Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Xobni Uninstalled (useful Outlook plugin but crashed too often)
I first heard about Xobni on techcrunch. It sounded promising and I installed it immediately. It started our well. It told me it is going to make a small database for itself and it would take a while. While it sat there making sense of my emails I could use outlook like I normally would. Everything went smooth. We had a go.
What I liked:
1. Search for contacts quickly (list populated as you type)
2. All attachments from a contact presented as a list
3. Phone number for contacts sniffed out from their emails
What I did not like:
1. Grouped conversations confused me
2. Outlook crashed too often
3. Outlook took forever to load
What was offered but I did not need/use:
1. Graph of number of emails over time of day (occupies prime real estate)
2. Analytics package
I was finally forced to uninstall Xobni when my outlook started crashing every hour. Sorry guys (authors of Xobni), I liked your software and would have had it around forever if it did not crash so often. Also while you are at it please build in some collaborative features where we can create accounts and share contact/emails with the team.
-Random Guy
What a Day!
With AAPL trading at $133 and GOOG at $540 I’m afraid to watch TV or browse financial sites. With all the talks about the economy slipping into recession everyone seems depressed. This looks like a day to tell everyone about RandomUp. I’m hoping that going to random webpages would cheer people up. I will start out with reddit to see if the love spreads.
-Random Guy
