Second Brain – Aggregate Your Content Libraries the Easy Way
This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 at 4:07 pmWhen I am browsing the web I find it hard to keep all the good things I find organized. I’ve got del.icio.us, Youtube, Twitter, Digg, StumbleUpon and Flickr accounts. Whenever I want to go back to a site I found, I would have to get to search for it on the particular site that I marked it on. When I heard about a site called Second Brain I had to check it out. What it does is aggregate all of your Stumbles, Diggs, Youtube favorites etc. so you don’t have to comb through your accounts to find content you saved. In this article I will give you an overview of my user experience with Second Brain.
First Impressions
Signing up for Second Brain was easy, you create your Username and in no time you can start adding your services from the Dashboard. The Dashboard slides down and you can add a bookmark with a url or import your content from other sites. On the explore page you are presented with recent updates from Second Brain users and have the option of seeing recent collections as well. A collection is useful because you can separate your content into groups that you can easily go back to. For instance, if I wanted one for only design inspiration, I could create a collection and only add the articles or videos that I want to keep in it. You can either share your collections or have the option of keeping it private.
There is also a People page where you can see recent people who have signed up, the most followed, most viewed etc. When you follow people you can go to your homepage and their recent updates feed into yours for you. Another cool feature is the tag cloud. Second Brain collects all the tags from your services and creates a tag cloud for you that keeps all of them together. It’s nice when I want to see everything tagged Design that I’ve ever marked in another service.
Final Thoughts
One thing that I wish it had was a way to look at the users personal website. If I’m going to follow someone on Twitter I scan over what they’re saying then I look at their site to see who they are, usually gives you a very good impression. If they had that I think it’d be a good idea to have your own sites RSS feed added in your Second Brain.
I’m glad I signed up for Second Brain and I will continue to use it, I’m sure in the future it will get nothing but better. Anything that makes my life easier is okay with me.
Another reason to sign up is their sweet contest to win a Macbook Air and other prizes. If you sign up a new account and have great content, you could be picked to win. There are a ton more features that I didn’t mention that you just have to check out yourself, ya I said it.
Hi there and thank you for posting a review and introducing SecondBrain to your community of readers! I really appreciate you sharing your feedback and suggestions with us.
I agree with you that we should add RSS feeds and have more options for viewing personal web sites.
I will try to bump those up in our product roadmap. Right now we’re very busy with the final stages of our Beta 2 release, which should be out in two weeks or so.
Thanks,
May 29th, 2008 at 1:03 pmLars
Founder/CEO
SecondBrain.com
Good post man. I’ll definitely check SecondBrain out tonight when I get home. It sounds like a useful tool. One of your previous posts was about useful mac apps and I downloaded a few of those, so I think I can trust you.
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:38 amOh , i love to hear that i’m not the only one who has a problem remembering all on the internet. I’ve been looking at secondbrain.com – and it’s really smart, now I’m well organized
– Thnx for sharing this idea.
June 15th, 2008 at 5:45 amthanks for this post
June 22nd, 2008 at 4:06 pmThis certainly seems like a useful post, as the service seems to solve a problem many people have with favourite sites and multiple services. In fact, I have thought a couple of times of dropping some accounts and adding everything into the one source (I just couldn’t make up my mind which one!) But SecondBrain may be the answer I was looking for.
Keep up the good work and let’s hope you produce more, equally useful reviews.
June 28th, 2008 at 7:46 amThis certainly seems like a useful post, as the service seems to solve a problem many people have with favourite sites and multiple services. In fact, I have thought a couple of times of dropping some accounts and adding everything into the one source..But SecondBrain may be the answer I was looking for.
August 4th, 2008 at 12:37 pmthis is really useful post for me. Thanks for it! regards!
August 11th, 2008 at 3:49 pmThank you for the information, will try it out.
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September 20th, 2008 at 1:22 amI will try this great Second Tutorial, many thank
September 20th, 2008 at 11:39 pmn fact, I have thought a couple of times of dropping some accounts and adding everything into the one source..But SecondBrain may be the answer I was looking for.
September 22nd, 2008 at 12:21 amnice post, but when are you gonna post again?! Dont hang us out to dry man. This used to be one of my favorite blogs common…
September 24th, 2008 at 4:50 amHi,
October 7th, 2008 at 10:57 pmThis certainly seems like a useful post, as the service seems to solve a problem many people have with favourite sites and multiple services. In fact, I have thought a couple of times of dropping some accounts and adding everything into the one source..But SecondBrain may be the answer I was looking for.
Thanks for the post. SecondBrain sounds really useful! Will definitely check it out.
October 15th, 2008 at 2:58 pmIlove to hear that I’m not the only one who has a problem remembering all on the internet. I’ve been looking at secondbrain.com – and it’s really smart, now I’m well organized
– Thnx for sharing this idea.
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:05 amI can relate to this ! , I’ve heard some goody things about this blog !
October 24th, 2008 at 11:27 amI gotta check it out in more details tonight. Secondbrain sounds very useful to me.
December 4th, 2008 at 10:12 amHello!
Your blog seems interesting and usefull so I’ve added it in Favourites.
SecondBrain is really helps my first brain
Thanks! Have a good day!
December 8th, 2008 at 12:28 pmReally sounds good to know about the second brain..I think it was the first time i am come across these words..Interesting and helpful to all..
December 23rd, 2008 at 4:55 amPire i?te
January 6th, 2009 at 4:20 amSecondBrain sounds interesting. I think that there is a great need for software that can gather, store and organise content from the web. I’ll take a look at it and see if it fits my needs,
January 9th, 2009 at 4:56 amThanks
A very good recommendation. Thankyou
January 9th, 2009 at 4:59 amEasy ways don’t stay as easy most of the time.
February 10th, 2009 at 4:01 amInteresting idea, I’ll have to try it out. Sounds pretty useful.
February 23rd, 2009 at 5:51 pmIt’s so nice that you created the second brain. It helps me store important files or article on the internet. I’m glad that I found your blog. Thanks for posting, It is very helpful
March 10th, 2009 at 1:19 amvery good post. thanks.
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August 4th, 2009 at 4:41 amGood post yaar i will definitely check second brain and let you know my review
August 31st, 2009 at 2:36 amwow nice article
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:40 amoh,it is really good article. very useful!
November 29th, 2009 at 12:25 amGiz! There are soooo many new sites that help you orginize your online life, but sometimes I think they make it even more complicated )
December 21st, 2009 at 3:44 amit is tuff to keep this stuff organized, i like to the good old fashion note pad to keep track.
January 31st, 2010 at 3:36 pmya thanks for the giving information about the Second Brain. Generally we use the you tube, digg etc. Thanks again and regards
February 3rd, 2010 at 11:19 pmThanks.Good good article
February 8th, 2010 at 8:30 amwow, a very informative content… enjoyed reading this one….
May 26th, 2010 at 3:55 amIntriguing and perhaps it’s exactly what i have been searching for quite some time to manage my library…should sign up with Brain Second right away!
June 24th, 2010 at 5:21 amThis certainly seems like a useful post, as the service seems to solve a problem many people have with favourite sites and multiple services. In fact, I have thought a couple of times of dropping some accounts and adding everything into the one
July 10th, 2010 at 7:25 am