29Oct
You may have noticed that the front page of MindMeister is wearing it’s very own Halloween costume today (you need to be logged out to see it). While technically Halloween doesn’t get fully underway until tomorrow evening, we’re betting that there’s some trick or treating already going on in your office, classroom, or anywhere else you use MindMeister.
And as is customary with events surrounding All Hallows Eve, we’ve got a bit of Trick-or-Treating going on at the MeisterLabs as well. There were a number of ideas bantered around the office (inverting all maps color schemes, replacing all icons with Jack-O-Lanterns, etc.), we decided that it might be best to keep all the tricks in-house, and send the treats out to the MindMeister community.
In lieu of sending out packets of sugary goodies to each and every one of you (dentists rejoice!), we thought we’d do the next best thing – save you a bit of dough.
Until the stroke of Midnight on October 31st, we’re offering a 20 percent discount on all Premium account upgrades and purchases.
As a reminder, Premium account benefits include:
- An unlimited amount of mindmaps vs. a limit of 3 with Basic accounts
- Export MindMeister maps to FreeMind and MindManager™ formats
- Create and edit maps offline
- Advertising free, logo free exports
Any much more….
To take advantage of this offer, simply enter the code
happyhalloween
in the Promotion Code field on the signup pages and we’ll automatically take the 20% off your license fee.
So from all of us here at the MeisterLabs, have a safe, sound, and Happy Halloween!
12Oct
Hi folks! No new announcements regarding the MindMeister service and/or our iPhone app. Rather, I’d like to take this space to introduce myself. My name is Dan Taylor, I’m an American living in Vienna, Austria, and I’ve recently started working with the team at MindMeister.
I must admit, prior to sitting down with Michael and talking through what MindMeister is, and what you can accomplish with it, I hadn’t really used a service like this before. Fast forward just a few days, and I’ve started mapping out a few projects that I’m working on, adding timelines, due dates, priority, connections, links…in other words, I’ve tasted the MindMeister kool-aid, and I’m hooked.
A little bit about me. I’ve been involved with the online space for over 10 years now, starting out during the first dot com boom selling online ad space for an entertainment portal (remember banner ads? Yeah…I sold them). Post bubble burst, I had an outstanding opportunity to move to the United Kingdom and work with a fundraising agency that worked with some amazing charities around the world. Just over a year later, it was time to pack the bags again, as I was asked to move back to the states, and together with a partner, founded and built the American branch of said organization. Here, I filled the shoes of National Recruitment Manager. A few years, and a whole lotta advertising and brand marketing later, I took the position of Director of Marketing at a prominent online video sharing site. With one thing leading to the other, I moved to Austria with my wife just over two years ago. Since this time, I started working as a marketing consultant, and have been involved in a number of campaigns and projects, everything from SEO to Social Media engagement, original content creation, video and graphics works, and the list goes on.
What interests me most about MindMeister is the untapped potential of every single one of our users. Sure, MindMeister is a great way to map out thoughts and ideas, but what gets me going are some of the truly incredible ways some individuals and companies are using our product. Toss the GeistesBlitz arm of MindMeister’s services in there, and you’ve got some truly staggering power at your fingertips.
So thanks again to Michael and the entire MindMeister team for their more than welcoming gestures. And thank you to all of you who’ve made MindMeister a success thus far.
As I’m now privy to see what’s going on behind the scenes at the MindMeister camp, I’m not willing to tell you what we’ve got in store over the next few months, but I will say this….watch this space, as some new and exciting things will start appearing soon!
5Oct
Post-It notes are great for jotting down ideas, one liners, and reminders to grab some milk on the way home, but they do have limitations. How many times have you dashed down a though or idea on a post it, cocktail napkin, or scrap sheet of paper, only to go searching for it hours or days later? I’m fairly certain we can all relate to this situation. Enter, Geistesblitz.
Much more than just a note taking tool, our new free iPhone application, Geistesblitz brings a whole new level to your ‘flashes of genius’ with on the spot submissions and online organization and storage. Users can create a free MindMeister account from within the application, and begin organizing thoughts-on-the-go instantly.
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.
Once signed in, all entries to the Geistesblitz app are instantly updated within the users’ default mindmap. As with all MindMeister maps, these ideas, reminders, thoughts can then be manipulated in a variety of ways. Connections can be made, links applied to ideas, and notes can even be added to your notes.
Posting a Geistesblitz to your default map
Perhaps you’ve struck upon an idea that’s taking on a life of it’s own with sub categories and notes. Why not break it out into it’s own mind map? Within your online account, a simple right click presents you with the option to take this one point and create a new map from it.
In addition to upping your GTD score, having Geistesblitz at your side ensures that no idea should ever be scribbled down on a scrap piece of paper, and consequently lost, ever again.
Grab the new free Geistesblitz application from the iTunes store today! And remember, if you like Geistesblitz, why not consider having the full power of MindMeister on your iPhone at all times?
