posted 31 January 2012 18:51            

I have dedicated some time to put on paper the little I know about Kyma by creating some mindmaps.

A mind map is 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 not intended to be used as reference text or substitutes for other organized learning means but rather as an alternative way of organizing knowledge and assist to its retention.

I hope that this documents help those facing Kyma’s steep learning curve.

If you have any suggestions on how to improve this document, I will gladly implement them.

–> UPDATE 20.FEB.2012
New mindmaps included in v.05:
-Expressions Library
-Overviews of Smalltalk messages and Capytalk Reference
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You may download the mindmaps in pdf format here:
http://pedrotrotz.com/kyma-mindmaps

Regards,

Pere

posted 31 January 2012 19:06            

May we add a link to your maps to the tweaky Learn? You've presented a new way to explore Kyma (using a map!

I wonder whether "Keyboard controlled" might be a central keyword for some people? Or whether it might make sense to include some of the new morphing prototypes in the Additive Synthesis map?

posted 01 February 2012 02:02            

If you look with detail, you will find that central keywords have been chosen not from the index in the final pages of the Prototype Reference (where some Sounds appear obviously in more than one Category) but from the Category they are given in the first lines of the Prototype description. I thought it would make more sense to stick to that one Category for a start and maybe later some keywords could be split/merged. This conclusion was also part of the learning process!

The real tool for this crossed multiple links would be a concept map. A very similar tool that is more faithful to reality but also adds another layer of difficulty for beginners in a subject.

Maybe in the future I will find the perfect tool for laying out knowledge. I would also love to include the Sound icons in this mind map because they are really useful and memorable, specially the icon shapes thing.

posted 01 February 2012 11:40            

If it is ok with the wiki procedures, I have changed the link to the page where the mind map can be downloaded, instead of to the pdf file directly. This way, I will be able to post updates to the file without having to change the wiki entry and the wiki link will always point to the newest version of the file and its comments.

posted 17 February 2012 12:41            

Great stuff.

posted 17 February 2012 14:17            

It is an ongoing project. Now I'm "mapping" the expressions library and it is absolutely revealing to browse with detail through the elegant bits of code included in them...

Smalltalk/Capytalk mindmaps will also follow.

posted 20 February 2012 13:23            

New mindmaps included in v.05:

-Expressions Library

-Overviews of Smalltalk messages and Capytalk Reference (these will be the next 2 projects)

posted 29 February 2012 10:40            

I have used SimpleMind. At this moment the program really needs to improve a lot, but it makes the nicest looking mindmaps...