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-===Mindmaps=== 
  
 Post-its have mainly been used as precursors of mindmaps. Post-its are quite handy because they - theoretically - can be re-positionned several times and still stick to the surface. When dealing with large amounts of content to classify, I think that post-its are handy for three reasons: Post-its have mainly been used as precursors of mindmaps. Post-its are quite handy because they - theoretically - can be re-positionned several times and still stick to the surface. When dealing with large amounts of content to classify, I think that post-its are handy for three reasons:
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   - You are able to do and undo classification schemes in very intuitive and quick way   - You are able to do and undo classification schemes in very intuitive and quick way
   - You can keep an holoptic view more easily with a big wall than with a small screen   - You can keep an holoptic view more easily with a big wall than with a small screen
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 +However, as you do not want to archive your wall forever with the right classification, I have then switched to mindmaps.
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 +===Mindmaps===
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 +Thanks to the freeware version of [[http://www.xmind.net/|XMind]], I obtained compact and readable mindmaps out of my quickly-handwritten-and-unsticky-anymore-post-its.
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 +I kept almost exactly the same organization than on my wall, and obtained, for instance, the two following maps:
 +  * {{:michka:practices_december.pdf|Practices}}
 +  * {{:michka:metabolhomics.pdf|Metabolhomics}}
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 +The content may look a bit cryptic to you, but I promise I can understand myself better than with the post-its :)
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 +In addition to these mindmaps which define project strategy from high- to low- level content, I created a workbook for more practical sutff. Logically, I called it "Practical FoAM2013".
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 +===Practical FoAM2013 Tables===
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 +This [[http://www.openoffice.org/|Open Office]] workbook contains eight tabs:
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 +  - A **General Objectives List**, where I write down things [[http://transiency-diary.tumblr.com/post/73421005974/reading-list-priorizing|I would be sad not to have achieved at the end of the year.]]
 +  - A **Short-Term To-Do List**, where I write down short-term tasks I want to achieve in the following days.
 +  - A **Reading/Watching/Listening List** where is stored all the references collected in my paper and numerical notebooks.
 +  - An **Exploration List**, complementary to the previous one, where I write down names and keywords about topics I found interesting, and I would like to dig into a little bit more.
 +  - A **Connected Projects List**, where I list projects I feel are connected to Metabolhomics and the general spirit of this Transiency.
 +  - A **People I Should Connect With List**, where I list... people I should connect with.
 +  - A **Diffusion List**, where I start to list contacts of people interested with my work, and to whom I should send some kind of newsletter.
 +  - A **Questions List**, where I list the topic I would like to adress during my regular meetings with FoAM's Core Team members.
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 +This workbook articulates day-to-day Project Management elements like the Short-Term To-Do List with more global Project Definition elements, like the General Objectives list.
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 +====Scheduling====
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 +The next task is to produce a schedule of activities, showing how they will articulate until the end of the year.
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 +Right now, the schedule is pretty rough, as it only cuts the whole Transiency in two main phases.
 +  - The ***Definition phase (November-March)***, during which gathering and processing of informations are the main tasks. I will be involved with research, reading, mapping and design tasks to prepare the second phase, which will be...
 +  - The ***Implementation phase (April-November)***, during which I will prototype a system of objects out of the Metabolhomics Map.
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 +A more detailed schedule is currently under construction.
  
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