Opinions On TheBrain?

Posted by Graham Rhind
Jun 13, 2008 at 01:45 PM

I’m using The Brain Pro (which I chose over Core because it allows multiple documents to be attached to a single thought - the “lesser” versions seemed to me to be too crippled and I knew I wouldn’t use them).

The Brain is in a fight with Ultra Recall and OneNote for my attention. The Brain can auto-minimise to a small icon at the monitor’s rim, which I find very useful. I am currently using it mainly for my family tree and as a way to find and open business documents which I need regularly but which are scattered around the network - a glorified Explorer.

The Brain lacks the ability to keep structured data structured, so for that sort of information (customer data, purchase patterns etc.) I use UR. I’m using OneNote as my library, but I am currently considering building a knowledge brain with The Brain because of its ability to have multiple links to multiple items, and to show these in the interface - something I miss greatly in OneNote.

The newest Brain release (4.5) is much snappier but I still notice a delay in opening thoughs that contain notes, even short notes, so some patience is required when using it.

Graham