Last month I mentioned that among my perennial favorites in the 'interesting software' category is The Brain, known in a previous incarnation as Personal Brain and out now with a substantially revised The Brain 7. Here's how it looks:
Jul 30, 2014 Limited scope product, poor executive management, mediocre benefits!' Star Star Star Star Star. Work/Life Balance. Culture & Values. From artificially injecting positive reviews here on GlassDoor, to coaching executives with what they are supposed to say to potential investment firms, nothing is out of bounds. Out-year software. I'm doing 7 reviews of mind mapping software in (about) 7 days. This is review #1. I'll download the software, spend at least 1 day with it, and then use it to create the review video. TheBrain is the trusted repository of all kinds of people and knowledge. From business leaders to visionary artists. From scientific data to marketing plans. When you start your Brain, you join a community of people who share your passion for knowledge and getting things done.
Steve Zeoli, of Vermont, has over the years proudly identified himself as a sufferer of CRIMP -- Compulsive Reactive Information Manager Purchasing. This is of course the same syndrome I euphemistically describe as 'a taste for 'interesting' software,' and it has led Zeoli, like me, to keep trying every new info-handling system that appears. It has also led him to a series of illuminating chronicles about these programs. My purpose in writing today is to point toward some of his recent entries on the newest edition of The Brain (he is also the source of the screenshot above). They are:
- An overview of the Brain's improvements, strengths, and limits;
- a description of how he uses The Brain as a 'commonplace book';
- how he uses Tinderbox for the same purpose (hey, endlessly trying out new tools for the same job is an 'opportunity,' not a waste or distraction, in CRIMP-land);
- an early Tinderbox-v-Brain smackdown highlighting their respective traits;
- and others you'll see on his site.
If you are interested in software, you will be interested in this.
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