TheBrain as file manager?

Posted by Jorge Watanabe
Dec 16, 2013 at 08:05 PM

Stephen Zeoli wrote:
Hi, Jorge,
> >I don’t blame you for not wanting to spend $219 for TheBrain (TB) if you
>don’t have to. However, in my view, you’re not going to find a better
>solution (but I admit to not having a very thorough knowledge of other
>file manager apps). To help others come up with suggestions, it may be
>useful to list some of the advantages of using TheBrain as a file
>manager:
> >1. Flexible. You can add virtually any type of file to a thought in TB.
>You can attach multiple files to the same thought or have a different
>thought for each file. You can embed the file in TB or leave it as a
>link to an external file. If you embed the file, it becomes fully
>searchable (at least the most common file types do).
> >2. Visual. You can indicate how files are related to one another using
>the link and plex geography. The links can now have labels to further
>explain the connections. You can add icons—from the icon collection
>or from screen clips—to help you remember or otherwise illustrate
>what’s in the files.
> >3. Meta-Data. You can include additional information about the files
>using the notes tool, the type tool, the tagging tool, and even the
>calendar (add a tickle reminder to do something with a specific file).
>Include URLs to sources as attachments. Drag a related e-mail note from
>Outlook as an attachment or a child thought.
> >4. Find stuff. If you’ve used the meta data, you can run remarkably
>sophisticated reports to locate your data. The search function is
>powerful. Type a string into the search box and a list of thoughts
>including that phrase in the name appears. Hit enter and the search tool
>window goes into action, providing a list of thoughts that match your
>search string, separated by whether the string was found in the title or
>in the attached file (only if the file is embedded in TB).
> >5. Ease of use. Drag stuff in, move it around, draw links. It really is
>easy. Also, you can pin commonly accessed files to the top of the plex,
>so you can access them quite quickly.
> >I really can’t think of another app that provides that much power for
>file management, but I hope others are able to suggest alternatives.
> >Steve Z.

Hi Steve, and thank you. I agree with you. TheBrain is great, almost perfect for my needs—and expensive. If it was half the price, I would buy it today.