyone?

PasturesNew

fc123 wrote: »

Sorry to be thick...I have missed a lot of posts but I didn't know you were doing a course (or at college?) What course are you doing?

It's a long story. Months ago I spotted an interesting course, went to the College for an interview and they allowed me onto it. So, mentally I prepared for that by not applying for jobs as I figured if I started it I'd want to finish it (employers would be unlikely to let me off one morning a week for 6 weeks). So, I had things on hold to do this interesting course. And they cancelled it (lack of interest), then it was on again, then it was cancelled the day before it started.

By then I was pretty furious - and got an email about another one they were running so booked onto it in haste/out of anger. It was a course I had no interest in though (e-commerce), but I turned up for six weeks back in June/July, one morning a week (although they changed the dates and moved it all about) ... it's really shockingly shabby the way things are run.

Now the assignments are due in.

It was really dull/rubbish. Honest. Wish I'd never decided to go on a course in the very first instance. There's so little available at all, it's all dribs/drabs of days .... and badly put together.

There was only 3 of us on it - and I suspect I'll be the only one submitting an assignment.

PasturesNew

misskool wrote: »

there are other smaller programmes but it depends what you are using the mindmap for. If it's just a blank note idea thing then you can just use the word feature in draw. Unless you're linking and back linking and creating notes for lots of ideas, it's a long time to download something for not much more than drawing some speech captions around some text.

I don't find mindmaps useful or helpful. I'm a list person. So it doesn't work for everyone.

Not really sure what I'll use it for... I'll randomly think about what things I'd put on my theoretical site, linking those to each other and random thoughts about income streams... etc.

But it seems a requirement, to get a mark, that I have to have one. Actually, it's already answered my question of "what's this strange emm file I have here .... nothing opens it ... is it a dud" and I'd not got round to googling what an emm file was (just completely ignored it).... well, now I know it's an eMindMap file.

So, I'll open that .... see what it's about ... then cobble my own together.

File's 30% downloaded already, says it needs another 20 minutes, for some obscure reason... maybe my connection speed went up as the rest of the world using the connection went to sleep

I guess I could use Word, already used that 3x for the physical design and functional processes chart - and again for the prototyping of the coding to run the whole site. But she did seem keen on her eMindMaps, so I figured I might get less of a mark if I used something different to what she used. It kind of sounded important, in a way, to do it like hers, in that software.... I guess she's used to students at College who have access to it... not poor adults trying to do all this on a tiny screen at midnight, all alone and tired

tomterm8

Or you could just go http://www.mindmeister.com/ .

Heh

Mind maps are actually quite cool, I think. They are quite a useful tool in requirements specification. If you're a project manager, i think it's something nice to know.

Malcolm.

Pastures, have you considered roles in desktop or application support?

You seem the ideal candidate for this type of work.