ActivityOwner.Com – Getting Things Done with MindManager

“Buy eggs tomorrow!” “Call Bob next week”, “Read Getting Things Done someday” Longtime ActivityOwner.com readers may remember an early post that speculated about the possibility of having GyroQ parse the text of an action item to automatically infer things like context. due date, priority, etc. This could act as a time saver, allow one tag […]

If you use a series of linked maps and dashboards to navigate around your projects and tasks, you can quickly find yourself with a dozen maps open at a time, even though you are only actively editing a couple of them. The GyroQ “clo” tag described in this post enables you to clear your plate […]

The recent “Put it in Front of the Door” post described the use of GyroQ and the Windows scheduler to automatically refresh a set of Gyronix ResultsManager dashboards using the GyroActivator language. On a related note, a recent post on the Yahoo GTD_MindManager forum inquired about the possibility of adding a MindManager menu button to […]

Does “last action” clutter make your “next action” maps less effective? In a post on the Yahoo GTD-MindManager group, Colin raises the question of how to best handle completed tasks in MindManager maps: Has anyone here struggled with the best way to track a history of completed tasks? When it comes to finite projects, it […]

Mindjet just announced an upcoming Webinar by Gyronix CTO Nick Duffill on Visualizing Outcomes: Managing Simultaneous Projects with MindManager and ResultsManager on Tuesday, November 28 at 10AM PST (GMT-8:00). MindJet has increasingly been promoting the use MindManager for Project Management. While MindManager alone does have great utility, using it for project management without ResultsManager can […]

Elizabeth recently posted on the Yahoo GTD_Mindmanager group on her use of MindManager to review the Incompletion Triggers list from David Allen’s book Getting Things Done. The trigger list provides prompts to jog your memory of open loops that are “on your mind” that you need into translate to projects and next actions. She inquired […]

Here is a GyroQ application that might find its way into your top 20 uses of GyroQ. Do you need to track your time on projects or areas in order to maintain personal balance or for reporting purposes? Perhaps GyroQ can help… Lacking the discipline such a tool might provide, I spent a bit too […]

Individuals and teams adopting ResultsManager as a productivity tool can increase their chances of success if they are familiar with (if not adherents to) David Allen’s “Getting Things Done” (‘GTD”) methodology. The abridged audio version of David’s book is a good way to get started, particularly if you spend a lot of time in the […]