Hi Mark,

I am a Mind Map addict and in total agreement with you. I have used Mind Mapping in multiple scenarios ( many success stories available on my website). I have written two books on Mind Maps, one from a business application perspective (Mind Maps for Effective Project Management) http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;field-keywords=maneesh+dutt

and another from an personal self help kind of usage of Mind Maps (Live Life colorfully, http://www.amazon.in/dp/1946129186, will shortly be available on Amazon.com)

For self help kind of usage for Mind Maps I encourage people to make hand drawn Mind Maps using lots of colors whereas for business application , of course the Mind Mapping softwares are helpful.

Thanks for your article , is really an interesting read.