(On a side note I am making heavy use of mindmapping these days. It's not mainstream yet and people dig it because, well, it's different)
Solid Tips for Managing Your Online Social Life
MakeUseOf has two great sets of tips for staying on top of your online social life, without letting it run you. (Part I and Part II). This one is my particular favorite - a mind map of your online social life.
24 comments
Jul 08, 2009
dbinkowski said...
funny, i don't see any room for work in there :P
Jul 08, 2009
juleslov said...
you've got to be kidding....
Jul 08, 2009
Vinko T. said...
I too like Mindmaps. Which app is your favorite mindmap creation tool on the Mac?
Jul 08, 2009
Steve Rubel said...
I like mindnode for the mac, mindmanager on pcs and mindmeister online.
Jul 08, 2009
Judd said...
Buzan's iMindMap is my choice. I got in early with a lifetime of free upgrades. It is a great product. iPhone app should be coming soon.
Jul 08, 2009
wayan_vota said...
that's not a online presence mind map, that's a Medusa head - look away now lest you turn to stone! A smarter man would pick maybe one of each of those (at most) and concentrate efforts to have real effect. Otherwise, your just diversifying yourself into inconsequence.
Jul 08, 2009
James Hunter said...
Thanks, that is just what I was looking for! I am now mapping out my new startups roadmap.
Jul 09, 2009
Vlad Hrouda said...
Steve! Great marketing work. You are really ubiquitous.
Jul 09, 2009
Dave Lucas said...
D'oh - I smell "information overload" here. @Vlad says "ubiquitous" but I beleive you have been "consumed" by nanobots who are surely entrenching themselves in your brain as I write this ;) LOL
Jul 09, 2009
Scott Gould said...
Cool steve although I agree with Dave that it is a bit more "consumed" than "ubiquitous"!
Jul 09, 2009
Angelique said...
"Without letting it run you"???? I don't think any system is going to help this guy. He's being run! Either half of these accounts are dormant, or networking is his 24/7 obsession.
Jul 09, 2009
Michael Deutch said...
With MindManager, you can tag and include hyperlinks to each social network within your map and quickly access relevant communities systematically. This is extremely useful when you're leveraging different networks to promote content, researching information, or simply socializing. For instance, if I write a post on GTD, I can filter my map of social networks to the ones that are tagged with GTD. Then, I open networks (e.g. David Allen's forum, Linked In & Other groups associated with GTD) and share links to the post where it's relevant. Or, if I'm not promoting and just want to spend time in a focused community, I'll follow the same steps.
Jul 09, 2009
Steve Rubel said...
@Michael I need to explore Mindmanager more. It has advanced a lot since I last used it.
Jul 09, 2009
Michael Deutch said...
Happy to give you a personal tour. Send me an email and we can set something up!
Jul 09, 2009
Cliff Allen said...
Mind maps are one of the most under used visual tools available today. I've started using a mind map dashboard to quickly get to Web sites, local OneNote notebooks, and shared folders that I use a lot.I'm hoping a few mind maps can replace my bookmarking software, which the developer gave up on a few years ago.
Jul 09, 2009
Charnita Fance said...
It's a nice post but after doing all of this stuff, who has time for a "real" life? Wow!
Jul 09, 2009
JD Ebberly said...
That's one crowded social life online. I don't see how he manages to sleep.
Jul 10, 2009
Mahendra Palsule said...
Steve, glad you liked the article. The different approaches to and umpteen types of social map visualizations I discovered when researching were fascinating. Really useful, almost to the point where you don't know how much until you actually do it.
Jul 10, 2009
Nina Scaletti said...
That mind-map got my attention: I love them too!Quite a lot of stuff going on there! I read through both articles and I can see a lot of stuff to help me. Thanks for drawing my attention to it.
Jul 11, 2009
Scotty Boyee said...
How about http://www.gliffy.com/ which I like for the authentic flow charts used by engineers and programmers, but perhaps not as user friendly and simple as Mindmaps, as you must design your own.
Jul 11, 2009
JamesWeddle said...
Interesting to organize and see your connections but how do you see opportunity and take action?
Jul 21, 2009
Jan Friman said...
Here is another little social media experiment: http://www.mindmeister.com/24836978/googleoids - a web based map (MindMeister) picturing the Google Universe. The thing is this: it's on the web and it is public and open for each and everyone to contribute to and share with others. Let's see what happens...
Aug 12, 2009
BWelford said...
Mind maps rock and you can't beat FreeMind - the price is right and it does the essentials.
Aug 24, 2009
Rui said...
On the other hand I can simplify it to:Me --> Bar
This Social Online things is getting ridiculous.... What do you gain from it anyway? No, really...
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