April 2005

Running Meetings with MM on a Tablet PC

Posted April 25th, 2005 by Hobart Swan & filed under Mindjet .

We got some comments the other week about using MindManager on a Tablet PC to run meetings. (By the way, I am going to do a presentation at Gnomedex in June in which I will "run a meeting" like this to design a floating bicycle). Last year we did a case study of how a…

Seeking Pure and Unadulterated MindManager Reviews

Posted April 22nd, 2005 by Anna Johnson & filed under Mindjet .

Growing up, my parents taught me that it was tasteless to share opinions on a variety of topics with others at the dinner table. Sharing ideas and opinions was a recipe for annihilating a guest’s appetite. And so in an effort to have a peaceful eating experience, we refrained from discussing anything controversial. You can…

Dragging & Dropping Knowledge Objects

Posted April 13th, 2005 by Hobart Swan & filed under Mindjet .

One of the interesting things about MindManager is the way it turns all information into discrete, reuseable knowledge objects. Compare, for instance, the difference between getting Google search results or RSS news feeds in MindManager versus getting them in news aggregators and search results listings. In the latter case (and I am not an expert…

Trees versus file cabinets

Posted April 11th, 2005 by Hobart Swan & filed under Mindjet .

Not to go on too much about this…but it just goes to show how much we have come to accept these less-than-enlightened metaphors in our work lives. The file cabinet metaphor was appropriate back in the day when people wore skinny ties and had three martini lunches (sigh…). But that was a long time ago.…

Accelerator SDK now posted

Posted April 8th, 2005 by Chris Holmes & filed under Mindjet .

Today we have posted an Accelerator SDK on the Mindjet web site.   This toolkit extends the information and resources already available in the MindManager DevZone for building MindManager applications.  It is specifically intended for building advanced solutions using web services & XML which integrate MindManager X5 Pro with applications both within, and beyond, the enterprise.  We will continue to…

MindManager as a Design Tool

Posted April 8th, 2005 by Michael Scherotter & filed under Mindjet .

Background:When I was at architecture school, the subject that I enjoyed the most was design and the creative design process.  My favorite design tool was the sketchbook.  What I was really excelled at was computers and technology.  With that combination, I went directly into a master’s program where I studied computer-aided design tool development.  Upon graduating, I…

Posted April 8th, 2005 by Hobart Swan & filed under Mindjet .

Thanks, Patrick. Leave it to the good folks at Gyronix and their great ResultsManager to make this a part of their mapping methodology! If you haven’t visited Gyronix’s Nick Duffill’s blog, Beyond Crayons, it’s a great site.