The Mindjet Labs

Last year I created and uploaded a demonstration project to Popfly that converted a Word 2007 Document to a WPF FlowDocument.  The best example of a FlowDocument can be seen in the New York Times Reader , an instance of Syndicated Client Starter...(read more)

I just posted the recording of the webinar that I did today showing a Word 2007 Add-in that creates WPF Flow Documents (using the FlowDocument class): https://www112.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/view?id=74SMQS Here's an example of where I've used it to...(read more)

One of the challenges with creating online documentation is readability, especially with long documents.  Most of the time, we end up printing out documents instead of attempting to read them online.  One we print them out we lose the ability to easily search for text, one of the great aspects of online documents.  Creating a great ...

As many of you might know, before I joined Microsoft this past Spring, I worked for Mindjet as an technical evangelist (one of my many titles) where I demonstrated the power of the MindManager Solution Platform through the Mindjet Labs.  One of the coolest demonstrations that I built (with the help of Vivek Vishist, a star solutions engineer) ...

The Word 2007 Map Editor for Mindjet MindManager has just been updated to fix a bug where .docx documents that origininate in Word 2007 cause a node-set error on import into MindManager.

Take a look at the review in PC Magazine about the Word 2007 Map Editor for Mindjet MindManager.  "I find MindManager to be a great aid for knowledge workers. For thinking, brainstorming, planning, and organizing it provides a much more intuitive tool than other applications. But we don't live on islands. Collaboration is important. ...

On Tuesday, January 30, Don Campbell from Microsoft and I will be giving a free technical webinar on how the Word 2007 Map Editor for Mindjet MindManager works.  Here's the description:Join Don Campbell, Technical Evangelist for Microsoft, and Michael Scherotter, Solutions Platform Evangelist for Mindjet, to see a demonstration ...

There's a good article in the 9/25/06 issue of Computerworld on interface changes that will come with Office 2007 and Vista. The main idea is that everyone recognizes that as the number of features available in any given application grows, it becomes increasingly difficult for the user to access what they need. The answer, according to the ...