http://blog.clearcontext.com/2007/09/welcoming-xobni-to-the-ring.html organize your Outlook Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:18:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://blog.clearcontext.com/2007/09/welcoming-xobni-to-the-ring.html/comment-page-1#comment-598 ProjectsPossible Tue, 22 Jan 2008 04:18:53 +0000 http://server.clearcontext.com/blog/2007/09/welcoming-xobni-to-the-ring.html#comment-598 Interesting perspective. I am both a user of IMS and of Xobni and frankly I don't think I would want to live without either of them. Contacts is an area for me that IMS is serverely limited. I want and need to be able to find information quickly about individuals, not just email. Since Outlook is where they live and not necessarily in my Outlook CONTACTS Xobni gives me a way to get to them. Also the search in Xobni is incredible. I am not a user of the "DESKTOP" search programs from google or MS and I am still on the 2003 version of OUTLOOK per corporate directive. For me to do a search in Outlook is painful so I have been using Nelson Email Organizer. Now with Xobni it is integrated and extremely fast. In order to make me more productive in my email I need it all in one place. I don't want to have to launch new programs. I want OUTLOOK to be my trusted source. Integration is key. IMS and Xobni do that for me, they work well together and they compliment each others capabilities. When or if IMS does something with Contacts and Search I may go back to a single tool but without that functionality I have to have something more. Additionally, since IMS handles email and projects so well, enhancements to that engine is really what I would like to see... perhaps things like multiple topics for a single piece of email. Interesting perspective. I am both a user of IMS and of Xobni and frankly I don’t think I would want to live without either of them.
Contacts is an area for me that IMS is serverely limited. I want and need to be able to find information quickly about individuals, not just email. Since Outlook is where they live and not necessarily in my Outlook CONTACTS Xobni gives me a way to get to them.
Also the search in Xobni is incredible. I am not a user of the “DESKTOP” search programs from google or MS and I am still on the 2003 version of OUTLOOK per corporate directive. For me to do a search in Outlook is painful so I have been using Nelson Email Organizer. Now with Xobni it is integrated and extremely fast.
In order to make me more productive in my email I need it all in one place. I don’t want to have to launch new programs. I want OUTLOOK to be my trusted source. Integration is key. IMS and Xobni do that for me, they work well together and they compliment each others capabilities.
When or if IMS does something with Contacts and Search I may go back to a single tool but without that functionality I have to have something more. Additionally, since IMS handles email and projects so well, enhancements to that engine is really what I would like to see… perhaps things like multiple topics for a single piece of email.

]]> http://blog.clearcontext.com/2007/09/welcoming-xobni-to-the-ring.html/comment-page-1#comment-597 Phil v. Sassen Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:55:27 +0000 http://server.clearcontext.com/blog/2007/09/welcoming-xobni-to-the-ring.html#comment-597 I am happy to hear that the beta is on its way! I am happy to hear that the beta is on its way!

]]> http://blog.clearcontext.com/2007/09/welcoming-xobni-to-the-ring.html/comment-page-1#comment-596 cornell Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:05:53 +0000 http://server.clearcontext.com/blog/2007/09/welcoming-xobni-to-the-ring.html#comment-596 Very, very interesting work, Brad. I think you're leading a possible technical revolution around self-management, and the failure of current email tools as the pace of work scales up. Thanks very much for the link - much appreciated. Very, very interesting work, Brad. I think you’re leading a possible technical revolution around self-management, and the failure of current email tools as the pace of work scales up.
Thanks very much for the link – much appreciated.

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