After experimenting with The Personal Brain several times over the years, I have finally taken the plunge and started using it. If you want to see one of my first efforts, you can see the Endodontics brain I created. I’m working on one for my tips and tricks. I’ll let you know when it’s done. If you’re a fan of David Allen’s Getting Things Done, you may have seen this mentioned.

My biggest challenge is that I have information in so many places. I have tons in Outlook. Besides email, calendar and tasks, I use the notes to keep up with all those little tidbits of information. I use OneNote for articles, recipes, and other longer pieces of information. I have hundreds of bookmarks. And, I have different ones on my different computers. I’ve used MindManager mindmapping software. I have loads of pdf files, Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and just about every other file type out there.

My goal is to either put the information directly into the Brain or put links to the file. The program will let you either link to files or store them as part of the brain. I can also create links to Outlook items (email, calendar, etc.) and OneNote pages. So far, so good. It is going to take quite a while before I have everything (or nearly everything) in a brain, but at least it’s progress. There are some amazing examples on their website. And, they have excellent webinars and tutorials.

How do you keep track of all of your information?