![]() I was hoping for something that would actively help me make sense of all the content I have, not just be a better Spotlight. I constantly wish DTPO were smarter, faster and played better with others (more collaboration features). It seems that DTPO requires too much fiddling for me, though less than The Brain. I always preferred Pinky, actually, and The Brain became cumbersome for me before the day was over. Well, I had a relatively brief affair with “The Brain”. So yeah, just some crazy long thoughts from a DT and TB user. I’ll be sure to have a look at the link above when I have time to start exploring this. ![]() I’d probably benefit from checking out apple scripts etc and seeing if some of what I’m doing can be automated - like taking the name of the note and adding it as a thought in the brain with the devonthink id link in the notes. ![]() There’s probably still some friction from doubling up the work in places but for me it seems necessary as on their own neither program gets the best from me. Going forward I imagine the use of the 2 programs will change somewhat. However I still prefer to keep my attachments in devonthink as you can pick and choose which documents to sync, whereas thebrain is all or none (with some file size exclusions). Anything added to thebrain from devonthink - even as a summary or just a thought with a link back to the information in devonthink also gets tagged so I’m aware - and that’s pretty much everything.Īs an aside, now thebrain has released their iOS apps I can navigate the structure (including notes and any attachments) of my brains from my devices which is great. I seem to have found a distinction between my use in that a lot of my mundane personal documents can live on their own in devonthink, whereas the more knowledge based stuff gets summarised and added to thebrain (and the thoughts notes) to navigate. I tend to pull out information from devonthink to add to thebrain - relevant information from attachments (not copied in full) just get pasted in the notes section of the thebrain and a devonthink link added. For the most part I keep my attachments in devonthink - though occasionally they will be duplicated to thebrain (or maybe dropbox) but I just tag them on both ends so I’m aware. I now use specific brains for specific purposes or topics and I’m ok with them being “messy” and evolving. I can file things with little thought into a conventional folder or tag structure and that’s allowed me to get a little free-er with my use of thebrain. So for me, devonthink has become my long-term stable knowledge and information manager. I think that’s one of the first things you need to let go of to take full advantage of the brain - any perfectionist or obsessive qualities because thebrain (I think) works best if you let it evolve a little more naturally rather than spend endless hours trying to set it up “perfectly”. Now this i consider a problem with me (lol) rather than the software because the instant search and extended search is very good so I wouldn’t “lose” documents and if the document or thought you added is important - it would likely be in an area of the brain you go to often and so would get tidied up as you go anyway. I also like things very organised and when adding thoughts or files to thebrain it never felt complete - how I wanted to link or tag or what not, and I was worried information I was putting into the brain was being dropped into a bottomless pit. I used one brain for everything and it became too unwieldily. ![]() The main reason I switched to devonthink was I struggling to use thebrain. I also like the conventional folder structure I can set up in devonthink (but with the bonus of being able to replicate). Devonthink I love the search function and that attachments can mostly be viewed from within the program. I absolutely love the visuals of thebrain and I find navigating it a pleasure. My workflow between the 2 programs is still sketchy as I try (perhaps in vain) to differentiate my use between them rather than doubling up and repeating the work in both programs. Well I’m a recent convert to devonthink who has used thebrain for years and will probably continue to do so.
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