RadiantThought

I wrote a quick and dirty, but I think rather starkly attractive self-logger that you can download and read all about from the Tools page. It’s new and not very configurable yet, but I’m using it every day so expect it to keep getting better.

Customer Service Agent5: Hello, Arthur Vanderbilt. Thank you for contacting Mindjet.
Customer Service Agent5: My name is {Name}. How can I help you today?
Arthur Vanderbilt: Hi. I’m trying to upgrade to the new license format, {etc.}
Customer Service Agent5: One moment while I look that up.
Arthur Vanderbilt: Awesome, thank you.
Customer Service Agent5: {my key}
Customer Service Agent5: Key Exchange Instructions
Arthur Vanderbilt: Great, thank you very much. Have a great day!
Customer Service Agent5: You’re welcome. Thanks for contacting Mindjet.

I’m trying to upgrade MM at work, but my license key is buried in Outlook @ home. This exchange took less than 2 minutes. I <3 MindJet support. Every experience I’ve had with them has been positive. I’m just saying.

Brainwriting is Brainstorming on Steroids

Traditional brainstorming pales in comparison with a technique called Brainwriting. Brainwriting can easily lead to more than double the ideas generated in a typical brainstorming session. Also, it’s not as tricky as brainstorming to work well for you.

An article at LiteMind explains some shortcomings of brainstorming and another technique that may work better in some situations.

I’m back, after a bit of a vacation. Exciting things are happening in the field of visual thinking, and I’m happy to be able to write about them here again.