TheBrain vs Evernote vs Personal Wiki

Posted by thouqht
Sep 29, 2018 at 07:47 PM

tldr: If you had to organize a large body of content spanning many different topics and projects for easy reference in the creation of NEW content, what would you use?
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Hey friends,

For background, I previously posted this topic: https://www.outlinersoftware.com/topics/viewt/8387/0/software-request-open-source-personal-content-repository

In that topic I decided to go with Org-Mode. I still AM going to go with org-mode as my main content CREATION tool (I’m currently spinning up my dream editor in Emacs), but I’m realizing that it’s quite challenging to use as a reference tool.

It’s simply too cumbersome to link and search files to create a truly useful web of connected knowledge. Yes you CAN do it, but it’s seeming to be far more clicks and configuration than it’s worth.

Let’s say over the course of the next few years I’ll produce hundreds of pieces of content (newsletters, outlines for videos, social media campaigns, etc.) many of them will be nested inside certain series, connected to various topics, attached to various projects. What would you recommend to STORE the content after I’ve created it?

The main goal would be to reference this content to build new connections and insights that would lead to the creation of even more content.

As a windows user, right now my best options seem to be:
- Evernote
- TheBrain
- A personal wiki

I’m already quite familiar with Evernote, and it would probably get the job done as a pure reference tool. However, it lacks the features for connectivity and discovery such as custom fields and backlinking.

This has me considering TheBrain or a personal wiki. The nice thing about a wiki is that it could be built with free and open software. The nice thing about TheBrain is that it seems pretty much designed for my purposes here and might even be able to replace my evernote usage.

I don’t have much experience with either of these options and so wanted to hear your thoughts, particularly from those of you who have experience with either. Of course, if there’s other options I haven’t considered, I’m all ears.