Often I’m jotting things down in OneNote or Evernote as reminders to share at some point down the road. “How do I fit it in?”. The question I’m most often asked is how I fit everything into a 2.0 lifestyle. What is my time management plan? Or, if you’re clever, what is my time danagement style? How am I able to fit in 3 kids (aka the goat rodeo of 7, 5 and 3 years of age), a lovely better half, fitness, friends, employment, hobbies, and of course … all those distracting 2.0 sharing’ tools. Consumption is a dead end street. To not blog, or micro-blog is a travesty to this theory. MORE >>

Microsoft describes the difference between Office as we know it and Office 365 this way: “Office is productivity software (including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and OneNote) that is installed on your desktop or laptop computer. How many of us spend most of our days in Microsoft Office? know I do. In May, in a visit to Microsoft’s campus with executives from PageUp People, we were able to see prototypes of the new Microsoft Office product. And – dare I say it – it looked pretty cool. Today in San Francisco,Mr. The modern look was a big appeal to me. MORE >>

Tiffany Wood, the Snagit Product Manager, Kathy Jacobs , Social Media Credit Analyst and OneNote MVP, and Kyle Mulka from Twilk and I will be heading out March 09 on our drive to Austin. I'm a Navy brat. Every summer my dad would go on active duty and my mom would load my sister and I up in the car and we'd head out on a road trip to meet-up with him for vacation. We'd hit the road and visit Washington DC, Chicago, Rhode Island, Norfolk. wherever he was stationed. It was a great way to see the country. I've always loved a good road trip! Do you remember this one? I'm a Navy brat. MORE >>

If you do follow this approach to collect ideas, OneNote and Evernote are two good tools because you can easily do screen and text captures. I like to download the TED videos and watch them when I travel. On my recent flight to Atlanta, I watched IDEO’s Tim Brown talk about the powerful relationship between playing and creative thinking. The essence of his presentation is how to design a better product and user experience. He discussed three key elements: exploration, thinking with your hands, and role playing. Exploration. This is as much art as it is science. But that’s OK. MORE >>

Vote: Treepad P_Smith MrktMind March 30, 2009 at 4:55 AM I want to be able to do mind maps inside of Onenote without leaving Onenote!!! SnoringFrog OctaviaLalime March 30, 2009 at 10:59 AM microsoft onenote 2007 OctaviaLalime MurdockHamjelly March 30, 2009 at 9:22 AM @Kamatari+: I use Mindmeister and really like it. Check out the applications your fellow readers use to do their best brainstorming. MindMeister (Web Application, Free) MindMeister is by far the most simplistic mind mapping tool in the top five, but its simplicity is definitely an asset. Agree with the spread? MORE >>