Freemind
My friend Joe said in an e-mail I received recently he often wondered how I could manage with so many blogsites when he struggled with only one.
While it is still true that I maintain several blogs, including this one, the sad fact is, I no longer able to write as often as I wanted to, or should, in each of the blogs.
I actually maintain five blogs but two of them have been idling for some months now while two are still breathing but barely alive.
Jaxon’s Review — this blog — is one of the blogs which is breathing but barely alive; which is a pity because the only way a blog can thrive in the cyberspace is by having fresh content on a regular basis, or at least three posts a week.
Map your mind
My photography blog is of course my most active blog. Even then, I’m struggling to keep up the need to blog day in and day out. Thankfully, there is a way brainstorm fresh content on a regular basis and the technique is called mind mapping.
Wikipedia defines mind map as: “… a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing.”
In the old days you mind map with paper and pen. In this high tech era, you can use Freemind. The video below is an excellent tutorial on how to use the software so I need not explain it in writing.
Mind mapping has been useful for me in generating content ideas for the photoblog.
Mind mapping blog projects... click for larger view
Here is an example of how I mind-map the content for the blogs I am currently running. It is still in its early stage but you get the idea.
Do you mind map? Download Freemind here.
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