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TheBrain v. Obsidian as of May 2021
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Posted by Graham Rhind
May 7, 2021 at 12:26 PM
@Franz
Yes, the move is in progress :-)
I’ve moved two projects to UltraRecall. They may stay there or be ported further to MyInfo or RightNote. I can never make up my mind which of these group I prefer to use.
One project (with the many attachments per note) I’ve moved to Zoot.
My family tree is moving to a specialist genealogist software. That’s taking a while though - I never realised how extensive it had become - The Brain hides that very well!
Franz Grieser wrote:
Graham Rhind wrote:
>>Sure, I shall miss The Brain more than they will miss my subscription
>>money, but having my data in more boring but more stable (and,
>>incidentally, very much cheaper) software is saving me time and money.
>
>Have you already decided which software you will move your data to? If
>so: What’s your choice?
Posted by Franz Grieser
May 7, 2021 at 12:57 PM
Thanks for the insight, Graham.
So you’re going the more conservative road to proven workhorses. That, however, do not have the visual approach and the linking capabilities of TheBrain (I guess - I never really used TheBrain, just watched some videos) - or do I miss something?
Posted by Graham Rhind
May 7, 2021 at 01:31 PM
@Franz
No, you’re right. The idea behind The Brain is great and I’ve been using it (with some gaps) since its first version. But the amount of reworking I’m having to do with each recent new version simply hasn’t proved worth it. The proven workhouses lack the spark and some of the capabilities, and I have to compromise a little on how I structure my data, but in the long run they’re saving me time.
And money ...
Franz Grieser wrote:
Thanks for the insight, Graham.
>So you’re going the more conservative road to proven workhorses. That,
>however, do not have the visual approach and the linking capabilities of
>TheBrain (I guess - I never really used TheBrain, just watched some
>videos) - or do I miss something?
Posted by Franz Grieser
May 7, 2021 at 01:34 PM
@Graham: :-)
Posted by Amontillado
May 8, 2021 at 01:36 AM
Obsidian is pretty cool. Markdown, YAML front matter on notes for things like aliases.