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Archive for June, 2005

Transforming XML with MindManager

Posted: Monday, June 27th, 2005 @ 10:24 am in , | 7 Comments »

One of the seldom-discussed feature of MindManager X5 Pro is the ability to read and write XML files.   XML is a text-based self-defining data format that MindManager X5 is built upon.  In MindManager, this XML-reading and writing feature is called Transformations and registered transformations appear as file types in the File Open and File Save-As dialog boxes.  Transformations […]

Can MindManager Help Break Albrecht’s Law…

Posted: Monday, June 27th, 2005 @ 6:58 am in , , , , | 3 Comments »

…and stop “organizational stupidity”?In the early morning hours of September 30, 1999, NASA’s Mars climate orbiter spacecraft, a $125 million marvel of engineering, that was designed to orbit Mars, suddenly disappeared from the screens of the ground control team and, seconds later, its signal vanished for good. An investigation of this incident revealed that the […]

Mindjet at Gnomedex 5

Posted: Saturday, June 25th, 2005 @ 2:28 pm in , , , | 3 Comments »

Mindjet was fortunate to be invited to present at Gnomedex 5 this week in Seattle. Gnomedex is an event that brings together (in a very entertaining, "un-conference" environment) people who are thinking about, writing about and writing blogs and creating podcasts (blogs that are comprised of audio–radio shows that you can listen to on, say, your […]

A Map for Easier Performance Reviews

Posted: Friday, June 17th, 2005 @ 8:51 am in , , , | No Comments »

Dwanye Melancon, VP of Services and Support with Tripwire Inc., a software firm in Oregon, illustrates on his Genuine Curiosity blog how he uses MindManager for his performance reviews:http://blog.dwayne.melancon.net/blog/_archives/2005/5/11/729645.html

Map to the Best Marketing Blogs!

Posted: Tuesday, June 14th, 2005 @ 4:09 pm in , , | 6 Comments »

Congratulations to the winners who were just awarded best marketing blogs 2005 by MarketingSherpa!Seth Godin’s BlogMarketingVOXMedia GuerrillavGuerrilla ConsultingDuct Tape MarketingChris Baggott’s Best Practices in EmailSearch Engine RoundtableMedia for the Next GenerationWonderBranding - Marketing to Women MarketingFacts (completely in Dutch)Easy Bake WeblogsMindManager allows you to view the winner blogs in one single map (see below).  You […]

Interested in testing MindManager software before everyone else?

Posted: Tuesday, June 14th, 2005 @ 12:59 pm in , | No Comments »

Participate in the Mindjet Beta Test Program! We are seeking Beta testers for upcoming releases of MindManager software and would like you to participate.As a Beta tester, you get first access to our products and the ability to influence product development. Beta testers receive free technical support on all Beta products.To apply to be a […]

Liveplasma is Mapping Out Pop Culture Networks

Posted: Wednesday, June 8th, 2005 @ 8:21 pm in , | 1 Comment »

Chris Holmes, Mindjet’s VP of Business Development, told me about Liveplasma today, a new visual search engine that maps out connections among movies, directors, actors, or bands/artists, based on the affinity of taste.Here’s how it works: If you are a fan of Coldplay, then you may also like Radiohead, the Kings of Leon and Grandaddy. If […]