Archive for April, 2006

Bonus Prizes! Jason wins “Getting Real” by 37signals

We held back, there are bonus prizes not listed on the Contest page… Jason of DorkoTech.com just won a copy of “Getting Real” by 37signals! Getting Real details the business, design, programming, and marketing principles of 37signals. The book is packed with keep-it-simple insights, contrarian points of view, and unconventional approaches to software design. This [...]

Site News: Feed AutoDiscovery Link Fixed

If you use a web browser that automatically detects RSS feeds and puts a small icon in the address bar, then you noticed that feed was different, technically speaking. That feed was contructed by WordPress and not Feedburner. If visitors subscribed to that feed, then we had no way of getting any data (clicks, platform, [...]

Sign Up For Office 2007 Beta News (including OneNote 2007)

Darren Strange’s blog pointed me to this. The Office 2007 website got a face lift, added a video highlighting the new featuers in Office 2007, info on the beta. When the public beta is released, subscribers will be sent an alert. According to Darren, the public beta is coming soon. Here is the link. Via: [...]

How I Convert Fellow Students to My Favorite Tools

AdminID’s last post made me think of how I do the same thing to my friends. Among my friends, I am the most tech savvy. If they need to know about something, they usually ask me. I use these powers to push my favorite tools onto them. So far, I have pushed Opera, OneNote, Tablet [...]

“What’s he doing?” as a way to share how you take notes with co-workers

Want a simple trick to get your co-workers interested in the tools you use and think they should be too… Push your laptop an extra half foot or more towards the center of the conference table and let them peak at how you are taking notes. Curiousity killed the cat, so they will inquire during [...]

Join the ResultsManager “meme”

From Gyronix’s site… Gyronix ResultsManager v2 runs on Mindjet’s MindManager X5, X5 Pro, Basic 6 and Pro 6 platforms, and delivers a systematic solution for visualising and tracking actions either individually or across teams. Read about ResultsManager solutions here. It is a very powerful application to enhance MindManager, but seems to have a steep adoption [...]

Some MindManager Maps Examples

Need some examples of MindManager Maps, here’s a few… Mobile Musings Using MindManager to create an integrated presentation… MindManager more useful everyday Gary Slinger Packing List Ben’s Tech Blog 70-297 Map (Microsoft Course #) MindJet Map Notes from Mix06 World Cup 2006 Map Maven Mapper’s Information Usefulness of a MindManager Accelerator for FeedBurner Analysis of [...]

Participate in our MindManager Map Contest and Win BIG!

Note Talkers, Mindjet, and our affiliated Sponsors value innovation. That’s why we’re looking to you, to show us your creative talents! Enter our Note Talker’s MindManager Map Contest and you could walk away with some of the best tools for supporting and increasing your innovative drive. Here’s how it works: We’re inviting readers to design [...]

Outlook 2007 Video Tutorial and Walkthrough

Darren Strage has posted another excellent blogcast aka video tutorial. His first blogcast was about OneNote 2007, and the current is about Outlook 2007. The video is fourteen minutes long and is very helpful and highlights all the features listed below.  I personally like the To-Do Bar and RSS Support. What are yours? Click here [...]