Over time, the picture clarifies and if I am lucky, a path comes out of this exercise. I start thinking in it, and having no clue where I am going I start putting the random thoughts in my mind in to Curio. I use it whenever I have to think things through. It has all the tools to help me make sense of the topic I am wrestling with.

Whenever I have to think things through, Curio is the application I go to. Including the goodness of MultiMarkdown it is an application which gets used all the time. Zengobi Curio - Note Taking, Mind Mapping, Brainstorming was updated to version 13. You may have seen macosxguru’s comments on Curio I agree with that more often than not, that’s a piece of paper or whiteboard.ĭisclaimer: Ooh, “DEL-I-NEAT-O!” Shiny new tool! Click click. My litmus is this: am I enjoying myself while I’m using the tool? Do I feel I’m getting better at something or becoming/being more of myself in someway? If so, I dive in. And regret/grief/losing things is a part of life. The truth is that companies benefit from our information stored in their systems.

It makes it seem like if we don’t have everything we’ve ever consumed or thought captured in a single system, we’ll regret it later. IMO the “second brain” marketing/movement is making us all a little crazy. And then there are many, many times that get lost in a thought or moment or distraction. There are even times when my phone or watch is just the thing I need in the moment. Sometimes the iPad is exactly what I need, other times it’s my laptop or my laptop with an extra monitor.

Speaking for myself, I need a white board for some thoughts, paper for others (sometimes lined and fancy enough for a fountain pen, other times blank and ready for a Sharpie). You may want to consider claiming a suite of thinking tools instead of a one-stop-shop or silver bullet approach. Like some of my favorite apps (cough, Tinderbox, cough), it claims a platform (in this case iPad) and very thoughtfully works within it to get out of the way and help you think. I think Muse is a great app and the one I’d pick of those you listed.

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