Discovering Xobni

Yeah! It’s fun to have co-workers just randomly mention a cool tool in a meeting and then off you go on a learning adventure. Thanks to Georgeanne, I was recently introduced to Xobni (inbox backwards).

http://www.xobni.com/

Xobni (pronounced Zob nee) is a plug-in for Microsoft Outlook. So far it’s been giving me cool email analytics about different people who email me frequently (for example, my manager is ranked #1 for emails). It can also show me recent conversations and files exchanged with that person as well as who is in their network. I really like the recent conversations section because when you select a conversation, it shows you the emails in threaded view (like Gmail). This helps save you time searching for your communication history! Also, it has an email search tool. Haven’t had a reason to search my email yet, but when I do, I’ll be interested in seeing how well it works.

Also, Xobni has integration features for Facebook and LinkedIn. I still have more to learn about what I can do with this tool but I wanted to get the word out so you could start optimizing your inbox as well (if you feel so inclined).