TheBrain Cloud Services is host to millions of digital Thoughts from users around the world. We are super excited about our latest release to the cloud that give you even more online authoring features as well as faster response time and synchronization.

TheBrain Cloud Service Update Includes:

• Increased Performance for Online Brains
• Drag and drop files to upload instantly to Online Brain
• Online notes editor enhanced with checkboxes
• Thought Types and Tags can  be added a new context menu online
• Expanded Web Client Preferences for font, wallpaper and hint options

Read our press release for the full scoop or watch our new features tour.

Public Brains may be viewed at http:///www.webbrain.com/explore

We’re all connected to a vast sea of information, so very, very, connected to: twitter, email, news and social networking web sites, blogs, online trading systems, discussion boards, corporate portals…

With all this information at our fingertips it begs the question:
are we getting smarter with all this data or just bogged down?

Here are a few strategies to master information overload so you can actually use what you have.

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   The Power of Multidimensional    Information Organization for    Visual Thinkers

There are a wide range of information management tools that can help you get organized. Even just creating a folder of all key documents and web links is helpful for any project manager. However, the problem with your computer’s folder structures is that they are very linear and incapable of representing your multidimensional thought process.

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Welcome to the world of Thought relationships. As you may have noticed the layout of Thoughts in TheBrain isn’t random. Every time you click on a Thought things change, but they are always displayed in certain areas of your display. These areas represent different types of relationships. Let’s start with the basics and then move on to more details.

Intro to Parent, Child, Jump, and Sibling

Active Thought
Relationships are always displayed around and relative to the Active Thought (the Thought in the center.) This gives you a view point or perspective to view and derive other relationships

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From Descartes to James Burke: Breaking Things Down and Building Connections in your Brain.

In last month’s big thinker Web event, we were all blown away by the depth and vastness of James Burke’s Brain. But beyond connecting generations of Western innovation and history, his view of knowledge and philosophy for learning represents a move from Cartesian reductionism predominant in Western developed nations to what James Burke calls a “Connections” approach. This approach is also key to TheBrain’s philosophy of knowledge management and mind mapping.

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