I’ve been watching Zobni closely ever since my friend Jeff Bonforte took the reins as their CEO in February. I’ve been waiting for a peek at how Xobni will turn Outlook from a pain into a really productive and useful tool.

Today I finally got the email telling me I’ve got an invitation to join their invite-only beta testing. I immediately went to the download install and set up, and I have to szy they’ve done a dazzling job and Outlook suddenly seems…well…useful.

I’ll keep testing and playing, but so far, given my use of MS Outlook dating back over ten years, this is the best add-on I’ve seen. LookOut as a search add-on is the only other one that I found exciting, and since Microsoft bought them, that tool died. Crushed out of existence by aquisition, a phenomenon not unheard of in the industry.

Keep your eyes out for Xobni. I know I’ll keep testing and be using it. Consider me impressed.

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Posting a reminder about this free webinar tomorrow in which I’ll be one of the panelists, and since my pals over at TMCnet are putting this on with sponsorship from other friends at Jaduka, I’ve copied wholesale again. The webinar is tomorrow - Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 2:00pm EST 11:00am PST.

You can find the TMCnet page here.

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Communications Enabled Business Services Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 2:00pm EST 11:00am PST Companies are more productive and more successful when their employees and customers are better connected to the processes that drive business. Communication Enabled Business Processes (CEBP) combines communication technologies with business processes and applications to more effectively communicate between customers, suppliers, and employees. And, integrating new tools shouldn’t be a difficult or risky proposition. It should be easy to implement and compatible with the latest technologies. By connecting people, information, and the workflow process, a business can streamline operations, provide better customer service, and make a positive impact on its bottom line. After the presentation, the Webinar will be open for a live Q&A. Be sure to have your questions ready! Register Now! PRESENTERS: Trevor Baca Vice President of Software Engineering Jaduka Trevor Baca is Vice President of Software Engineering at Jaduka and oversees software engineering, real-time systems engineering, telephony services development, information architecture, usability, and user-experience engineering teams. He has ten years’ experience in telephony and software development and has held senior leadership roles in software development, systems engineering, strategy, product development, and human-computer interaction. Baca also holds a similar title at NetworkIP, the parent company of Jaduka, and a leading platform provider of prepaid telephony since 1998. At NetworkIP, he led research and development of the second-generation Kodiak services platform. He was instrumental in bringing both metrics-based and user-centered development to the product life cycles of the different parts of the Jaduka technology portfolio. Baca also researched and directed the development of the NetworkIP iQT® realtime QoS analysis and correction system, registered as U.S. Patent #6,914,967. Baca received a Bachelor of Arts in the honors program from the University of Texas. Ken Camp Independent Consultant Ken Camp has more than 25 years of experience in information technology. Ken spent 17 years with AT&T and Lucent Technologies successfully designing and implementing voice and data networks. He later worked in the security marketplace and played a key role in early IPSec VPN deployments. As an independent consultant, Ken’s primary focal areas include network performance improvement, security practices and the design and deployment of integrated voice and data solutions. He may be contacted at: ken_camp@realtimepublishers.net Erik Linask Associate Editor Technology Marketing Corporation In addition to his work with TMC’s IP Communications publications, Erik is a contributor to TMCnet. Prior to joining the TMC team, he was Managing Editor at Global Custodian, a global securities services publication, where he also managed the magazine’s survey research. Erik began his professional career at management consulting firm Leadership Research Institute.

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This may sound like a silly quesiton, but every now and then I get an email from FON because since moving I haven’t reconnected their WiFi access router.

It begs a question, though. Has anyone ever seen a Fonera connection in the wild? I haven’t, and expect I’ll just toss this thing in the dumpster when we move later this week. I know I could reflash it and make it useful, but it’s hardly even worth the bother.

Earlier today I saw someone mention how available FON hotspots are, but I’ve never seen one in any part of the country I’ve visited. Ever. The only one I have ever noted was my own.

So what’s the point>

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Because Sheryl and I have friends all over the world we hope may be able to join us, we’ve decided to share our wedding date and let everyone who might share this very special day with us have lots of time for travel plans. We haven’t set the precise location yet, but there’s plenty of time for that. Definitely in Washington.

Thank you to all our friends for the support and encouragement as our love has grown and you’ve shared in our life together. We know that you’ll be seeing more of us, but we hope many of you will be able to come share our wedding in person.

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For folks who may not be on top of the changes, I’m blogging here less these days. More and more of what I do is working with Sheryl on our projects. Here’s an example -

This evening we sat down to talk about what social media is. It seems to mean many different things to different people. We took some time to think about what it means to us and try to give broader definition than we see in most conversations.

In this episode, we also unveiled our new look for the show and new them music. We want to thank our friend Dan Lynch for the great music.

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If you haven’t already done so, please also take a minute to go vote in our poll here.

Technorati Tags: GeekSpeakTV, Sheryl Breuker, Ken Camp, Stardust Global Ventures

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