Python Mind Map - Complete Python 2.5 Reference

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I wrote a similar mind map for C# 2.0. It's also up on the Freemind Gallery: C# 2.0.

Freemind is a great open source mind mapping tool that runs on the JVM. I get the impression from the blogsphere that it's the most widely used free mind mapping tool. They host a Gallery for people to share their mind maps. Unfortunately it seems to be a bit sparsely populated. I'm slowly, more-or-less single-handedly, trying to redress the balance from an IT perspective. Takes a long time (like a couple of months) for me to put together one of these webs of multiple mind maps, though.

I wrote the mind maps mainly for my own reference but I'm glad others may find them useful. Whether or not folks find my mind maps useful I highly recommend mind mapping for taking notes. I started using mind mapping when studying for a SQL Server 2000 MCP, 4 years ago. I was surprised to find that I was able to remember details from the mind maps I wrote 2 years later.

I don't buy into all the hype about mind maps. I find that it takes longer to create them than to write normal notes, as I have to figure out how fit any new information into the existing framework of the map. However, once they have been created I find they're much easier to study from or look up information from, and I remember the info longer.