Thought types are a single attribute for a thought you can only have one thought type per thought. So I asked my contact at TheBrain Technologies, Shelley Hayduk, to help me understand what’s unique about each type of map content, and the best ways to use them: It’s nice to see that this feature has been brought front and center.Īs I explored TheBrain 8, I got a bit confused on the differences between thought types and tags. In the previous version of the program, you had to manage thought types via a dialog box that was only accessible via the program’s menu. In version 8, the developer has added a new tab in the tools area at the bottom center of the workspace for thought types, where you can more quickly and easily activate, modify, create and delete them. You don’t have to start a new map when using these templates, either – you can import any of these quick-start brains into your existing brain at any time. Looking at the thought types tab below the map, I was delighted to see that you can not only create a hierarchy of them, but also color code and assign an icon to them, which adds more meaning and context.īusiness Brain: Exclusively the business portion from the One Brain for It All.īusiness Types and Tags: This option is designed for users who have an existing thought structure but want to augment their classification with just new thought types and tags.Įducation Brain: A helpful brain for students to organize projects, courses, career goals and capture their ideas.īrainstorming Brain: This brain features thoughts on goal directed thinking, David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology and Alexander Osborn’s (the father of brainstorming) brainstorming rules. It’s pretty comprehensive, and really gives you a sense of how TheBrain can be used to visually represent large quantities of information. I opened this brain and played around with it for a while.
One Brain For It All: A complete brain structure that contains thoughts, tags and types for business and personal information organization. Each one contains an existing set of thoughts, thought types and tags that you can edit, delete and customize to meet your needs. To help users get a jump-start on the development of their brains, the developer has thoughtfully added 5 templates to this new version. It’s hard to know where to start, much less what’s possible. One of the challenges of getting started with a tool like TheBrain is that it’s a blank slate. In this review, we’ll take a closer look at what’s new and improved, and what it means to you from a business standpoint. Several months ago, TheBrain Technologies introduced the latest version of its powerful mind mapping and knowledge visualization tool, TheBrain 8, which provides new ways for you to classify, organize and manipulate your information.įor this build, the developer has focused heavily on the user experience – helping you get started faster with templates, making it easier to apply tags and thought types, a new timeline view and all-around faster performance make TheBrain 8 a pleasure to work with.
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