Marc Orchant, writing in the ZDNet Office Evolution Blog, shares his perspectives on Gyronix’s new GyroQ idea capture tool, from the perspective of David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) system, of which he is a devotee. His assessment: GyroQ has become an indispensable part of his daily information processing routine: "One of the challenges I’ve [...]

Mindjet technology partner HBB has announced the availability of Pocket Mindmap version 1.3.2, which is now fully compatible with MindManager 6. This means that maps can be viewed and edited on portable devices and easily transferred back to MindManager 6 when the users sync with their desktop computer. For more information about what’s new in [...]

CS Odessa, the developer of ConceptDraw MINDMAP, just announced that its entire ConceptDraw product line will soon incorporate a new technology called TMA – True Multiplatform Architecture. TMA is an internal development tool that will provide enhanced functionality for ConceptDraw programs. Here’s a quote from the company’s announcement: "Using TMA technology in our software development [...]

As an idea person, I’m always on the lookout for tools and software that helps me to do a better job of capturing ideas on the fly. Gyronix, the developer who brought us the ResultManager personal productivity tool for MindManager, has created a marvelous new desktop applet called GyroQ that helps you to capture ideas, [...]

Martin Silcock, a very active participant in the MindManager Yahoo User Group, has launched a MindManager Users Wiki (collaborative workspace – see definition) where users of the popular mind mapping software can collaboratively develop a comprehensive knowledgebase devoted it. There’s not too much content here so far, but if you have something to contribute, why [...]

A company called Cirilab Inc., which specializes in developing software that can analyze unstructured text documents and can extract its major themes, has added the capability to export this data to a MindManager map. This page shows what a document synopsis looks like after it has been analyzed by the firm’s "thematic extractor." Users can [...]

CS Odessa has announced the availability of version 4.5 of its ConceptDraw MINDMAP program. This update, which is free to existing users, contains a number of enhancements and fixes, including: A spell checker, Improvements to the user interface of the Mac OS X version, and Improved PDF export You can learn more and download this [...]

MindBusiness GmBH, a German company that develops add-ins for MindManager, has announced that it will introduce an English-language version of its new Map4Plan project management tool by the end of August 2006. Map4Plan enables you to create detailed project plans, check lists, cost overviews, timetables and reports.

Most executives today face an endless barrage of e-mails, phone calls and new projects, which makes it difficult for them to juggle everything. They are also required to gather, organize, analyze, synthesize and make sense of unprecedented amounts of information, deftly separating the wheat from the chaff and making fast, informed decisions. Mind mapping software [...]

The Hollywood Reporter website is the last place I’d expect to see an article extolling the virtues of a mind mapping program. But that’s just what happened last week: This tinseltown tattler has written a profile of how independent filmmaker Joel Rasmussen utilized MindManager on a Tablet PC in numerous ways on his latest film, [...]