Connecting Minds – Increasing Productivity™

Create security protocols within a Mindjet Catalyst workspace

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:34:00 GMT

I recently worked with a client who highlighted a challenge faced when using Mindjet Catalyst. They faced the problem of not being able to restrict map user access to data on a subtopic from within a MindManager map that allowed access to a group of users. Certain users of this workspace needed to be restricted from access to some documents .

To solve this problem we did the following:

We created a sub folder workspace attached to a designated Mindjet Catalyst workspace. We then restricted access to this sub folder workspace ( excluded members of the main workspace who did not have access to these documents). These documents were then uploaded to this workspace which we named *** _Documents Folder (***= descriptive Suffix).

When a member of the main Mindjet Catalyst workspace clicks on a subfolder document restricted to them they will be redirected to the *** _Documents Folder which automatically denies them acccess because they are not members of this workspace.

Problem solved .

Introducing MediaNoteTaker 9

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:36:00 GMT

As mentioned in my previous post , we have just released our plug-in which is a first for New Zealand. As such we are now also listed on the Made from New Zealand Site. Click on the image to either see our details or if you are a Kiwi , why not join?

MediaNoteTaker 9 developed from an idea I had years ago, just after I started using an earlier version of the MindManager. Being a very visual person I thought that it would be great to be able to attach audio and video to mind maps. This was the start of the journey in developing a mind mapping media editing tool for MindManager. As the product developed and as I spoke to different people to elicit feedback so the opportunities for application for our product also developed.

The following areas of application are but a few we have discovered:

Business Meetings ,Marketing,Advertising ,Academic research,Sports analysis,Legal case studies,Client interviews,

Journalism,School projects,Tertiary course development,Meeting notes,Class notes.

Sens-e-tising MindManager

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:29:00 GMT

I have been using MindManager since it's first version and this was what eventually prompted me to start my own business focussed on mindmapping and related business and education methodologies. At that stage I was studying a post graduate computing qualification part-time and working full time. As part of my studies and general work processes I used MindManager through it's different version iterations and with the advent of MindManager Pro 7 I got to a point where I needed the product to do a bit more for handling raw audio and video data files. The release of MindManager 8 with integrated browser functionality was a step in the right direction but did not provide an appropriate set of media manipulation tools. This lead to our business moving in to the software development arena and 14 months down the track we are at the point of launching our new website with our own plug-in for MindManager Pro 7 and 8 called MediaNoteTaker 9

We sincerely hope that this addition to the Mindjet MindManager Solutions suite of products will be a valuable tool that enhances your mind mapping experience. Over the coming months we will write about how to integrate and use MediaNoteTaker 9 to enhance and Sens-e-tise your mind maps and business processes