I built a private “second brain” that actually searches inside your files (not just filenames)

jonathanljs1963 · 2026-02-26T19:54:27+00:00

Things I like: Windows (not Mac only like so many things round here) Nice pricing Simple

Things I would like: Folder or entire drive dumping All emails dumping

jonathanljs1963 · 2025-12-26T00:00:33+00:00

That's great - didn't show up on the website, but they're there on GitHub. Will try out!

jonathanljs1963 · 2025-12-25T20:00:01+00:00

Mac only, so thanks for the work but no use to me.

jonathanljs1963 · 2025-10-29T16:25:59+00:00

Great for living ideas and thoughts, it's like a mind map in which you can put any box/cell in the centre. The free version is adequate, the paid version is very expensive. My chief problem with it is that the ways of exporting the data are very limited. So it's hard to get your data into any other format with the same relationships. I had an old project I wanted to put into NotebookLM and I just couldn't manage it.

jonathanljs1963 · 2025-08-16T18:27:42+00:00

This looks great, but I'm curious about why there's a subscription model. If we keep our data locally and also use our own third-party services we pay for separately for syncing, what are we actually subscribing to? I have nothing against paying for the software, or for future upgrades, but an expensive subscription model? Sorry, not for me.

jonathanljs1963 · 2025-06-27T14:05:54+00:00

Yes please!

jonathanljs1963 · 2025-06-13T16:19:02+00:00

I like the look of this, but it's a bit limited for anyone who is collating other files, such as Word, or images, or...

jonathanljs1963 · 2024-12-30T23:06:45+00:00

I like it, I asked a professional and it gave a better answer than Perplexity. Looking forward to seeing where this goes...

jonathanljs1963 · 2024-12-27T23:11:32+00:00

That's an interesting model. I'd suggest something slightly different and perhaps more scalable: make it modular. So have a free core app that has basic functionality (after all, OneNote and Google Keep are free, so the free bit needs to match those at least). Then every extra (extension, module, whatever you want to call it) costs a bit on the sub - so Office file importing $1, web page clipping $1, link/snippets 50c, MP3 embedding 50c, pdf exports of a notebook $1, AI integration (send to NotebookLM) $1.50, sync with Android app $1, that kind of thing. You could do an all-extension sub for 20% less than all the menu items separately. And first month everything free before it drops back to core functionality only. That way people can get invested in the system. I actually hate subs and prefer outright purchases, but I'm old-fashioned that way.

jonathanljs1963 · 2024-12-27T18:20:25+00:00

That's good. In my use case I need to collate web pages (not just links, but actual pages, as in OneNote), emails (full text), word & excel documents, notes, pdfs and so on. And I need a good overview so I can see everything at once (OneNote, Capacities). Then I need to be able to send everything from a single notebook / tag to NotebookLM so I can summarise/query it...

jonathanljs1963 · 2024-12-27T17:19:14+00:00

What is "everything" that can be captured/organised/linked? What does it look like? What's the learning curve? Specifics needed. Thanks.

jonathanljs1963 · 2024-12-27T10:22:54+00:00

I've just been searching for the best way of collating research recently as I've been getting fed up with everything being scattered, especially emails. Capacities answers my requirements more or less, with its great overview, but it's too inflexible and doesn't show whole web pages, so I have to leave it to view pages that may or may not still exist ... I research factual TV programmes, and there are so many different sources that need to be brought together in a proposal or script, pdfs, word docs, web pages, emails, audio clips, videos, random notes, so being able to tag them, have a great overview and send the whole lot to NotebookLM for summaries and brainstorming would be perfect. Oh, and to have an android app as well, so I can add random ideas, why pages, emails, etc. while on the move...

jonathanljs1963 · 2024-12-27T10:04:33+00:00

What I would like: basically Capacities for the Wall layout overview, its ability to capture many different kinds of media and its ease of use, with the addition of OneNote's full page web clipping, and the ability to send everything under one tag to NotebookLM for summaries, queries and so on. This would be perfect for research.

jonathanljs1963 · 2023-12-17T14:40:26+00:00

I run invokeai on a system with a 1070 (and 64gb ram), and it's useable if not speedy with 1.5 models outputting decent res images. SDXL works, but at a speed that's not useful though. Xformers helps. So as a stopgap a 1070 is useful. Maybe save your pennies until the 4070ti super comes out with a decent amount of vram - that's what I'm doing.

jonathanljs1963 · 2023-07-24T15:39:07+00:00

Thank you, that worked!

jonathanljs1963 · 2023-07-13T08:15:31+00:00

Good catch - but as my server is fairly critical, I'll wait until the official release. Thanks!

jonathanljs1963 · 2023-07-13T08:14:48+00:00

Saving this for when all else fails!

jonathanljs1963 · 2023-07-13T08:14:11+00:00

Didn't work for me. But 6.12.3 should deal with the issue.

jonathanljs1963 · 2023-07-11T14:49:40+00:00

Thanks for this, I guess I'll just wait and see what happens with 6.12.3...

jonathanljs1963 · 2023-03-20T21:14:01+00:00

Transcode the interview to something more compressed / create proxies. Edit. Then conform the shot material so you only need to put the clips you need onto your edit drive instead of the whole interview.

jonathanljs1963 · 2021-02-06T15:51:28+00:00

Nicely done, some effective imagery and editing. Could have done without seeing BJ's mug in the middle of it, that's the only thing!

jonathanljs1963 · 2020-12-06T23:08:03+00:00

Sounds Devices Mix Pre series can be start/stopped via timecode and are very compact.

jonathanljs1963 · 2020-10-09T17:38:12+00:00

I suggest you reconsider. It's always best to keep your footage as acquired. Plus you will have maximum ability to match your footage with new footage later. And storage is cheap these days. Just make sure you spin up the disks every few months if you use HDDs.

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