To get the most out of GTD with MindManager it is important to have as many ways to you Inbox-Map as possible. myThings for MindManager gives you direct access to the Inbox-Map in MindManager and the myInbox Application where you can save your thoughts when you’re not working with MindManager and there is the native Add-In from Mindjet where you can add Outlook items to your active MindManager Map.

Now we have added another way to myThings for MindManager to add things to your Inbox-Map. With Mindjet Mobile for Android or for iOS (iPhone, iPod and iPad) and Dropbox you can add all your Topcs from a mobile Inbox-Map to the Desktop Inbox-Map with a simple click.

This is how it goes:

Prepation

• Open a Dropbox Account
  Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, videos and files anywhere and share them easily over your Desktop (Mac & PC), mobile device and the Web-platform. The free account starts at 2 GB and you can get up to 20GB of free diskspace. If you don’t have an account you can get one from here: http://db.tt/o1KmCCe (using this link link will give you another 250MB of free diskspace)
• Get the Dropbox Apps for your devices.
  The Apps are free and you can get on the respective marketplaces for your device or directly from the Dropbox website.
• Get Mindjet Mobile – if you not have it yet
  Mindjet Mobile is also free and you can get it from Google Play or the iTunes Appstore.
• Connect Mindjet Mobile with your Dropbox account
  On iOS-devices: Click on Add storage services and select Dropbox.
  On Android-devices: Open the Settings for Mindjet Mobile and mark “Dropbox support” in the Cloud-group.
• Create your mobile Inbox-Map in the Dropbox folder and save it.
  On iOS-devices : Select Dropbox, the Dropbox folder and add a new Map. Give the new Map a Name and start typing. When your device is connected to the Internet the new Map will be synchronized to your Dropbox-account.
  On Android-devices: Just create a new Map. It will automatically be added to your Dropbox-account when the Device is connected to the Internet.
• Start MindManager on your Desktop
• Open the myThings Options under the myThings-Tab
  
• Select the Maps Category in the Options
  
• Add the Mobile Inbox Map to it’s respective field.
  You can select it by clicing on the button right to the field or by typing the full path to the Map-file.

Get the mobile Inbox-Map in to the Desktop Inbox-Map

Now you can sync your Mobile Map into the desktop Map by clicking on the Sync-Icon in the myThings task pane.

From now on you can add things to your Inbox-Map on the run and it will get harder to forget things – and you become more reliable .

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Mindjet har købt Thinking Space en meget populært App til oprettelse af Mind Maps på en Android-enhed. Nu har App’en fået en lille overhaling og er frigivet som Mindjet for Android, som en gratis App.

Jeg har i længere tid arbejdet med Thinking Space Pro og det er min favorit App på min Galaxy Tab. Det har virket uden bøvl og jeg kunne gemme mine Maps i et MindManager-format. Jeg kunne gemme dem i min Dropbox mappe og på denne måde let synkronisere dem både med min Mac og min Windows PC. Irriterende var det dog at Thinking Space ikke kunne “beholde” formateringerne fra Desktop udgaverne – hvilket betød at jeg skulle til at omformatere dem hver gang de “kom tilbage” fra min Galaxy Tab. Det kunne dog løses ved at tildele en Map-Style når Map’en blev åbnet på min Desktop-udgave – men irriterende var det!

Det er slut nu – den vigtigste ændring i forhold til den “gamle” Thinking Space Pro er det native filformat for MindManager-Maps. Nu bliver de gemt som “.mmap” og formateringer beholdes, så vidt de understøttes af Android-versionen, men her vil der løbende komme tilpasninger fra Mindjet’s side, så dette manko vil nok blive udlignet med tiden. Ellers har de tilrettet symbolerne og farverne, så de passer til Mindjet MindManager.

Der er forskel mellem Mindjet for Android og Mindjet for iOS

Selvom Mindjet for Android og Mindjet for iOS kommer fra samme hus, så er der forskel i at arbejdet med dem. De har ikke de samme funktioner og betjenes heller ikke på samme måde, så hvis du både har en iPhone/iPad og en Android-enhed, så skal du vende dig til forskellig betjening og små forskelle på funktionerne.

Integrationen af Android-udgaven er heller ikke så tæt endnu som i iOS-udgaven. Du kan således endnu ikke koble dig på Mindjet Connect, men Mindjet har lovet at det vil ske i fremtiden. Indtil da kan du synkronisere dine Maps igennem Dropbox og så uploade dem til Mindjet Connect for at dele dem med andre.

Prøv den

Er du som mig der elsker det visuelle og at tage noter i Mind Map formatet,  så kan jeg kun varmt anbefale at prøve denne App. Den er perfekt til at tage noter på møder og af dine ideer. Thinking Space Pro var god og denne App er nu blevet endnu bedre.

Virker også med ældre MindManager versioner

Der er iøvrigt ikke nødvendigt at have den nyeste version af Mindjet MindManager. Filformatet virker også med ældre versioner helt ned til MindManager X5, så hvis du er den lykkelige ejer af Mindjet MindManager, så får du også gavn af Mindjet for Android.

Læs mere om App’en hos Mindjet: http://mindjet.com/android

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Wouldn’t it be great also to edit your MindManager-Maps on an Android-Phone or -Tablet to keep track of your notes and projects? With Thinking Space this is possible – simple  and comfortable.

When you know MindManager, then you know how great it is to use Mind Maps and to visualize your information. When you are on the move you can’t use MindManager, unless you have a notebook or an Iphone. There is no MindManager for an Android-Device. This has changed with Thinking Space from Kinesthetic Ltd.

You can get a free version which is financed by advertising. It has already a lot of functionality for the daily use. There is also a Pro-version for 2.95 UK£ . It’s without Adverts and has some more functions like File Hyperlinks and a Style mode. The Pro-version is every penny worth.

You may say that Mind Maps on a Smartphone are too small and yes, I have tried it on my Iphone and there is almost no overview on bigger Maps. But now I also have a Samsung Galaxy Tab and this Screen is big enough to have larger Maps on it and still have the overview. And when you only want to take some notes for later use, the screen of a Smartphone also is big enough.

Common for both is that the User interface is very easy to handle and it is fun to work with the Maps. To add a new Topic Tap the Add-button and type the text. When you want to move a Topic just drag it with your finger like the way you know from MindManager. And if you don’t like the menu you can use gestures for many functions – this makes it easy to take notes on meetings .

Thinking Space has it’s own file-format, but you can change the default file-format to MindManagers XMMap. Open the Preferences and select MindManager as your Default File format.

The only thing is that all the formatting gets lost, when I save my Map in the MindManager file-format from Thinking Space, but this is no problem for me, since I use MindManager with a bigger screen for all the formatting.

Beyond different file-formats you also can store your Maps in many places on your device or outside: Your phone, a  SD-Card, your Dropbox-Account, the Thinking Space Cloud and MindMeister.

I have tried Thinking Space for while now and it has become my favourite App for my Tablet.