I have been using Xobni in beta for the last few months and it is an impressive tool. If you have a chronically full inbox, Xobni is a good way to find what you are looking for.
Windows only: Previously mentioned Microsoft Outlook plug-in Xobni (pronounced ‘zob-nee’) is now available to the public for immediate download. Previously in invite-only beta, Xobni adds email analytics, better contact cards, fast search, threaded conversations, and more to your Outlook inbox. The NY Times explains one way Xobni makes your inbox more of a social network of connected contacts:
Xobni recognizes that if an executive sends a copy to someone else on each message he or she sends, it might be to an assistant or another colleague. When someone using Xobni searches for that executive in Outlook, the second person is listed as well.
Huh-wha, you ask? Here, have a video demonstration of Xobni in action.
The Xobni beta download is free, and works with Microsoft Outlook in Windows.
Last week Wired magazine published an in-depth article profiling the creator of a learning software application called SuperMemo. The concept for this software is that memorization and learning is achieved through repetition, but that the ideal time to refresh your memory about something is as close as possible to when you about to forget it. Apparently, research has shown that reviewing material at the right time significantly increases retention. This is referred to as the Spacing Effect.
Google rolled out an updated version of Google Earth today. Nice to see they are still moving the ball forward on what is already an incredible app. Download here.
New Features:
12 New Languages
Enhanced Navigation Tools
Dynamic Lighting (including real-time placement of the sun)
With the iPhone SDK released, people have started thinking expansively about ways that mobile software can change the way we interact with the world. www.ReadWriteWeb.com posted an article today describing 12 future software application concepts for your iPhone. The most interesting among them is “Reality Tagging” using the iPhone. Photos taken on the iPhone could be automatically geotagged using the iPhone’s location tracking functionality and tagged with comments. Future visitors to that location could then pull up photos and comments related specifically to that location. Cool stuff.
For the full list of 12 iPhone software concepts, check out the full article at ReadWriteWeb. Excerpt after the jump:
Windows only: Previously mentioned Microsoft Outlook plug-in Xobni (pronounced ‘zob-nee’) is now available to the public for immediate download. Previously in invite-only beta, Xobni adds email analytics, better contact cards, fast search, threaded conversations, and more to your Outlook inbox. The NY Times explains one way Xobni makes your inbox more of a social network of connected contacts:
Monday, May 5, 2008
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