I picked up from the Mindjet blog a piece on using MindManager as a way to organize your blog posts—The Mindjet Blog » Blog Better With MindManager.  I use MindManager all the time.  I rough out documents, thoughts, etc.  Love it, totally worth the cost and I can't wait for the new version (hoping it's a free upgrade, but ... ).  I had been thinking about using MM to rough out blog posts, but the drag-and-drop with QumanaLE is so easy, that it didn't seem worth it.  So, now there is a MM template—Download the MindManager blog map—and example.  Frankly though Tim makes this way too hard.  Here's what I figured out.  Follow Tim's steps for making your post—QumanaLE is still easier for short posts, but this would be great for longer posts—export to Word, tweak a bit (I'd export without numbering myself, unless the document is structured), then save as HTML  Launch the QumanaLE editor and choose "Load From File" from the File menu (yes we're going to get ctrl-o added soon), and open the HTML file you just made.  Do your final tweaks, add images, Technorati tags, etc.  Post.  Done.

 

Yes, I know Word's HTML sucks.  But, this is a fast and easy way to get something up.  Maybe run the Word HTML file through a cleaner if needed.  I see some cool connectors ... hmm maybe a little macro Map to QLE ... Hmm.

 

All this connects to (hee, hee bad pun) is finding ways to manage information.  Gather, Grok, Get it out.

 

With Lektora, MindManager, and QLE ... man you could do some awesome stuff!

 

What do you think Hobie?  Tim?

 

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