Well the Mac environment sure has been keeping us busy! We had a GREAT time at Mac world and just completed a fun Mac Brain class yesterday. In case you missed the class, check out the recording at:
http://www.thebrain.com/#-130
Also, we'll be having an online EKP demo on Feb. 26. Sign up at:
http://www.thebrain.com/#-133
And finally, I'll be recording this Friday's PB101 class. I have a couple of different PersonalBrain features to show off that I normally don't get around too. Hope to see you there!
Matt
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Monday, January 14, 2008
Mac World Expo!
Hello Mac enthusiasts! We're excited to be here in San Francisco this week for Mac World Expo 2008! Please come say hello to us in the West Hall, Level 1, Booth 4734. See you there.
Now, time to go buy myself an iPhone!!!
Matt
Now, time to go buy myself an iPhone!!!
Matt
Thursday, December 20, 2007
PB101 Schedule
It's been a busy couple of weeks leading up to the holiday season. Shelley Haduk conducted last week's PB101 class and will again this Friday. I'll be at a client location in Memphis, TN. Our class scheduled for Dec. 29th has been canceled. I'll be back again for hosting on Jan 4 :)
Lots of questions coming through support about the new 4.2.x Beta that is available. Yes, we do have a new Beta available for download at www.thebrain.com/download, but I'd like to stress that this IS BETA SOFTWARE. If you do want to check out the new version, make some BrainZip backups of your 4.1 Brain files first! You can leave feedback on your Beta testing on our PB4.2 Forum: http://forums.thebrain.com/mb/thebrain?forum=104692.
Enjoy your Brain!
Matt
Lots of questions coming through support about the new 4.2.x Beta that is available. Yes, we do have a new Beta available for download at www.thebrain.com/download, but I'd like to stress that this IS BETA SOFTWARE. If you do want to check out the new version, make some BrainZip backups of your 4.1 Brain files first! You can leave feedback on your Beta testing on our PB4.2 Forum: http://forums.thebrain.com/mb/thebrain?forum=104692.
Enjoy your Brain!
Matt
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Changing the look and feel
Lots of questions in our support boxes lately about changing Thought size and colors. Here's a few quick tips to help you on your way:
Thought Drop Shadows and Backgrounds
You can add drop shadows globally to all Thought names so they can be seen more prominently. You can also turn on and off the display of backgrounds behind Thought names. The colors of both shadows and backgrounds can be customized as described below.
To toggle the display of shadows and backgrounds:
1. Open the Preferences dialog box by clicking the Options menu and selecting Preferences.
2. Click the Options tab.
3. Check or uncheck boxes next to Text shadows and Backgrounds as appropriate and click OK.
To change the colors of shadows and backgrounds:
1. Open Preferences dialog box and click the Colors tab.
2. Select the color you want to change (Thoughts, text shadow or Thoughts, background) from the list. The color selection dialog box will be displayed:
3. Click the color of your choice, then click the OK button.
4. Click the OK button in the Preferences dialog box.
Changing the Size of Thought Text
You can change the size of your Thoughts by using the mouse wheel. Sliding the wheel up (away from you) makes all Thoughts larger and sliding it down (towards you) makes all Thoughts smaller. You can also change the size of all Thoughts by dragging the resizing circle that appears behind the active Thought.
Changing a Thought’s Text Color
You can assign a specific color to a Thought so that it stands out visually. To assign a color to a Thought:
1. Activate the Thought and click the Properties & Attachments tab. Or, right-click the Thought you want to change and select Properties & Attachments on the context menu.
2. Click the Display button, then click the Set Color command. The Select Thought Color dialog box will be displayed.
3. Click the color of your choice, then click the OK button.
4. If you used the right-click method to open the properties window, close it when you are through making changes.
Attaching Images to Thoughts
You can attach pictures to your Thoughts to provide a visual boost to your Brain. When you point to the icon next to the Thought, the picture zooms to a larger size automatically.
To add an image icon to a Thought:
1. Copy the image you want to use into the clipboard. For example, if the image is on a Web page, open the page in your browser, right-click the picture, then click the Copy command on the context menu. If the image isn’t on a Web page, right-click it from within any document, then click the Copy command on the context menu.
2. Right-click the Thought, then click the Paste Thought Icon command on the context menu.
To change a Thought’s icon, follow the steps above and click the OK button in the Overwrite existing image? dialog box.
You can use this feature to add instant previews of documents and Web pages you have added to a Thought. Just open the item you want to preview, take a screenshot (in Windows, press Alt+Print Screen to capture just the active Window) and use the Paste Thought Icon command.
To remove a Thought’s icon:
1. Activate the Thought that has the icon to be removed.
2. Click the Properties & Attachments tab. The properties for the active Thought will be displayed.
3. Click the Display button, then click the Remove Icon command.
Have fun sprucing up your Brain!
Matt
Thought Drop Shadows and Backgrounds
You can add drop shadows globally to all Thought names so they can be seen more prominently. You can also turn on and off the display of backgrounds behind Thought names. The colors of both shadows and backgrounds can be customized as described below.
To toggle the display of shadows and backgrounds:
1. Open the Preferences dialog box by clicking the Options menu and selecting Preferences.
2. Click the Options tab.
3. Check or uncheck boxes next to Text shadows and Backgrounds as appropriate and click OK.
To change the colors of shadows and backgrounds:
1. Open Preferences dialog box and click the Colors tab.
2. Select the color you want to change (Thoughts, text shadow or Thoughts, background) from the list. The color selection dialog box will be displayed:
3. Click the color of your choice, then click the OK button.
4. Click the OK button in the Preferences dialog box.
Changing the Size of Thought Text
You can change the size of your Thoughts by using the mouse wheel. Sliding the wheel up (away from you) makes all Thoughts larger and sliding it down (towards you) makes all Thoughts smaller. You can also change the size of all Thoughts by dragging the resizing circle that appears behind the active Thought.
Changing a Thought’s Text Color
You can assign a specific color to a Thought so that it stands out visually. To assign a color to a Thought:
1. Activate the Thought and click the Properties & Attachments tab. Or, right-click the Thought you want to change and select Properties & Attachments on the context menu.
2. Click the Display button, then click the Set Color command. The Select Thought Color dialog box will be displayed.
3. Click the color of your choice, then click the OK button.
4. If you used the right-click method to open the properties window, close it when you are through making changes.
Attaching Images to Thoughts
You can attach pictures to your Thoughts to provide a visual boost to your Brain. When you point to the icon next to the Thought, the picture zooms to a larger size automatically.
To add an image icon to a Thought:
1. Copy the image you want to use into the clipboard. For example, if the image is on a Web page, open the page in your browser, right-click the picture, then click the Copy command on the context menu. If the image isn’t on a Web page, right-click it from within any document, then click the Copy command on the context menu.
2. Right-click the Thought, then click the Paste Thought Icon command on the context menu.
To change a Thought’s icon, follow the steps above and click the OK button in the Overwrite existing image? dialog box.
You can use this feature to add instant previews of documents and Web pages you have added to a Thought. Just open the item you want to preview, take a screenshot (in Windows, press Alt+Print Screen to capture just the active Window) and use the Paste Thought Icon command.
To remove a Thought’s icon:
1. Activate the Thought that has the icon to be removed.
2. Click the Properties & Attachments tab. The properties for the active Thought will be displayed.
3. Click the Display button, then click the Remove Icon command.
Have fun sprucing up your Brain!
Matt
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Over 80,000 Thoughts
Are you a fan of PersonalBrain? Ever seen a Brain file with over 80,000 Thoughts!?!?!
Join our upcoming webinar to check out Jerry Michalski's PersonalBrain file. Jerry is a an amazing and very well know technology analyst and an avid PersonalBrain user. He'll be taking us on a self guided tour of his very large, and ever growing PersonalBrain. You won't want to miss this one!
-Matt
Join our upcoming webinar to check out Jerry Michalski's PersonalBrain file. Jerry is a an amazing and very well know technology analyst and an avid PersonalBrain user. He'll be taking us on a self guided tour of his very large, and ever growing PersonalBrain. You won't want to miss this one!
-Matt
Thursday, November 15, 2007
New Webinars
We have 3 new Brain Webinars coming up next week:
Visualizing Enterprise Search and Collaboration with BrainEKP
PersonalBrain 202: Editing and Overhauling your Brain
Going somewhere for the holidays? Stressed out about who's gift you may have forgotten? Misplace Grandma's cranberry sauce recipe? TheBrain can help. Sign up for a fun seminar on event planning.
Visualizing Enterprise Search and Collaboration with BrainEKP When employees or customers don't know what keywords to type in, traditional search technology has nothing to offer. With BrainEKP, users can search visually, discovering the right information by following connected topics. This fosters understanding of content and facilitates information discovery. No dead ends. No black box searches. Just connections.
PersonalBrain 202: Editing and Overhauling your Brain Change can be a beautiful and necessary inevitability for all of us, even our very PersonalBrains! PersonalBrain 4.0 includes powerful authoring and editing tools that make changing your Brain easy. This feature focus is designed for users who have created a basic brain but now need to change their Thought structure or have outgrown their original Brain. Learn how to evolve your Thoughts and easily edit your Brain.
Or - you can sign up for the seminars at http://www.thebrain.com/. Hope you can join us!
Matt
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
KMWorld Snippets
Well KMWorld 2007 was a huge success for us. We had so much fun meeting a lot of long time users of PersonalBrain and sharing all the new features of PB4.1 and EKP. Enjoy those new 4.1 CD's and your squishy Brains ;)
In case you missed the show, you can catch some of our "KMWorld Snippets!"
Welcome to KMWorld. Take a quick tour of the booth just before the exhibit hall opens.
Shelley Hayduk interviews Arthor Shelley, author of The Organizational Zoo. Some of you may be familiar with his Great, Great, Aunt... Mary Shelley who wrote a little novel called Frankenstein.
And finally, a great interview with Harlan Hugh, inventor of TheBrain.
Thanks for watching!
Matt
In case you missed the show, you can catch some of our "KMWorld Snippets!"
Welcome to KMWorld. Take a quick tour of the booth just before the exhibit hall opens.
Shelley Hayduk interviews Arthor Shelley, author of The Organizational Zoo. Some of you may be familiar with his Great, Great, Aunt... Mary Shelley who wrote a little novel called Frankenstein.
And finally, a great interview with Harlan Hugh, inventor of TheBrain.
Thanks for watching!
Matt
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