Using Personal Brain without making a huge mess

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Aug 1, 2011 at 06:15 PM

If you’re looking for a dumping ground, then I don’t think PersonalBrain would be your best choice. For that I use Zoot.

But there are schemes for moderately using PB in this way. You can create a Thought called “In Box” and pin it to the top of the Plex, so that it is readly available. You can then dump items into the In Box as needed, but you’ll want to attend to the In Box regularly to find homes for its Child Thoughts.

Here’s a screenshot of how I’ve got “In Box” as a Jump Thought off of my Home Thought and as a pin in the upper left part of the Plex:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/155244/PB%20with%20In%20Box.jpg

You can also create a tag called “Unfiled” to identify Thoughts you don’t necessary have a place for yet—although you still have to put them somewhere.

Nevertheless, PersonalBrain definitely takes engagement with your information. As I said in my other post, I find this a plus, but it won’t be for everyone.

Steve Z.