A Second Brain

Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot about a “Second Brain” as a way to organize information and work. 

I did some research and decided to try it out.  Most articles on the topic recommend using Notion to manage projects and other aspects of the “second brain” and Obsidian for note-taking.  I tried Obsidan and got thoroughly baffled by it.

To manage projects, I’m not using Notion.  I’ve used in that program in the past and found it to be too cumbersome: powerful but awkward.  Instead, I’m using The Brain.  It’s a mind-mapping program on sterioids.  https://www.thebrain.com/?gclid=CjwKCAjw-sqKBhBjEiwAVaQ9a-Whf42D21tR2pZ3dkyAY1ZCnrzS1FIxkm_GkERbeurwtJZKee7twhoCjOYQAvD_BwE

Actually, the progam has long advocated using this software to develop an external brain and has several examples of one on the website.

As for Obsidian https://obsidian.md, I found a Youtube video that does a great job of explain the app: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgbLb6QCK88.  I also found a good article on Medium: https://www.marclittlemore.com/beginners-guide-note-taking-obsidian/

Armed with a bit of knowledge, I downloaded Obsidian a second time and got it working. So far I’ve added about a dozen notes on various topics.  It appears to be a bit of awesome although the real power of it won’t be apparent until the program has a lot of content.

So, for a while anyway, I’ll be fooling around developing my second brain.  I know some of you think I should spend more time working on my original brain, but that’s a topic for another day.

Further reports may follow (or maybe not)

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