RadiantThought http://radiantthought.com Powerful Tools and Techniques for Creative Thinking and Productivity Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:35:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en Learn to think visually - or else http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RadiantThought/~3/379210995/ http://radiantthought.com/2008/08/30/learn-to-think-visually-or-else/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:48:31 +0000 Arthur Vanderbilt http://radiantthought.com/2008/08/30/learn-to-think-visually-or-else/

]]> http://radiantthought.com/2008/08/30/learn-to-think-visually-or-else/feed/ http://radiantthought.com/2008/08/30/learn-to-think-visually-or-else/ It’s Log! http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RadiantThought/~3/379096928/ http://radiantthought.com/2008/08/30/its-log/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:46:38 +0000 Arthur Vanderbilt http://radiantthought.com/2008/08/30/its-log/ 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.

]]> http://radiantthought.com/2008/08/30/its-log/feed/ http://radiantthought.com/2008/08/30/its-log/ Now That’s What I Call Service http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RadiantThought/~3/365005424/ http://radiantthought.com/2008/08/14/now-thats-what-i-call-service/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:36:07 +0000 Arthur Vanderbilt http://radiantthought.com/2008/08/14/now-thats-what-i-call-service/ 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.

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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.

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]]> http://radiantthought.com/2008/08/13/well-hello-there/feed/ http://radiantthought.com/2008/08/13/well-hello-there/ Google blocks sections of the Noble Ape site http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RadiantThought/~3/185893161/ http://radiantthought.com/2007/11/16/google-blocks-sections-of-the-noble-ape-site/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:10:41 +0000 Arthur Vanderbilt http://radiantthought.com/2007/11/16/google-blocks-sections-of-the-noble-ape-site/ Google blocks sections of the Noble Ape site: Updated 16 November 2007

Unrelated, but interesting. Link to Noble Ape, love Noble Ape, and help Tom get his Google back.

“ The Noble Ape Simulation has been developed since 1996. The aim of the simulation is to create a detailed biological environment and a cognitive simulation. It is intended as a palette for open source cross-platform development on Windows, Mac and Linux.“

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Nice … MindManager plug-ins are already being ported to visual mind.

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Check out the whole list of vignettes. An interesting lot, we MindManager users are.

]]> http://radiantthought.com/2007/11/15/mindjet-customer-vignette/feed/ http://radiantthought.com/2007/11/15/mindjet-customer-vignette/ Perfect Mess: Improve Your Life by Becoming an Imperfectionist http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/RadiantThought/~3/162205005/ http://radiantthought.com/2007/09/27/perfect-mess-improve-your-life-by-becoming-an-imperfectionist/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:01:25 +0000 Arthur Vanderbilt http://radiantthought.com/2007/09/27/perfect-mess-improve-your-life-by-becoming-an-imperfectionist/ Stress: Improve Your Life by Becoming an Imperfectionist - Lifehacker
You can free yourself from stress caused by the “burden of perfection” by embracing imperfection, according to the Daily Cents weblog.

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Learn how to use mind mapping to plan, write, promote, and profit from a book!

Attend this free webinar and learn how to use MindManager to Plan, Write, Promote, and Profit from a book that promotes your business and your career.

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