Does Anyone Use The Brain v7?

Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Aug 31, 2013 at 11:05 PM

I use The Brain 7 every day at the office. It really works well for me. I have written about its advantages and disadvantages on my blog, here:

http://welcometosherwood.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/somethoughtsonthebrain/

Updating that post, I’ve returned to using The Brain, dropping Connected Text (not for any reason that is related to CT, just that I am more effective using The Brain).

And here’s another post about how I use The Brain (version 6, in this post) as a PIM:

http://welcometosherwood.wordpress.com/2011/02/24/personalbrain-as-a-management-tool/

I can’t answer your question about lots of text per note, as I don’t put anything but a few reminders or to dos in the notes. If you like the advantages of the Plex, you might try using an attachment to store the notes, instead of the notes panel. If you store the attached document within The Brain, the document is searchable from The Brain.

Anyway, I think The Brain is outstanding as a PIM, but you have to change your conception of PIM. I use attachments all the time, pulling in PDFs, e-Mails and other documents, and connecting them to related dates. For example, if I get an e-mail I have to act on, I drag it into the Plex under the date I need to act on it.

You can use the Pin function to keep much needed information at hand. The Calendar tool is actually quite good, though I don’t use it as much as I could, because I use my iPad for that purpose.

I only use WebBrain to sync my brains across devices, so I can’t comment much on it.

Having said all that, if you were not satisfied with version 6, then version 7 is probably not going to feel like a big improvement (although I like the curved links, as it makes them clearer).

Steve Z.