Anyone still using Brainstorm?

[Jim]

After going through all the mindmap programs, I still come back to Brainstorm!

[aderoy]

Yes - just about every day.
Find it rather useful in getting my thoughts down (use magic paste when browsing website), or for taking notes while on the phone.

launchpad for files/apps.

Made a very simple file called LaunchPad (go figure) and place descriptions to different files, store the longpath name and filename so Launch (Alt-L) will 'launch and load' the file in question. Or even the e-mail program, template for a wordprocessing file (WordPerfect for me) etc.

Submenu for the main websites I use and the list goes on.

[david]

Hi. I've been on holiday and unable to contribute.

I use BrainStorm daily (not surprising since I wrote the original almost 30 years ago) and I use it mainly in the same way as the previous respondent. The Magic Launch (Alt+L) is fantastically useful.

Once I have pasted (using Magic paste, of course) the snippets I need into BrainStorm, I then organise my material by creating a number of topic names on the home page and then splitting the screen into a pane per topic, either marking or throwing or, more usually, dragging and dropping the collected material into the topic panes.

I could have used the multiple mark facility - one per pane, giving six categories - normal mark plus the other five - but I keep forgetting to.

It's easy enough: mark the extra 5 by using Alt 1 to 5 and throw by using Ctrl 1 to 5. (The other is the regular Ctrl + m and Ctrl + t.) I'll probably stick the number in the topic name to remind myself of which is which.

The marks are saved when you close the model. (Which is what you need.)

The other thing I use a lot is Write (to clipboard): either selected entries and their descendants - a topic (from the above example) maybe - or a selection from the current pane.

If you're interested, I'm a writer, a trainer and a magazine editor and I use it when preparing for, and managing, all three activities.

[honwahp]

Brainstorm is very simple and very powerful. I enjoy using it a lot and it is one of my most favourite pieces of software.

[isinger]

I also use Brainstorm just about every day, and have done so for about 10 years. It is an enduring masterpiece. (Thanks, David!)

[david]

Thanks Ira. ( I'm using it right now, to identify good news stories for http://www.blueandgreentomorrow.com/ )
I trawl thousands of items from many aggregate sources, copying their URLs and (if they're not self-evident) the article titles. Magic paste is on in the background. Any that look interesting get an Alt-L so I can read the original.

[William]

When will the Brainstorm app be available for the iPad? Oh yeah, right, sorry...

Yes, still very much using Brainstorm!