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Archive for March, 2006

SDForum about Mind-Mapping

The Software Developer Forum (SDForum) in Silicon Valley will host an event on “Building Strategy & Driving Consensus through Shared Mapping” on April 10 in San Jose.  It will involve a presentation on mind maps and an interactive session where the presenters will collaborate with the audience to construct a map about a vexing marketing […]

Can a map style encourage participation?

Posted: Monday, March 27th, 2006 @ 1:42 pm in , , , , , | 5 Comments »

In the blog post that I made on Friday, quite a few people requested the architectural typeface that I created.  One person, J. Strimiki made a great observation, which makes sense: "The font invites participation."  When I was in architecture school at the University of Arizona, we learned a graphical style of "loose" drawing during […]

Back from Mix06

I just came back from the Microsoft (MSFT) Mix06 conference in Las Vegas where I saw the future of Microsoft technology and I’m excited about it (though I will probably have to wait until 2007 to see it.)  Here’s what I saw:Windows Presentation FoundationThis is the new 2D/3D display technology that will drive the next version of […]

Mindjet in Japan

Posted: Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006 @ 5:04 am in , , , , | 3 Comments »

I’m in Tokyo right now, and it feels good to see first-hand that mind-mapping is on the rise in Japan. Several related books have been published recently, as well as magazine articles and blogs (i.e. mindmap.jp) that discuss the value of mind-mapping for enhancing productivity, a topic that is an evergreen in Japan.We’re here in this capital of density to […]

GottaBeMobile posts MindManager Ink Show

Posted: Tuesday, March 21st, 2006 @ 12:29 pm in , , , , | No Comments »

Dennis Rice and Rob Bushway, creators of the newly minted GottaBeMobile.com site, have already posted a Camtasia demo of using MindManager on a Tablet PC. Dennis writes: "Wanna map out what’s in your mind? Although I realize to some that may be a scary thought (), it is nonetheless a great process! In this latest […]

Mindjet Stands Up at Mix 06

Posted: Tuesday, March 21st, 2006 @ 11:56 am in , , | No Comments »

Michael Scherotter, Mindjet Business Solutions Architect, was one of just 3 out of about 2000 people in the audience to pose a question to Bill Gates following Tim O’Reilly’s interview of Gates at the now-in-progress Mix06 event.Michael, who asked Gates about tablet PCs and Origami, was then interviewed by Michael Lehman on Channel 9’s Mix 06 Buzzcast. 

Student Manages College Courses and Academic Goals with MindManager

Posted: Monday, March 20th, 2006 @ 5:11 pm in , , , | No Comments »

Student MindManager user, Jason Dorko (of Dorkotech.com), has created two MindManager videos the educational community might be interested in:The first, shows how Jason uses MindManager to develop a dashboard for storing/accessing all the information needed for his college courses for the semester: http://www.dorkotech.com/tabletpc/videos/MindManager/MindManager.htmlThe second, is a short video in which Jason uses MindManager to create daily and weekly goals. It also […]