Mindjet is a popular name in mindmapping software. Many Tablet PC users considered MindManager a key App not just because of its excellent mind mapping ability but also because you could do your work in Digital Ink. Mindjet has previously released MindJet for iOS that give you much of the mind mapping functionality, without the [...]
Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and more recently Square, lays out three keys to success at The 99 Percent. Top of his list? “1) Draw: get your idea out of your head and share it”. Great advice, and it ties into something we’ve said again and again and can’t say enough: tablets are ideal tools [...]
This is interesting timing. A new version of Mindjet MindManager, one of the most pen-friendly pieces of software for the Tablet PC, has just been announced for Mac. No mention of similar pen support for Mac, but among the new features is gesture support for multitouch trackpad and Magic Mouse, which would also be useful [...]
My favorite mindmapping tool, Mindjet’s MindManager is now available for the iPhone. Yep, there’s an app for that. The app will cost you $7.99 and you certainly don’t have all the features you have on the desktop/notebook/Tablet PC version, but if you want to create a quick mindmap while you’re toodling around this might be [...]
Robert Scoble spent some time this past week with MindJet’s Michael Deutch, exploring the concept of mind mapping and why a tool like MindManager enhances the process of brainstorming, mapping, interactive presentations, notetaking, and more. In the video, Deutch mentions that some touch features will be coming to a future version of MindManager that will [...]
We have a lot of readers that rely on Mindjet’s MindManager to take notes, brainstorm projects, manage to-do lists and much more. MindManager is one of the most flexible applications I’ve ever used, with countless ways to apply it to a particular need or workstyle. I use their tablet pc features to ink a lot [...]
These days most of the projects and stuff I’ve got swirling around my brain is being organized and stored in MindManager 8. I love the program because of the way I can creatively organize buckets of information around how I think and work, and how it lets others organize around how they think and work. [...]
MindJet’s Michael Deutch and Mobile Musing’s Alan Yoshioka both have some fascinating articles on integrating MindManager, Gmail, and Google Docs in order to stay productive and get things done. Highly recommended reading! From Michael Deutch: I created a map to quickly test MindManager 8′s integration with the following Google applications: Gmail Google Docs Google Presentations [...]
The new year is all about getting your act together and staying on top of those emails, to-do lists, and more. Here are a few software products to help you along the way: MindJet’s MindManager – a very popular application for brainstorming, managing projects, managing to-do lists, and integrating with Outlook. They also make a [...]
I received an email the other day from Mindjet regarding the highly successful contest we ran. They were so impressed with the quality of entries submitted that they gave me an additional two licenses to give away! So, congratulations to Tom McKee and Michael Wilson. You two, along with Jeff Pollard, are the proud owners [...]
Mindjet’s MindManager has been an indispensible tool for many folks over the years, and with tablet pc support added in version, it took brainstorming and mapping to a whole new level. MindManager 8 continues to break new ground for the mind mapper. Video review and much more after the break.
We had some awesome entries for our MindManager 8 giveaway. They all clearly showed how indispensible MindManager is to mobile users, and how the new features like embedded browsing and embedded editing are to the research / brainstorming process. Picking a winner proved very difficult and basically came down to randomly choosing among my ten [...]
MindJet has officially unveiled MindManager 8, the latest installment to their very popular mindmapping program. There are a ton of new features under the covers that help keep you inside MindManager while brainstorming, researching, planning, and managing projects — keeping all the information you need just a topic away.
The mindmapping softwareblog has a nice list of 10 reasons why mind mapping software should be the foundation of your personal productivity system. If you’re into mind mapping at all, I think you’ll find some agreement somewhere inside that list. If you haven’t yet given mind mapping a go, it makes for some good reasons why [...]
I wonder if Kevin Tofel will give this a try with his ‘Computing in the Cloud’ challenge. MindJet, maker of the excellent MindManager mind mapping software, is heading into the cloud. MindJet Connect allows online collaboration for MindManager users with three different versions and price levels. (Click on the image below for a larger version.) [...]
This will be good news for those who use MindManager and need to do some project managment. MindJet, the makers of the excellent mindmapping tool, MindManager, has acquired JCVGantt, a project managing tool. MindManager has long been one of the premiere Inking applciations for the Tablet PC, and accordng to James Kendrick of jkOnTheRun, JCVGantt [...]
On Sunday afternoons, I normally sit back in a quiet area in our house to do some reading, as well as planning for the next week. I’m normally in tablet mode, sitting back in a recliner, working in MindManager for the planning part. The really nice part of a Sunday afternoon is turning the Tablet [...]
The extreme cold, that is. Mindjet just announced the completion of a 5 year planning process for an Ice Warrior team trekking the Northwest Passage and making a try for the Arctic Pole. This latest expedition with a team of novices, marshalled by world famous Arctic-explorer, Jim McNeill, will attempt an extreme polar journey that [...]
GBM reader Phillip sent us a link to a guy that used Snag-It and MindManager to take notes with during a training session. It’s an interesting concept to morph the two together. I use SnagIt, from TechSmith (one of our site sponsors), in a similar fashion, but not in combination with MindManager. I normally just [...]
We’ve linked to Tony Buzan’s iMindMap software and videos on mind mapping before. Mr. Buzan has published some new videos and articles that might be worth a look if you are just starting to explore mind mapping. The articles lay out the principals of mind mapping and the videos do the same but from obviously [...]
Here comes a crazy mobile week. The big trip this week is to head to Memphis for auditions at the UPTA conference. That’s a 5 day conference where we will audition over 600 actors and then interview about 200 or so for possible jobs in our next season which begins in June. More on that later. [...]
Although mindmapping has its origins from quite a few sources, Tony Buzan lays claim as the “Inventor of Mind Mapping.” He certainly has had an impact on the development of using mind mapping as a tool. Well now he’s selling his own mindmapping software, iMindMap. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, it looks to be [...]
I’ve had MindJet MindManager Pro 6 (FYI, the current version is 7 and I can’t wait to upgrade and have a look at the new features) for quite a while now and used to use it from time to time. I usually break it out when we are starting a new project and need to map out [...]
Great article in The New York Times (registration required) about author Richard Powers who uses a Tablet PC to do his research and write his novels. His most famous book is The Echo Maker and he stored most of his research in OneNote and maps out his story and characters’ histories using MindManager. He dictates his [...]
If you’re interested in Mindjet’s new MindManager 7 and have been hearing about the lite version that only costs $99 then here’s a link for you. The Mind Mapping Sofware Weblog is linking to a Summary of MindManager 7 Lite’s features that Andrew Wilcox has put together in the MindManger Forums (registration required.) Here’s a [...]
Lots of interest around the new release of MindManager 7, the excellent mindmapping tool from MindJet. William at The Student Tablet PC has put together an excellent “ground up” walk through of the program. Check it out here.
Jamie Nast, author of IdeaMapping, will be conducting a MindJet Webinar on June 5 powered by the new MindManager 7 (scheduled to be released the end of this month.) This looks like a good way to get your feet wet with what’s new in version 7. You can register for the webinar at this link. Via [...]
Folks in the GBM Forums are getting excited and deservedly so. MindJet has announced that MindManager 7 is about ready to roll out of Beta on May 30, 2007. Here’s the scoop from the MindJet site where you can sign up for an email notification that lets you know when the new version is available for [...]
I’ve been testing Gyronix’s Gyroq MindManager add-in and was running in to some conflicts with it and the new OneNote 2007 MindManager add-in. After working with Nick Duffill, of Gyronix, we determined that the problem resided with the OneNote 2007 add-in, and Nick went off to work with MindManager to address the issue. I just [...]
Now, this is an add-on to MindManager I have been waiting for – hyperlinking and send-to functionality between the two applications. I can see this add-on playing a huge role in productivity on my tablet pc as I use both applications and need to interact with both a great deal. Often times, I have notes in both [...]
We all have our methods of compiling our Christmas Wish lists and sharing them with our friends and families. (Amazon.com is my sharing list of choice.) But Jason Dorko of the DorkoTech Blog, who blogs quite incessantly about his uses for MindManager, has decided to mindmap his wish list and has posted it for his friends [...]
Just got this in from Mindjet announcing a great Word 2007 for MindManager support – built especially for those who don’t have MindManager but need to edit them. You can download this add-in for Word 2007 here. Mindjet Corporation, the global leader of productivity software for visualizing and managing information, today announced in conjunction with [...]
This weekend, I posted 6 tips on how to improve the touch experience on Ultra-Mobile PCs and Tablet PCs. Craig Pringle, a fellow Tablet PC MVP, has written a 5 part series on this subject, and goes into more depth from an application perspective. I encourage you to check out Craig’s posts – great stuff: Getting [...]
A few days ago we posted about an interesting new capability with Mindjet’s MindManager software that allows users to edit mindmaps in Word 2007. Michael Scherotter, Solution Platform Product Manager at Mindjet, now informs us, that due to popular demand, he will be conducting a free Webinar on Using Word 2007 to Edit MindManager Maps [...]
How would you like to edit your mindmap in Microsoft Word? Well, with a new add-in for Word 2007 you can. The new innovation allows you to embed a MindMap in Word 2007 and do the following: Allow users to use Microsoft Office Word 2007 to edit the document. Allow users to view and modify [...]
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