PersonalBrain OS
Today I saw a presentation of the Google Chrome OS so I can't resist and write down what I've had in mind almost from the first day I started using PB - it could substitute the entire OS.
OK this isn't something for the next release, but just imagine: really no limitation by the old folder system. Some kind of "Over-mind" brain which would be the UI for starting and running "external" programs and where multiple brain sessions could be opened at one time, to easily switch between them. If you would load or save some files you could save it directly in a brain and all files would be internal (in the over-mind or in a specific brain).
Well this suggestion is not about how it would look in the end, or how it would work, it's just an idea for future projects ... It would probably be a little bit megalomaniac project, but as I said in the beginning, seeing that Google wants to make an OS from a browser, why whould it be silly to make an OS that works like PersonalBrain.
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Paul Shapiro commented
In response to your comment "what I've had in mind almost from the first day I started using PB - it could substitute the entire OS": I made a very similar suggestion as this to Harlan a month ago. I wholeheartedly agree (but got no votes left).
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Karl Hebenstreit commented
Another step toward this would be able to have an Application tab in the Advanced Layout so another software package could be 'integrated' into the PB User Interface
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Karl Hebenstreit commented
The current issue of the Communications of the ACM (December 2009) has an article, "Are we ready for a WebOS". I have been trying to organize my .brain files along the lines you mention, as I need to have a single .brain file to be able to make all the connections to a single thought, rather than having duplicate thoughts in multiple .brain files. I also want to be able to share portions of my .brain: people at conferences are often intrigued with the PersonalBrain, but I can't share a .brain file with thousands of thoughts. I'm struggling to do this, and have thought about several improvements that are needed to make this happen. Foremost, we need to be able to create .brain template files. We also need to be able to assign components such as Thought Types, Link Types, and Tags to specific levels: global (all .brains that get created), to a template, a single .brain file. We also need to associate tags and Search engines with Thought Type(s).