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Packing List March 22, 2006

Showing that yes, I really do reach for MindManager as my primary thinking and layout tool, below is an image of the map I threw together today as a packing list. I’m not taking everything on it, but I wanted something that would act as a basis for future trips as well.

I used MindManager because I wanted to do two things - be able to quickly filter down to a list of things that, if I am taking them, need to be charged the night before, and also determine whether I want to pack them in my carry-on, for use either in-flight or as soon as I land, or in my checked luggage (I try not to check, but sometimes, it just can’t be helped. And if stuff is going in the hold anyway, then I want to be carrying as little as possible!).

One of the benefits of using a MindMap to do this, rather than a simple linear paper list, is that it’s self-selecting for some items - if I’m not taking the iPod, for instance, then I don’t need any of the other items that are mapped out from that item; on the other hand, if I’m taking the iPod, then yes, I probably need to take the sync cable, and the power-brick that goes with it, but do I need the international power adapter?

I did another version of the MindMap that includes model and serial numbers for all the equipment that I might possibly take, as well. I’ve never needed a list like that, and I hope that I never do, but it’s nice to have it “just in case”.

Packing List - Click to see the full-size

If you want the map file itself, you can download it here.

I’m off to England tomorrow, where I gather the weather for the next two weeks is going to be about forty degrees colder than where I am right now…

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