So, I've been looking literally years for something that would implement a GTD-based workflow in a way I could live with.
And now, after reading Building a Second Brain, I realized that that was the missing modern-digital-age organizational component for the "Reference" area of GTD.
I've tried Evernote, Google Keep, Nirvana, Todoist, ClickUp, and plain Notion, and a couple of others. They all either lacked:
1. the features I needed, or
2. the flexibility I needed
When I found Thomas' Ultimate Brain template, I was initially skeptical, because I'd tried out Notion, and found it clunky and unwieldy. I loved its configurability, and pretty rock-solid syncing and eventual-consistency support. But I didn't want to climb the learning curve of trying to build my own acceptable GTD system out of it.
ENTER ULTIMATE BRAIN.
Thomas has put SO MUCH THOUGHT AND WORK into this template.
He REALLY UNDERSTANDS how GTD and BASB work in practice, and has implemented the workflows in a very knowledgable and effective way.
And most importantly, when GTD/BASB DON'T work or may have holes/oversights, and you need to be provided the flexibility you need to actually do what you really need to do..
But what really sold me is the documentation and support. EVERY FEATURE has context-specific in-app documentation, separate docs in the support site, and a detailed, very professional and polished video explaining everything about it.
Is it perfect? Hell no, if you are the type of person to use a system like this, you're a perfectionist and nothing will ever make you completely happy.
Is Notion still clunky? Yeah, although they are executing pretty well, and it's "good enough" for me to deal with the warts.
But those cons don't matter much because Ultimate Brain as implemented as a Notion template:
1. HAS THE FEATURES I NEED
2. HAS THE FLEXIBILITY I NEED
(see what I did there?)
So, I'm a happy paying subscriber, and looking forward to seeing how it works out for me going forward.
Great job, Thomas! Good luck on the launch!
