ActivityOwner.Com – Getting Things Done with MindManager

If your ResultsManager activities typically have start date entered (e.g. if you use MindReader), then you might find an added feature of the “next-action-verb-analysis” macro useful. The new version of the macro calculates the average age of your next actions and enumerates those stragglers that are more than twice the average. This provides a way […]

The current MindReader “o”, and “q” tags make use of a temporary MindManager map to transfer the text entered at the GyroQ prompt into the underlying SAX basic macros. This adds a second of processing time and a distracting flash of the temporary map. While waiting for the GyroQ version 7 upgrade, I worked out […]

This is almost too embarrassing to post. Working with MindReader this afternoon while doing my GTD weekly review, I noticed the script was running a bit sluggishly while processing items. I decided to go into the SAX basic code and see if I could speed it up a bit. I made several changes, including leaving […]

While reviewing my ResultsManager Daily Actions Plus Dashboard in MindManager this evening, I noticed I had accumulated quite a few “next actions” in the “no context” branch. This branch has usually be relatively lean since I began using MindReader heavily. Putting things in context is a key aspect of GTD. I realized several activities had […]

The recent ActivityOwner.Com review of MindManager 7 mentioned that a big downside of the new release was a bug that prevented the file operations in MindReader macros from working correctly when called by GyroQ. After some experimenting we’ve found that if file closure commands are moved to the end of the macros, then everything works! […]

The recording of Gyronix CEO Nik Tipler’s webinar on using GyroQ is now available. The audio isn’t all that hot, but the content is good, particularly around 32:45 if you are a MindReader fan :-). On a related note, David Allen‘s long-time tech guru Eric Mack has a MindJet Webinar on Wednesday March 28th on […]

Hans poured over the MindReader code and made several great suggestions, additions, and bug-fixes. For example, MindReader now adds a gray “blob” icon if it does not a responsible resource or an action verb to use in assigning a context. The big addition though is of a new GyroQ MindReader “s” tag. The existing “o” […]

The QuickTime video loop below shows the GyroQ MindReader “process current topics” (“c”) tag acting on selected MindManager topics. Based on the keyword matches the macro sees in the user’s MindReader configuration map, it performs a GTD “process” step by setting the activity context, due dates, icons, priorities, category, area, resources, etc. Keywords contained in […]