How it works
From blank canvas to a decision.
This is what a session in BrainSwitchs looks like, start to finish. Most people get the hang of it in one sitting.
1. Sign up and pick a side
Sign up with Google. On the home screen you'll see the split brain. Tap the left half for logical work like planning or studying, or the right half for creative work like writing or brainstorming. Give the project a name and a goal.
LogicalPlan · analyze · decide
CreativeImagine · connect · create
2. Your canvas opens
Every project starts as an open canvas. Drag empty space to move around and scroll to zoom. Pick a tool from the bottom toolbar, or double-click anywhere for a sticky note. Paste a link or an image and it lands where you are.
LogicalLaunch plan, Q3Sprint 18:42Sound on · 16 HzWhy now?
Three customers asked for exports this month.
This week
Decision Gate
"Ship exports to paid plans first. Review in two weeks."
3. Add what the task needs
Checklists for tasks, a sheet block for numbers, a database for anything you track, a page for longer writing. Connect blocks with arrows, group them in frames with Cmd/Ctrl+G, or open a sub-canvas when a topic needs its own space.
Roadmap boardPage
Interview notes
Everyone mentioned exports. Two people asked for a calendar. Nobody cared about themes.
Database
ExportsIn progressCalendarNextThemesLaterSub-canvas
Pricing experiments
Open
4. Stuck? Use a Thinking Protocol
First Principles, Inversion, 5 Whys and others are one click away in the canvas toolbar. The protocol is laid out as blocks, so you just fill in the blanks.
First Principles
Inversion
5 Whys
Lateral
5. Start a sprint
Hit the timer at the top of the canvas for 25 or 50 minutes. Turn on the focus sound with headphones: 16 Hz in logical mode, 10 Hz in creative mode. The sound follows you between pages and canvases without restarting.
Logical · Studying
24:5316 Hz focus tone · headphones on
6. Pass the Decision Gate
When the sprint ends you write one decision or next step. It gets stamped on the project, so the next time you open it you know exactly where you left off.
Decision Gate
Sprint complete. What did you decide?
Ship exports to paid plans first. Review in two weeks.Stamp on project7. Look back
Under Me you'll find your Timeline, Calendar, Living Brain and Network. Over a few weeks you'll see whether you spend all your time planning and never creating, or the other way round.
This month
Logical lean
Logical 62%Creative 38%Drag to see how the brain changes. In the app this comes from the sessions you log.
Prefer to explore? Load the demo workspace from Projects inside the app. More detail in the guide.
