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Xobni: Email Organizer for Outlook Users

Xobni (Inbox spelled backwards) is a Microsoft Outlook plugin that helps you manage and organize your emails by utilizing existing Outlook features and creating an email-based social network within your email client. Bill Gates quoted Xobni as “The next generation of social networking.” The plugin features; quick e-mail searches, quick attachment discovery, automatic extraction of phone numbers, automatic schedule creator and email conversation threading. Check out the video demo below for a more detailed explanation on how Xobni works.

This is a new and interesting way of managing your emails if you are using Outlook (the most popular email client in the world). The plugin is currently available for Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 and they are planning on releasing Xobni in other email clients and platforms. This is a great idea for Xobni to create an application/plugin to make Outlook users’ life a little easier. Think of the time that one can save by using this plugin. This will allow the users to be more productive and have easier time managing information in their emails.

Tags: e-mail client, email, microsoft outlook, outlook, outlook 2003, outlook 2007, social network service, Windows, xobni

Make Scheduling Easier Using Presdo

Presdo is a simple, but has the potential to be an extremely and useful and interactive, online scheduler that lets people input natural language to set up meetings. By using the text-based interface, Presdo lets people say as much or as little about the event as they want when creating events.

To use the service just enter a natural language text related to your meeting and schedule. For example, you can input “Monday morning with Martin,” Presdo will assume that Monday is tomorrow provided that today is Sunday and will suggest the best time in the morning for a meeting. If it conflicts with a schedule you already set up, you can get suggestions for the best time or enter your desired time.

The next step is to advise the person you are setting the meeting with. Just enter the email of the person and a notification mail will be sent to the person or group of people involved. You can also add a location or use a suggestion list (or map) powered by Google Maps for the invited person to choose from. Pretty cool? It gets even better when the invited party receives the invitation. A link to Presdo will be provided for the guest where he (she) can automatically reply if he (she) can make it or not by pressing a button. The guest can also suggest a better time if he (she) is not available at the time that you (the sender) have suggested. When everything is set, both parties can save their schedules in their calendar of choice. Presdo supports Outlook, iCal, Yahoo! Calendar and of course Google Calendar.

This takes the hassle out of trying to find the best time to get together with people. You can use Presdo to minimize the annoying ping pong of email, texting, and voicemail when organizing the next team lunch or trying to grab coffee with a friend.

Tags: e-mail, google calendar. google maps, ical, outlook, presdo, schedule, schedule management, scheduling, yahoo! calendar