21Jun
GEISTESBLITZ, (noun, m.) [’gæstes blîts]:
literally translated as mind flash, is a sudden insight or idea, often brilliant and unexpected. Consisting of the German words Geist (as in Zeitgeist) and Blitz (as in Blitzen, that lightning-fast reindeer of Santa Claus), it is probably best translated into English as brain wave or flash of genius.
The Geistesblitz Tools allow you to quickly submit your ideas (or Geistesblitzes) to your default map in MindMeister (remember, you can set your default map in the Properties dialog). The ideas will be inserted in a special branch top left of the root and remain there for you to copy to other maps, or move around in the default map.
Geistesblitz tools currently come in two flavours:
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Dashboard Widget / Sidebar Gadget
Set up the widget once with your MindMeister username and password, and fire off new ideas at will! Using the widget is fast and intuitive and besides, we think it looks rather dashing… |
System Requirements: Mac OS X (10.4+) or Windows Vista
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Quicksearch Extensions
Submit your ideas to your MindMeister default map directly from the search field in the top right-hand corner of your web browser. If you use the “Remember me” function on the MindMeister login form, you won’t even have to sign in! |
System Requirements: Firefox 2.x or Internet Explorer 7
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21Jun
It’s been a quiet few weeks on MindMeister. But although we’re quite proud of them, we haven’t spent all our time on the Geistesblitz tools - they are nice add-ons, but the productivity of our mind mapping users happens elsewhere.
So, over the course of the next two to three weeks we’ll be rolling out a number of new features that should benefit most of you - here’s a short list:
- Links between maps / ideas
- Automatic Layouter
- URL and Mail Links
- Changes view date slider
- Reworked, more organic lines
There are two more surprises that we’re currently working on which deserve a more thorough introduction than a mere mentioning in a feature list - stay tuned!
21Jun
As already mentioned above, we’ve done some work on the mind map lines to make them look smoother and more organic. However, we’re not quite sure what degree of “curvedness” to go for, so we thought we’d let you have a pick!
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It’s simple - just click the link below and let us know which line type you like best - you can also tell us to make it configurable if you think your tastes vary!
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21Jun
Both Till and I will be talking at RailsConf Europe 2007, which takes place from 17-19 September in Berlin.
Till will be speaking on Browser-based Testing with Selenium, whereas I will present the story of MindMeister in a Development Case Study. Both talks are scheduled for the last day, and we hope some MindMeister users will turn up too!
