Brain Dancing Coach Information and Download Instructions

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The Brain Dancing Coach (BDC) software makes it practical to apply some of the ideas discussed in the book, Brain Dancing. It does this by structuring activities (breathing, stretching and mind development) so as to minimize the number of decisions you must make. Decisions such as what to do, when to do it and for how long. This trial version contains a few of the stretching, breathing and mental muscle exercises included in the registered version (which is not shipping as of 11/13/97). You can also define custom Actions to meet your particular needs.

There are so many demands on our attention when doing knowledge intensive work, that it is sometimes difficult to remember to take care of ourselves by taking short breaks throughout the day. When we do remember to take a break, it can be difficult, at least initially, to remember exactly how to structure the time for optimum benefit. Wouldn't it be great to have a coach available on demand to walk you through some carefully timed stretching and breathing exercises so that the only decision you need to make is to begin?

You start BDC at the beginning of your day, and select one of the predefined work interval Patterns, or design your own. Once started, BDC beeps a couple of times periodically throughout the day to remind you to take a break. After beeping, it launches the break activity defined in the work interval Pattern, which walks you through the breathing or stretching exercise. Other actions are designed to help you optimize various mental processes: the visual memory enhancer develops your ability to think visually; the typing tutor is a simple yet effective way to improve your typing skills in just a couple minutes a day; the creativity coach contains 29 strategies for creatively solving problems and brainstorming issues.

When the registered version of BDC ships, it will retail for $39 plus $3 shipping. You can save $10 by registering prior to 4/30/97. To receive this savings, your payment ($29 plus $3 shipping) must be received by 4/30/97. Make the check out to BrainDance.com and send it to:

      BrainDance.com
      1075 Bellevue Way NE, #161
      Bellevue, WA  98004

The trial version contains a subset of the Actions included with the registered version. The trial version can be used for 30 days before you are required to register.

The following screen snapshot shows you the actions included with the trial version of the Brain Dancing Coach:

The following screen snapshot shows you how these actions can be included in a work interval pattern. The "[30]" before each action is the number of minutes you want to work before BDC launches the specified action. In addition to having total control over the design of the work interval patterns, you can also define your own actions to be launched.

PLATFORMS SUPPORTED
BDC runs on all Windows platforms (3X, 95, NT). The file you are about to download has been tested for viruses using the January 97 version of the Norton AntiVirus software.

VERSION 1.0 DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS (POSTED 3/25/97)
1) Click here to begin the download of all files including the Visual Basic run-time files. Save the file to your local disk. File size: 1,242k (just over 1 meg). Click here if you do not need to download the Visual Basic and Jet run time files (VBRUN300.DLL, MSAES110.DLL, VBDB300.DLL, MSAJT110.DLL). If you are not sure if you need them, then assume that you do. File size without the VB runtime files is 516K.
2) After downloading, run the exe and follow the setup instructions. The WinZip self-extracting file will copy the setup files to a temporary Windows directory and run the setup program.
3) If a message appears asking you to add Share.exe to your Autoexec.bat file, you may ignore this message. This message will not appear in future versions.
4) Click here to view the readme.txt file to read the licensing agreement and instructions on how to get started.