And going outside and discovering REAL LIFE [tm] ....

So, your next idea should be to build that software.

I admit, I am also unhelpful.

ICE up your server!

Yeah I looked at "TheBrain" software

Conceptualization/mind mapping is only a small part of knowledge management.

Also, you need to subscribe to their services to go online.

Basically the problems are

1) You are trusting them with your deepest personal info; In this day of peeping on anything in order to monetize someone else's information, that is the dumbest thing you can do.

2) Java based *snort*

3) I already can tell that the visual representation is not practical, but more of a gimmick to get people to use it.

But yeah, this is sort of on the right track... now only if it was an open source appliance I could manage myself.

Yeah, that thought crossed my mind and it was pretty horrifying.

I need to acquire a career's worth of knowledge to build a system to manage my knowledge. *head explodes*

*Darth Vader voice* The irony is strong with this one.

Hehe

Or you could put all your personal data on a flash drive and lock it in a safe should you need it for some reason later. Of course, you must have a great safe like mine, if you enter the wrong combination it electrocutes you with 10,000 volts. Hmmmm, now what was that combination again?  Oh yeah! Hope it's right!

Awesome thanks...

Looks capable, but it is ugly and expensive (this is not to say I am dismissing it)... it has lead me to look at.

BasKet
Nevernote
RedNotebook
Tomboy <- edit: This is looking good

Starting to go in circles now....

What kind of knowledge are trying to organize and manage? 

If it's tasks and daily trivia then I agree with LORD-ORION's suggestion of using apps like Evernote, Catch, etc. 

If it's something more complex like files/documents I would suggest looking at Wiki Software. I've heard good things about DokuWiki.

Next step up would be 'knowledge base software' - this is if you run a website that generates content. I would look at Safeharbor Knowledge Solutions, Comm100, Zendesk, there is a whole bunch. 

Also, if I'm browsing the web I have Notepad Mini added in chrome so I can take down notes. 

Hope this helps,

Cheers

how will that work? are you planning to carry an external hd with your mobile phone? 

but as QwertyGhost suggested, use some Wiki software for that.

Lord Orion,

The scientific community by and large uses EndNote for this.  Though I've not done it personally (I just use it for references to published journal articles), I'm given to understand that you can store a range of media through it, and attach files to your references as well.  It is keyword searchable, which you create when you create the log for the referencable material.  I don't know if it will help you, but you might look at it.

Yeah watch, they'll invent a pill like in the movie Limitless, right after I decide on software and get it all setup.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge