Lol, I was going to rant about Mind Maps but then I saw it is a post from you. So I will hold my horses and say just this: They are creative, fun and a good alternative to normal notes. They are not so helpful when it comes to memory. And Tony Buzan is not who most people think he is. I know that for sure since I met him often enough. Have a look into the Mind Map business and how he tries to control it. It is the same thing he tried with memory sports. To be fair, I think he is not really well and probably suffers from a degenerative desease for years now. It is his partner Ray Keene doing the realy shady stuff for them.