{"id":1486,"date":"2012-06-08T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T16:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2012-06-06T15:15:06","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T19:15:06","slug":"on-my-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2012\/06\/08\/on-my-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"On my Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I tested out both\u00a0The Brain<\/a> and\u00a0FreeMind<\/a> last weekend and I’m still trying to brainstorm up more ways to use the software.\u00a0 \u00a0The Brain<\/a> is shown above with all my stuff in it.\u00a0 I like the expanded view (shown) the best because it looks like some kind of biological chaos.\u00a0 I also really like the ability to link ‘thoughts’ to documents or web pages and then link them together regardless of their hierarchy.\u00a0 Instead of a standard tree branch formation you can actually have crossing branches.\u00a0 This would have come in handy when I was researching genealogy (for an unnamed family) and got stuck with that one generation with marriages between two couples of first cousins.\u00a0 Ok, yeah, it was my family.\u00a0 But it was so long ago I doubt it has any bearing on my mental capacities.\u00a0 I really like \u00a0The Brain<\/a> for file and project management.<\/p>\n

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FreeMind<\/a> is a little different and a lot less chaotic looking.\u00a0 It is more of a standard tree branch set up.\u00a0 I’ve used it hear to get a visual representation of my characters.\u00a0 What you don’t see in this snapshot is that each little circle at the end of a line either expands to more tree branches or (in the case of names) expands to a full character description\/bio and picture.\u00a0 The arrows show cross-overs of characters between story-lines.\u00a0 I’m currently using FreeMind<\/a> to mock up my next choose-your-own adventure story.\u00a0 So I recommend both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I tested out both\u00a0The Brain and\u00a0FreeMind last weekend and I’m still trying to brainstorm up more ways to use the software.\u00a0 \u00a0The Brain is shown above with all my stuff in it.\u00a0 I like the expanded view (shown) the best because it looks like some kind of biological chaos.\u00a0 I also really like the ability… Continue reading On my 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