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The CAD Geek’s Productivity Tools for 2018

March 9, 2018February 5, 2018 by Donnie Gladfelter

One month into the New Year, and hopefully your resolutions are still intact, and 2018 is poised to be everyone’s best year yet. Even if your resolutions have waived some, the start of a new month is a great milepost to check yourself and make any necessary adjustments to keep on track. With that in mind, today I’ve chosen to focus on the all-too-common resolution …

Using MindManager 2012 at Autodesk University 2011

December 17, 2011December 19, 2011 by Donnie Gladfelter

Autodesk University has long been the unequaled destination to learn from some of the top presenters in the industry today. While such presentations are still a mainstay of the conference, Autodesk introduced a revolutionary new type of presentation to the roster several years ago. The folks at Autodesk like to call this special subset of classes AU Unplugged. AU Unplugged is celebrated as being an …

A First Look at Mindjet MindManager 9

August 18, 2010August 18, 2010 by Donnie Gladfelter

Several years ago I stumbled upon this concept of “mind mapping”. Frankly I really didn’t see the point of mind mapping when I first discovered it. After all it reminded me of those brainstorming maps my English teacher made me create in the 3rd grade. Not exactly the type of thing you expect someone in a business setting to create. Nonetheless, I started using it for managing simple tasks, which compounded into more complex tasks, and before I knew it I was mapping everything from major business projects to my packing list for vacation.

Five tools for Easy Screencasting

March 15, 2010March 15, 2010 by Donnie Gladfelter

You’ve seen great how-to-videos here on The CAD Geek and many other blogs on the net, but how do we create and produce professional quality videos? Like most things in the tech world, you’ve got lots of options; each ranging in price from free to a few hundred dollars. Which tool is best for you will be a function of the type of screencasts you plan to create. Today I’ll share a some popular and up-and-coming tools of the screencasting trade.

Visual Project Dashboards with MindManager

February 22, 2010February 22, 2010 by Donnie Gladfelter

Over the last several months much of my time has gone into writing my first book; tentatively titled AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT: No Experience Required. You can look for it in bookstores in June of this year (2010). Those who follow me on twitter have heard me talk about what it’s like to write a book. While I’ve never climbed Everest, I’d compare writing a …

Using MindManager for CAD/BIM Documentation

July 16, 2009July 16, 2009 by Donnie Gladfelter

My sincere apologies to the faithful followers of The CAD Geek Blog. As you probably gathered from my last post (way back on May 30th), I have been focusing just about all of my energy on finding a new job. Thankfully it seems all of that hard work has paid off, and just today I accepted a position with Education Reseller, Ronald A Williams, Ltd. …

Using MindManager to Track and Document Civil 3D Styles

November 13, 2008 by Donnie Gladfelter

Back in May I made a post titled “Some Nifty Tools” where I mentioned a very handy tool from Mindjet called MindManager. Since then the tool has become an absolutely indispensible part of my daily workflow. The power of all mind mapping software, MindManager included, is it’s versatility. Frankly there’s no wrong way to use the software, making it’s potential uses almost endless.

Some of my favorite applications of MindManager have included note taking in meetings to on-screen presentations, and even strategic planning. Of course one area which has proven especially helpful for is is tracking and documenting my companies Civil 3D Styles.

MindManager 8 Released

November 11, 2008November 11, 2008 by Donnie Gladfelter

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 Civil 3D projects (data shortcuts), even down to documenting my Civil 3D Style library.