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Things have gotten a bit quiet in "gyrospace" lately. Perhaps this is because folks have given up on their new year's resolutions or moved on to other tools. I'm hoping it is because we are all successfully focusing on Getting Things Done rather than tinkering with our systems and surfing blogs.

Ton Zijlstra has some provoking thoughts about the limitations of GTD-like systems :Ton’s Interdependent Thoughts: Thoughts on GTD System Weaknesses In short, Ton highlights the increasing need to apply qualitative (and often social- and/or network-based) approaches to filter the info-glut before you can start putting actions into a GTD-like process.

I'm going a million miles an hour this week folks. Send freeze dried coffee. Now. Over the last few months, some great video tutorials have emerged for getting more out of your mind mapping, and I wanted to point you to them. Brian Friedlander at Assistivetek recently posted a great video on using the format painter in MindManager.

MindManager is the leading developer of mind mapping software worldwide. Not surprisingly, an ecosystem of developers has formed around it, building add-ins that extend and enhance the program's functionality. Here are five of my favorite MindManager add-ins: GyroQ Often when I’m working, an idea will come to me.

MindManager is the leading developer of mind mapping software worldwide. Not surprisingly, an ecosystem of developers has formed around it, building add-ins that extend and enhance the program's functionality. Here are five of my favorite MindManager add-ins: GyroQ Often when I’m working, an idea will come to me.

Recently I took some hard flak from Marc C who left a scathing comment on the interview I did for the Personal Productivity Show. And I'd be content to cry in my beer at the local pub, repeating 'you know' (and not knowing on repeat) until ESPN cuts to infomercials for the night, if it weren't for how right Marc C is.

If you are using OutLinker you may have achieved Inbox Zero for the first time in awhile. Don't stop there. While your inbox contains a mixture of spam, bulk mail, info-only cc's, and perhaps 10% actionable information, your "Sent Items" will tend to have a much more concentrated set of … commitments

Hi Folks, Slowly and steadily, I'm working on the Visual Strategist Newsletter. Now, I've been accused of putting out the most comprehensive set of MindManager templates EVER, the VSS Template Set, so I'm not going to let my ego reign and just send you a newsletter I think is important (whole damn sentence was an oxymoron).

The Next Action Analysis tool's report has evolved quite a bit over the last two weeks (see picture below) since the initial post (5 metrics for assessing your GTD System). Here is a summary of the changes: Added more targeted recommendations for the specific metrics with the most room for improvement along with wiki links that provide GTD advice and ways to use MindReader to address problem.

Chuck Frey of the Mind Mapping Software Blog has a wonderful interview with Kyle McFarlin, the "Visual Strategist." Learn some great tips and approaches to using MindManager from the experts. It is a great read!