Reading is not enough for me: to learn, I need to make the knowledge my own. The goal?
- To remember it.
- To use it in many different contexts ("transfer").
I love making detailed mindmaps of everything I find interesting. Here's how it looks like:
You'll find in this repository my free mindmap for The Pragmatic Programmer. You can clone everything and open the_pragmatic_programmer.mm with Freemind.
Using mindmaps allows me to:
- Easily review any piece of knowledge I want.
- Focus on some part of the knowledge I capture by hiding the branches.
- Test myself to see if I remember the knowledge by hiding the branches.
- Have a very visual version of the knowledge instead of trying to find the good place in a book or video.
I use the open source software Freemind to create these mindmaps. You'll need it if you want to look at them too.
Why freemind?
- It's simple.
- It's fast.
- It's stable.
- The interface is keyboard-friendly.
- The maps created are in plain text (XML). If you use Vim and the shell, you can search and filter everything you want.
I have mindmaps with hundred of nodes and Freemind never let me down.
The mindmaps are a gift if you support my work via Github sponsors. I'll make all of them available for free for everyone if my goal of 2000/month is reached.
Here's the list of mindmaps (files with the extension ".mm") using tree -P *.mm in the shell:
.
├── business
│ ├── business_authority_ask_us_anything_2.mm
│ ├── business_authority_ask_us_anything_3.mm
│ ├── business_authority_ask_us_anything.mm
│ ├── business_profit_101_freelance_developer.mm
│ ├── carreer_management_2_0
│ │ └── career_management_2_0.mm
│ ├── choosing_consulting_project_give_energy.mm
│ ├── consulting
│ │ ├── anti_pattern_laboring_strategist.mm
│ │ ├── becoming_software_consultant.mm
│ │ ├── best_questions_ask_consulting_client.mm
│ │ ├── consultancy_for_developers.mm
│ │ ├── consulting_blueprint.mm
│ │ ├── consulting_skills_you_need_without_the_vague_platitudes.mm
│ │ ├── consulting_success.mm
│ │ ├── escaping_execution.mm
│ │ ├── how_to_become_a_management_consultant.mm
│ │ ├── how_to_start_consultancy_business
│ │ │ └── how_to_start_consultancy_business.mm
│ │ ├── making_the_leap_to_consulting.mm
│ │ ├── positioning_strategy_for_the_aspiring_consultant.mm
│ │ ├── positioning_yourself_to_coworkers_as_a_stealth_consultant.mm
│ │ ├── stop_posturing_to_your_peers.mm
│ │ ├── the_secret_of_consulting
│ │ │ └── the_secret_of_consulting.mm
│ │ ├── web_consultant_web_developer.mm
│ │ ├── when_to_systematize.mm
│ │ └── why_client_doesnt_take_decision_save_money.mm
│ ├── crossing_river_feeling_stones
│ │ └── crossing_river_feeling_stones.mm
│ ├── dealing_with_chaos.mm
│ ├── designing_ideal_bootstrapping_business.mm
│ ├── e-myth_revisited
│ │ └── e_myth_revisited.mm
│ ├── five_ways_to_specialize.mm
│ ├── freelancing
│ │ ├── better_freelance_business_in_2019.mm
│ │ ├── book_yourself_solid.mm
│ │ ├── ditching_hourly.mm
│ │ ├── firing_client.mm
│ │ ├── fixed_bids_vs_hourly_hours.mm
│ │ ├── freelance_wrong-questions.mm
│ │ ├── getting_started_with_freelancing.mm
│ │ ├── how_to_attract_clients_without_doing_sell.mm
│ │ ├── keeping_the_pipeline_full.mm
│ │ ├── making_money_from_open_source.mm
│ │ ├── positioning.mm
│ │ ├── setting_your_rates.mm
│ │ ├── starting_freelancing_as_an_employee.mm
│ │ └── the_freelancer_primer.mm
│ ├── getting_best_answers.mm
│ ├── getting_real.mm
│ ├── how_find_business_ideas_customer_want.mm
│ ├── how_to_brainstorm_great_project_ideas.mm
│ ├── how_to_find_100x_valuable_customer.mm
│ ├── how_to_measure_anything
│ │ ├── how_to_measure_anything.mm
│ │ └── resources
│ ├── how_to_speak_to_business_leader.mm
│ ├── if_your_innovation_effort_isnt_working_look_at_who_on_the_team.mm
│ ├── i_hate_mvp_so_do_your_customers
│ │ └── i_hate_mvp_so_do_your_customers.mm
│ ├── jason_cohen_interview.mm
│ ├── magic_the_gathering_twenty_years_twenty_lesson_learned.mm
│ ├── marketing
│ │ ├── 17_link_building_strategy.mm
│ │ ├── 5_ways_you_can_make_money_with_your_personnal_brand.mm
│ │ ├── content_marketing_strategies.mm
│ │ ├── developing_linkbait_for_a_non_technical_audience.mm
│ │ ├── human_email_automation.mm
│ │ ├── _INFOGRAPHICS
│ │ ├── keyword_difficulty.mm
│ │ ├── marketing_mindset.mm
│ │ ├── marketing_selling_own_product_service
│ │ │ └── marketing_selling_own_product_service.mm
│ │ ├── perfect_about_page.mm
│ │ ├── SEO
│ │ │ └── the_big_book_of_getting_people_to_link_to_you.mm
│ │ ├── seo_moz.com.mm
│ │ ├── strategic_seo_for_startups.mm
│ │ └── what_is_lead_generation
│ │ └── what_is_lead_generation.mm
│ ├── metrics
│ │ └── tyranny_of_metrics.mm
│ ├── nacked_business_how_honesty_makes_you_more_money.mm
│ ├── networking
│ │ ├── informational_interview.mm
│ │ └── networking_for_people_who_hate_networking.mm
│ ├── niche
│ │ ├── choosing_an_unconventional_niche.mm
│ │ ├── choosing_a_speciality.mm
│ │ ├── dont_pick_nich_discover_them.mm
│ │ ├── how_to_pick_a_niche_start_listening_to_other_people.mm
│ │ ├── market_research_call_identify_validate_niche.mm
│ │ └── niching_down.mm
│ ├── personal_brand
│ │ └── developing_your_personal_brand
│ │ └── developing_your_personal_brand.mm
│ ├── positioning_for_soloists.mm
│ ├── psychology
│ │ └── playing_long_game_entrepreneurship_sustainable.mm
│ ├── revenue_streams
│ │ ├── 1000_true_fans.mm
│ │ ├── 9_perfect_products_for_dev.mm
│ │ ├── building_new_revenue_streams.mm
│ │ └── hack_your_career.mm
│ ├── rework.mm
│ ├── saas_startup
│ │ ├── a_software_business_five_hours_a_week.mm
│ │ ├── creating_a_business_that_can_thrive_without_you.mm
│ │ ├── epic_guide_bootstrapping_startup_by_yourself.mm
│ │ ├── from_productized_service_to_saas.mm
│ │ ├── how_to_evaluate_your_startup_idea
│ │ │ └── how_to_evaluate_startup_idea.mm
│ │ ├── pros_and_cons_building_saas.mm
│ │ └── quick_dirty_guide_startup_brand.mm
│ ├── sales
│ │ └── why_we_still_need_to_sell.mm
│ ├── setting_up_your_ecosystem.mm
│ ├── signs_your_message_is_not_working.mm
│ ├── _STUDIES
│ ├── survey
│ │ └── conducting_stakeholder_interview_survey.mm
│ ├── taking_risk.mm
│ ├── the_efficiencer.mm
│ ├── theory_of_constraints
│ │ └── theory_of_constraint_101.mm
│ ├── the_passion_economy.mm
│ ├── the_trusted_advisor_follow_up.mm
│ ├── the_trusted_advisor.mm
│ ├── the_why_conversation.mm
│ ├── training
│ │ ├── create_or_sell_an_online_course.mm
│ │ └── frelancer_show_-_303_genesis_of_a_course.mm
│ ├── uncovering_your_big_idea.mm
│ └── what_i_learned_cofounding_dribble.mm
├── computing
│ ├── analysis
│ │ ├── software_design_x_ray
│ │ │ └── software_design_x_ray.mm
│ │ └── your_code_as_a_crime_scene
│ │ └── your_code_as_a_crime_scene.mm
│ ├── api
│ │ ├── graphql_grpc_or_rest
│ │ │ └── graphql_grpc_or_rest.mm
│ │ ├── how_to_design_good_api.mm
│ │ ├── REST
│ │ │ ├── _ANNOTATED
│ │ │ └── rest.mm
│ │ └── rest_vs_rpc.mm
│ ├── architecture
│ │ ├── building_evolutionary_architecture
│ │ │ └── building_evolutionary_architecture.mm
│ │ ├── ddd_quickly
│ │ │ └── ddd.mm
│ │ ├── design_composition_performance.mm
│ │ ├── implementing_domain_driven_design
│ │ │ └── implementing_domain_driven_design.mm
│ │ ├── _PAPERS
│ │ │ └── _ANNOTATED
│ │ ├── strategic_design_evans.mm
│ │ └── the_most_important_design_guideline.mm
│ ├── computer_science
│ │ ├── 00_introduction
│ │ │ └── uc_berkeley_cs10_2010
│ │ │ ├── 08_concurency
│ │ │ │ └── concurency.mm
│ │ │ └── 13_applications_that_changed_the_world.mm
│ │ ├── 01_programming
│ │ │ └── sicp
│ │ │ ├── berkeley_cs61a
│ │ │ │ ├── above_line_view.mm
│ │ │ │ ├── below_line_view.mm
│ │ │ │ └── scheme_class_61A.mm
│ │ │ └── book
│ │ │ ├── order_of_growth
│ │ │ └── sicp.mm
│ │ ├── 03_algorithm_data_structure
│ │ │ └── algorithm_data_structure.mm
│ │ ├── 04_mathematics
│ │ │ ├── concrete_mathematics
│ │ │ │ └── concrete_mathematics.mm
│ │ │ ├── discrete_mathematics_and_its_application
│ │ │ │ ├── discrete_mathematics_and_its_applications.mm
│ │ │ │ └── solutions
│ │ │ ├── discrete_math_you_need_to_know.mm
│ │ │ └── mit_mathematics_for_computer_science
│ │ │ └── mit_mathematics_for_computer_science.mm
│ │ ├── 06_computer_networking
│ │ │ └── computer_networking_top_down_approach
│ │ │ ├── computer_networking.mm
│ │ │ └── Wireshark Labs
│ │ │ └── Kurose_Ross_Wireshark_labs_7th_ed
│ │ ├── oral_history_john_mc_carthy.mm
│ │ └── power_abstraction_liskov.mm
│ ├── database
│ │ ├── how_does_a_relational_database_works.mm
│ │ └── _INFOGRAPHICS
│ ├── data_science
│ │ └── data_warehouse.mm
│ ├── devops
│ │ ├── 9_metrics_that_can_make_a_difference.mm
│ │ ├── accelerate
│ │ │ └── accelerate.mm
│ │ ├── kubernetes_basics
│ │ │ └── official_kubernetes_tutorial.mm
│ │ ├── stress_free_game_development_with_devops
│ │ │ └── stress_free_game_development_with_devops.mm
│ │ └── _STUDIES
│ ├── distributed_systems
│ ├── game
│ │ └── webgl_fundamentals
│ │ └── webgl_fundamentals.mm
│ ├── git
│ │ └── pro_git
│ │ └── pro_git.mm
│ ├── hardware
│ ├── _INFOGRAPHICS
│ │ └── vim
│ │ └── cheatsheets
│ ├── languages
│ │ ├── bash
│ │ │ └── _CHEATSHEETS
│ │ ├── clojure
│ │ │ ├── agility_robustness_spec
│ │ │ │ └── agility_and_robustness_clojure_spec.mm
│ │ │ ├── clojure_for_the_brave_and_true
│ │ │ │ └── clojure_for_the_brave_and_true.mm
│ │ │ └── modern_cljs.mm
│ │ ├── golang
│ │ │ ├── advanced_testing_with_go_by_mitchell_hashimoto.mm
│ │ │ ├── concurency_in_go.mm
│ │ │ ├── concurency_is_not_parallelism.mm
│ │ │ ├── delve_talk_-_go_internal.mm
│ │ │ ├── design_command_line_tool_people_love
│ │ │ │ └── design_command_line_tool_people_love.mm
│ │ │ ├── design_philosophy
│ │ │ │ └── design_philosophy.mm
│ │ │ ├── go_beautiful_package.mm
│ │ │ ├── go_in_action.mm
│ │ │ ├── go_scheduler
│ │ │ │ └── go_scheduler.mm
│ │ │ ├── introduction_to_interfaces
│ │ │ │ └── introduction_to_interfaces.mm
│ │ │ ├── language_mechanics
│ │ │ │ └── language_mechanics.mm
│ │ │ └── static_analysis_in_go.mm
│ │ ├── lisp
│ │ │ └── recursive_mc_carthy.mm
│ │ ├── lua
│ │ └── php
│ │ ├── marco_pivetta_doctrine_orm_good_practices_and_tricks.mm
│ │ └── symfony_con_2016
│ ├── misc
│ │ ├── being_good_is_overrated.mm
│ │ ├── building_highly_reliable_websites_for_small_companies.mm
│ │ ├── dan_ingalls_oop.mm
│ │ ├── dont_call_yourself_a_programmer_and_other_career_advice.mm
│ │ ├── engineering_you.mm
│ │ ├── fp_high_school_algebra
│ │ ├── how_to_think_like_a_programmer.mm
│ │ ├── implementing_a_strong_code_review_culture.mm
│ │ ├── lean_code
│ │ │ └── lean_code.mm
│ │ ├── learn_to_impact_the_business_as_a_developer.mm
│ │ ├── math_for_programmers
│ │ │ └── math_for_programmer.mm
│ │ ├── old_is_the_new_new.mm
│ │ ├── on_abstraction.mm
│ │ ├── programming_across_paradigms
│ │ │ └── programming_across_paradigms.mm
│ │ ├── requirement_example
│ │ ├── secret_growing_your_engineering_carreer_if_you_don_t_want_to_manage.mm
│ │ ├── simple_made_easy
│ │ │ └── simple_made_easy.mm
│ │ ├── taking_back_software_engineering
│ │ │ └── taking_back_software_engineering.mm
│ │ ├── the_pragmatic_programmer
│ │ │ └── the_pragmatic_programmer.mm
│ │ ├── things_that_matters.mm
│ │ └── unicode_character_set
│ │ └── unicode_character_set.mm
│ ├── network
│ ├── _PAPERS
│ │ ├── _ANNOTATED
│ │ ├── code_review
│ │ ├── communication
│ │ ├── concurrency
│ │ ├── dev_tools
│ │ ├── hardware
│ │ ├── inheritance
│ │ │ └── _ANNOTED
│ │ ├── measuring_complexity
│ │ │ ├── aging_decay
│ │ │ ├── _ANNOTATED
│ │ │ ├── change
│ │ │ │ └── _ANNOTATED
│ │ │ ├── cognition
│ │ │ │ └── _ANNOTATED
│ │ │ ├── readibility
│ │ │ ├── requirements
│ │ │ ├── sentiments
│ │ │ │ └── _ANNOTATED
│ │ │ ├── social
│ │ │ │ └── _ANNOTATED
│ │ │ ├── technical_debt
│ │ │ │ ├── _ANNOTATED
│ │ │ │ └── _MINDMAPS
│ │ │ │ ├── 2019_examination_tools_managing_different_dimensions_technical_debt.mm
│ │ │ │ ├── 2019_software_productivity_loss_due_technical_debt.mm
│ │ │ │ └── 2021_overview_comparison_technical_debt_measurement_tool
│ │ │ │ └── 2021_overview_comparison_technical_debt_measurement_tool.mm
│ │ │ └── tools
│ │ │ └── _ANNOTATED
│ │ ├── mouseless
│ │ │ ├── _ANNOTATED
│ │ │ └── thebluedragons
│ │ ├── paradigms
│ │ │ └── _ANNOTATED
│ │ ├── programming_languages
│ │ │ └── lua
│ │ ├── soft_skills
│ │ │ └── _ANNOTATED
│ │ ├── testing
│ │ └── type
│ │ └── abstract_data_type
│ │ └── _ANNOTATED
│ ├── shell
│ │ ├── better_bashing_through_technology.mm
│ │ ├── cli_design_best_practice.mm
│ │ ├── refactoring_in_bash_functions.mm
│ │ ├── terminal_io
│ │ ├── the_awk_programming_language.mm
│ │ └── zsh.mm
│ ├── _SLIDES
│ ├── technical_interviewing_you_doing_it_wrong.mm
│ └── vim
│ ├── cutomizing_vim
│ │ └── customizing_vim.mm
│ ├── nvim_lua_guide.mm
│ ├── practical_vim.mm
│ ├── user_manual.mm
│ ├── vim_ide.mm
│ └── vimscript
│ └── vimscript_the_hard_way
│ └── I_vimscript_the_hard_way.mm
├── design
│ ├── color_theory.mm
│ ├── _INFOGRAPHICS
│ ├── photoshop_blend_modes.mm
│ └── pixel_art_tutorial_complete_guide.mm
├── economics
│ └── freakonomics.mm
├── _githooks
├── health
│ └── _INFOGRAPHICS
├── _IN_PROGRESS
│ ├── introduction_to_computer_networking
│ │ └── introduction_to_computer_networking.mm
│ └── magic_trick_of_testing.mm
├── languages
│ ├── Deutsch
│ │ ├── dfe.mm
│ │ ├── german.mm
│ │ ├── infographics
│ │ └── netzwerk_solutions
│ └── English
│ ├── infographics
│ └── ommiting_that.mm
├── management
│ ├── okr_agile_stop_waterfall_goals
│ │ └── okr_and_agile_stop_waterfall_goals.mm
│ ├── _PAPERS
│ └── patterns_of_effective_teams.mm
├── mathematics
│ ├── general_mathematics.mm
│ └── introduction_to_mathematical_thinking
│ └── introduction_to_mathematical_thinking.mm
├── philosophy
│ ├── fallacies.mm
│ └── _INFOGRAPHICS
├── photography
│ ├── camera_sensors.mm
│ ├── infographics
│ └── photography_business_elia_locardi.mm
├── productivity
│ ├── action_mindmap_system
│ ├── _INFOGRAPHICS
│ ├── productivity_not_time_management_but_attention_management.mm
│ └── work_less_get_more_done_analytics_for_maximizing_productivity.mm
├── public_speaking
│ └── _INFOGRAPHICS
├── self_improvement_psychology
│ ├── 3_tactics_against_procrastination.mm
│ ├── beyond_burnout_how_to_work_hard_and_enjoy_life.mm
│ ├── emotional_intelligence
│ │ └── emotional_intelligence.mm
│ ├── how_to_be_successful.mm
│ ├── how_to_win_friend_and_influence_people.mm
│ ├── _INFOGRAPHICS
│ ├── just_listen_how_to_reach_anyone.mm
│ ├── laziness_does_not_exist.mm
│ ├── mental_models
│ │ └── mental_models.mm
│ ├── _PAPERS
│ │ ├── burnout
│ │ ├── cognitive_load_theory
│ │ ├── communication
│ │ │ └── _ANNOTATED
│ │ ├── feedback
│ │ ├── imposter_syndrome
│ │ │ └── _ANNOTATED
│ │ ├── informal_logic
│ │ │ └── _ANNOTATED
│ │ ├── soft_skills
│ │ │ └── _ANNOTATED
│ │ └── stress
│ │ └── _ANNOTATED
│ ├── psychology_of_focus.mm
│ ├── the_willpower_instinct.mm
│ ├── we_are_all_confident_idiots.mm
│ └── zen_body_being.mm
├── statistics
│ └── head_first_statistics
│ └── head_first_statistics.mm
├── system
│ └── introduction_to_system_thinking
│ └── introduction_to_system_thinking.mm
├── teaching_learning
│ ├── 10_lessons_mit_education.mm
│ ├── a_mind_for_numbers.mm
│ ├── how_to_speak.mm
│ ├── memory_unlimited.mm
│ ├── _PAPERS
│ │ └── _ANNOTATED
│ ├── the_science_of_accelerated_learning.mm
│ └── ultralearning.mm
└── writing
├── 11_reasons_people_bounce_from_your_blog_and_never_return.mm
├── blogging
│ ├── blogging_guide.mm
│ ├── blog_topic_planning.mm
│ ├── great_blog_post.mm
│ ├── how_to_produce_killer_content.mm
│ ├── refreshing_your_blog_posts.mm
│ └── this_is_our_fist_post_and_other_title_you_should_not_publish.mm
├── keys_to_great_writing
│ └── keys_to_great_writing.mm
├── on_writing_well.mm
├── _SLIDES
├── write_to_express_not_to_impress.mm
└── writing_is_thinking_learning_to_write_with_confidence.mm
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