Note: This blog post describes the current alpha release of Primal Fusion. If you don’t already have one, we invite you to request a free alpha account now.

The current release of Primal Fusion’s thought networking service is an early first step. In some respects, it’s more of a concept prototype than a fully-fledged product. So when we say it’s an alpha release, we really mean it! Given this, we thought it would be helpful to provide an orientation so you know how to get started after signing in.

Before jumping into the details, a few words about the big picture.

Primal Fusion helps you quickly pull together information about broad subjects from several popular sources on the Web. It does this by first summarizing related thoughts about a subject of interest, then encouraging you to make selections that describe how you think about the subject. Armed with this knowledge, Primal Fusion can act on your thoughts to help you get stuff done online. Currently, one action is available. It creates one-of-a-kind websites (like this one) that organize the information you’ve collected, using your thoughts as a blueprint. These websites are a great resource about the subjects you’re interested in - and they’re easily shared with other people.

The remainder of this blog post outlines a process we recommend for using Primal Fusion in its current form. If you have questions or experience problems, please check our discussion forum to either seek or share more information.

1. Type a few words to describe what you’re thinking about.

After signing in, begin by typing a few words in response to the question, What are you thinking about? Press Enter or click the checkmark when you’re done. Please note that sentences aren’t well supported at this time, so limit your response to two or three keywords.

To illustrate this recommended workflow, let’s use the example of Sarah, a college student.

Sarah needs to write an assignment about the relationship of economics and climate change. She begins by thinking about climate change, as you can see below. (Click these images to zoom in)

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For a good orientation to the alpha release of Primal Fusion, view this 6-minute video of our stage presentation at the DEMO conference.

Interested in what you see? Request a free alpha account today to get hands-on with Primal Fusion.

We’re posting this from the DEMO 09 conference, which is wrapping up with some panel discussions. It’s been a whirlwind few days, with 39 companies launching an impressive array of new products and services. At 9:22 PST this morning, we took to the stage – and in 6 minutes demonstrated Primal Fusion’s new thought networking service. This is the first product we’ve released on our semantic synthesis platform, the core technology we’ve been developing for the past four years.

Primal Fusion is still in private alpha testing. If you’ve previously requested an invitation to our alpha, it’ll be heading your way very soon. If you’ve just heard of Primal Fusion and would like to learn more, check out our press release below. Then request an account so you can try it first-hand.

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