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PersonalBrain (available in a Free Edition, as well as paid editions) is quite possibly most intuitive mind mapping utility on the planet. Beyond that, its user interface looks like something that came straight out of Star Trek, making it the nerdily coolest-looking mind mapping tool I’ve seen.
The primary unit of organization in the application is called a Brain (as you might expect). Each Brain is composed of thoughts–essentially, idea components, tasks, or goals–which can be created with a double-click and associated with one another freely. Thoughts connect to one another not merely in a parent-child hierarchy, but can cross-connect to other thoughts.
PersonalBrain 5.5 Pro is available from Creation Engine at an education discount price of $179.
TheBrain Technologies announced that PersonalBrain 5.5, the latest version of its powerful information visualization and organization software is now available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.
PersonalBrain 5.5 Feature Highlights
- Advanced reporting with display filtering. Powerful custom reports can now be defined utilizing multiple criteria including types, tags, and attachments.
- Faster, more flexible information visualization options. PersonalBrain’s popular outline view now enables unlimited parent-ward expansion. Additionally there are many improvements to the expanded view including automatic saving.
- Revamped calendar with recurring events. Users can setup events and reminders to stay on top of all project deadlines and key timelines.
- Keyboard shortcuts for virtually every feature. Power users can further customize features with their own keyboard commands.
- Integrated screen-capture capability. A powerful and convenient method for grabbing any portion of your screen to use as a zoomable Thought icon.
- Expanded preferences, Thought spellchecking, streamlined user interface and more. There are over 150 new features and improvements in PersonalBrain 5.5
PersonalBrain 5.5 Pro is available at an education discount price of $179.
PersonalBrain 5.5 Core is available at an education discount price of $89.
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PersonalBrain 5.5 will be a free upgrade for all version 5 users and contains over 150 new features and improvements. In addition to many feature enhancements, the new version includes Thought spellchecking with dictionaries for: English (US and UK), Spanish, French, German, Portuguese (Brazilian and Iberian), Italian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian and Swedish.
A list of the new and enhanced features for PersonalBrain 5.5.
PersonalBrain 5 Pro Mac/Windows/Linux (download version) is available at an education discount price of $179.
PersonalBrain 5 Core (download version) is available at an education discount price of $89.
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But for the moment: Personal Brain, from TheBrain software in Marina del Rey, California. I’m in that familiar and always-enjoyable phase of feeling: this program is really interesting, and let’s see how it fits the way I think and work.
The idea of the program is to connect any item — a call you want to make, a web site you want to quote, a PDF file you want to read, or even an entire project you’re beginning — with any other, in a flexible variety of relationships. FWIW, the program calls its items “thoughts.” Here’s an idea of how some of the connections look, in a view that shows many projects for which I’m collecting info or am working on.
PersonalBrain 5 Pro Mac/Windows/Linux (download version) is available at an education discount price of $179.
PersonalBrain 5 Core (download version) is available at an education discount price of $89.
PersonalBrain 5 Pro Special introductory price of $179!
Normal academic price $199.
Offer good through 8/15/2009.
PersonalBrain 5 Core Special introductory price of $89!
Normal academic price $99.
Offer good through 8/15/2009.