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Posted by Frederick Wahl
May 10, 2009 at 03:11 AM
Looks very interesting!
http://www.mindsystems.com.au/products/amode/index.php
BTW, are MindManager and bCisive being developed by the same company now - or are they just a reseller?
Posted by dan7000
May 10, 2009 at 05:45 AM
Yeah, this looks pretty impressive. 2-pane outliner. Looks like you can link between topics, and you can view the same information as a gannt chart or calendar. The best part of the product, though, is the wacky robot character they’ve chosen as their marketing mascot.
I’ll definitely try the trial. But $192? Seriously - you can’t charge more than Outlook for a single-user information manager.
Posted by Jan Rifkinson
May 10, 2009 at 01:34 PM
@ first blush I’m very impressed w the ability to move data around into different contexts, i.e. gantt, calendar, outline, etc. The GUI, shortcuts & other user amenities seem well thought out & easy to learn. It has a polished look. Love the ease of use & calendar / data integration. However, all the bells & whistles aside, how to get data into the program from other sources & how to find something in all that data is left to be explored.
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Jan Rifkinson
Ridgefield CT USA
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
May 10, 2009 at 04:32 PM
Frederick, thanks for the heads up. It looks impressive, though at the moment I am cautious about all-in-one solutions and more leaning towards interconnectivity and integration of separate tools.
I was however immediately drawn to another of Mindsystems’ products, namely ThemeReader:
http://www.mindsystems.com.au/products/themereader/index.php
If it can do what it says even to a small extent—scan documents and produce a summary file of all the concepts and themes- it could become a great tool to handle information overload.
Regarding your question on MindManager and bCisive, I think that it is MindJet’s policy to encourage reselling and cross-selling by developers of MindManager add-ons such as ThemeReader.
@Dan: I think that they have integrated the cost of developing the wacky robot in the product price :-)
Posted by dan7000
May 11, 2009 at 04:52 PM
Wow Themereader looks very impressive. It is based on this product, which I’m downloading instead: http://www.cirilab.com/Eval_Download.htm