Mindjet announced the release of the service pack today – Mindjet Connect November Release The main issues for me have not been Connect but loss of functions in the desktop product which I have been using for years. I am pleased to report “verified by me” fixes to these problems in quick inital tests: Fail [...]
Archive for November, 2011
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Wednesday, November 30th, 2011How do I change the author of a template map?
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011Why would you want to? All the map templates provided by Mindjet have Mindjet as the author. When you use a template map this information is not changed to your name. If you send a map to someone Mindjet is the author not you. How do you do it: Design tab > Template Organiser > [...]
Can you use Mindjet Connect in a browser from your iPad or iPhone?
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011No – if you use Safari. Flash and Apple don’t mix. Yes – if you install the Photon Browser. Click the Flash button in the toolbar prior to loading the page with flash in it and this browser switches to an image relaying service. You can load the Files page but before opening a map, [...]
Free MindManager 9 upgrades to 2012 closes 30 November 2011
Monday, November 21st, 2011If you bought MindManager 9 Windows after 7 July 2011 you are entitled to a free upgrade to MindManager 2012 Professional. Visit Mindjet’s Grace Period page to get your free upgrade. This is the UK page. There will be a different page for your region. You will need your license key which you can get [...]
Why are MindManager files downloaded from my web server as zip or empty?
Friday, November 18th, 2011It’s because your web server does not know about MindManager files. The download process looks at the first lines of a file to identify its type. A MindManager file says it is a zip file. Change the file extension of a MindManager file to .zip and you will see it contains several files. The data [...]
Mindjet have released Connect SP – a SharePoint Solution Package
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011The new package allows you to: Embed maps in SharePoint sites so non-MindManager users can benefit from visualising the project, process etc. Create project dashboards with task status. Map and mark up the information stored in the SharePoint database. Are you a SharePoint user? What were the benefits of previous incarnations of the Mindjet SharePoint [...]
Choosing the Right Business
Friday, November 11th, 2011Tom Ball from Cognac Systems and NearDesk presented his entrepreneur’s story about how he choose his businesses and what he learnt on route. He gave his top tips for choosing the right business. See the summary in this ConferenceREACTION map of the key points: How to Choose the Right Business. The event was hosted by [...]
Brand Network – Selling Brand Personality – Kelly Molson – Rubber Cheese – 2 Nov 2011
Monday, November 7th, 2011Kelly Molson presenting the story of Rubber Cheese and how this unusual brand name for a Graphic, Print and Web Design company has developed. Selling Brand Personality I mapped this presentation using iThoughtsHD on my new iPad. Still some personal reprogamming to do after years using ink on a Tablet PC. The map created on [...]
Choosing the Right Business Idea – Tom Ball at NRG London – 8 Nov
Monday, November 7th, 2011Cabre will be there mapping the presentation. Tom is a leading visual entrepreneur. He created Cognac – the big picture company which he sold recently. I am sure we will hear about his new business Cognac Systems – Digital product design & development tomorrow. NRG Event – London West End NRG Networking Lunch 08 Nov [...]
Introduction to Mind Mapping at CIMA in Fareham 17 November
Monday, November 7th, 2011Andrew Wilcox is speaking at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. The talk’s title is “An Introduction to Mind Mapping” click for more information on this event. It should be followed by “………… and becoming a Collaborative Crowd in the Cloud”. The introduction to paper mind mapping will be half the presentation followed by how [...]
