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PM Twitter Tweets – Revisited

by Alec Satin

Based on your positive feedback from the March project management and career twitter tweets post, here are some management, leadership and inspirational tweets you might enjoy.

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Free Project Management Tool – The Promise Keeper

by Alec Satin

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Does PMP certification make a better project manager? When Raven Young asked this question, opinions varied.
Does Microsoft Project, the de facto project management software standard, improve IT project performance? I challenge anyone to show me proof of a strong correlation between how good you are as a project manager, and the cost of the tools that you use.
Some of the best project managers use the simplest tools. Many of us who are efficiency software and tool junkies have come full circle and selectively reincorporated paper-based task systems into our personal workflows.
As part of the primary mission of [...]

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Portable Mindmapping with MindVisualizer

by Alec Satin

As a follow up to the recent Learning Mind Mapping Linkfest, here is a quick review of Innovation Gear’s MindVisualizer mindmapping software. MindVisualizer makes it very easy to create and share mindmaps. With it you can concentrate on mindmapping rather than on learning how to use the tool.
What I like

Portable application. It can be run from a USB Flash drive if desired. No administrator privileges are needed. I keep mine on my IronKey 8GB USB Flash Drive.
Nice appearance for a Windows application. Customizable. Well thought out GUI. Everything is where you would expect it to be, which reduces the [...]

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Portable Windows Tools (2) – Find Windows Files Quickly with XYPlorer

by Alec Satin

Have you ever spent 20 minutes looking for a file on your Windows PC that you just knew was there, but couldn’t find?
Here’s a free tool that has helped me numerous times.
XYPlorer is a portable file manager for Windows with a powerful file search capability. Portable means that it can be placed on a USB flash drive (like the Ironkey) for use when needed. Unlike Google Desktop or Windows Desktop Search, you only have to run XYPlorer when you want to use it.
While the most recent version requires purchase, the freeware version 5.55 is still generally available from the Portable [...]

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Is Stress Eraser the Definitive Insomnia Cure?

by Alec Satin

While I’ve been a deep sleeper for most of my life, over the last few years I’ve had recurring bouts of insomnia. Following the standard sleep dos and don’ts has not really helped my 4am awakenings. When these times hit me, I am wide eyed with mind throttle wide open.
A few months ago a google search let me to the website for the Stress Eraser. The Stress Eraser is an attractive, deck-of-cards sized biofeedback device. Its purpose is to provide an easy way to bring yourself to a place of physiological equilibrium. It’s convenient to carry, operates on 2 AAA [...]

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