Other Software

MindManager 8 Released

November 11, 2008

Back in May I happened to mention Mindjet’s MindManager product in a post titled Some Nifty Tools.  Back then I was relatively new to the product, but it has quickly become an indispensible part of my daily workflow.  These days I use MindManager for everything from mapping (planning) out my day, planning and documenting my [...]

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Microsoft Natural Language Search, pptPlex, & Email Prioritizer

August 21, 2008

First let me start by offering my congratulatory birthday wishes to the “Between The Lines” blog by Shaan Hurley.  Seeing that most blogs die within a matter of months, reaching the 5-year mark is a monumental achievement. Now back to our regularly scheduled program.  Since switching to Windows Vista in January of this year, I [...]

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Some Nifty Tools

May 7, 2008

A while back I made a post titled ‘Free Tools for the CAD Manager/User‘.  In it I outlined a number of nifty tools I knew about and/or used in the past.  Over the last several months I have come across a few other tools that I personally find helpful. Task & Project Organization: Mindjet MindManager [...]

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Google Calendar Sync & Sites

March 7, 2008

If you have stayed current on your Tech News, you have undoubtedly heard about Google Sites. For those unfamiliar with the Google Site’s service, I’ll provide the Cliff Notes version. Launched February 27, 2008, Google Sites is a wiki platform targeted towards small and medium sized businesses. The service has been made a part of [...]

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My First Week With Vista

January 24, 2008

  Wednesday, January 16, 2008, the day in which I decided to say goodbye to my beloved Windows XP and hello to the monster known as Windows Vista.  Be it press releases from numerous government agencies, or the ever entertaining Apple I’m a Mac, I’m a PC ads – Vista hasn’t found too many friends.  [...]

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MS Office 2003 Stops Opening Files

January 14, 2008

In September of last year, Microsoft released Service Pack 3 for its Microsoft Office 2003 system.  Along with fixing numerous bugs, they seem to have caused another.  To sum things up, Service Pack 3 disables a users ability to open pre Office 2003 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc) documents. Today I got a call from one [...]

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