Paul Korm
3/20/2016 11:43 am
TF -- I use all three -- TheBrain, SouthBeach and ThinkComposer
TF wrote:
For that requirement I would be using a mind mapper like MindJet MindManager (preferably) or another mind mapper that supports task scheduling. I agree that TheBrain's methods are slow -- there is much improvement in the forthcoming version 9. But the developers are saying version 9 will eliminate the calendar integration, which is a big step backward. (My comments on v9 are based on beta testing, and the beta is open to all currently paid-up license holders, so there's nothing secret about it.)
I like the way MindJet plays with Outlook and OneNote. MindJet has the "idea capture", "show interrelationships and dependencies" and "fast assignment of temporal characteristics" down cold -- far better than the other tools you've mentioned. (ConnectedText of course meets all these needs, except easy graphical visualization.) In my case, I use the MindJet clipper in Outlook to send links to emails, tasks, calendar entries to MindJet -- where I can rearrange these items on the MindJet canvas, make connections, add notes and quickly build a visual planner.
TheBrain v8 (current commercial release) does a good job of importing MindJet files and so if you want to use TheBrain for collating a large volume of info and notes gathered over a long time (a typical use case for TheBrain) it's easy to bring in data from individual MindJet files into a Brain that consolidates that data into a large framework. The downside is that it's really difficult to get data back out of TheBrain.
TF wrote:
My Holy Grail is to find a Visual idea capture tool that shows interrelationships,
dependencies and also allows fast assignment of temporal characteristics
like “due” or “review for further action” dates.
For that requirement I would be using a mind mapper like MindJet MindManager (preferably) or another mind mapper that supports task scheduling. I agree that TheBrain's methods are slow -- there is much improvement in the forthcoming version 9. But the developers are saying version 9 will eliminate the calendar integration, which is a big step backward. (My comments on v9 are based on beta testing, and the beta is open to all currently paid-up license holders, so there's nothing secret about it.)
I like the way MindJet plays with Outlook and OneNote. MindJet has the "idea capture", "show interrelationships and dependencies" and "fast assignment of temporal characteristics" down cold -- far better than the other tools you've mentioned. (ConnectedText of course meets all these needs, except easy graphical visualization.) In my case, I use the MindJet clipper in Outlook to send links to emails, tasks, calendar entries to MindJet -- where I can rearrange these items on the MindJet canvas, make connections, add notes and quickly build a visual planner.
TheBrain v8 (current commercial release) does a good job of importing MindJet files and so if you want to use TheBrain for collating a large volume of info and notes gathered over a long time (a typical use case for TheBrain) it's easy to bring in data from individual MindJet files into a Brain that consolidates that data into a large framework. The downside is that it's really difficult to get data back out of TheBrain.