4/30/2008
Xobni beta testing
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.
Filed by Ken at 12:15 pm under Technology
Hey Ken two things. How do you pronounce it I kno wit is inbox backwards but that doesn’t mean I know how to say it. And second did you get any invites to share
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Hey Trevor, nice to hear from you. I don’t know if I got working invites or not. I’ll try and send you one. I heard Jeff Bonforte pronounce it Zob-nee once, so that’s how I say it.
Let me know if you get the invite.!
It appeared to work, so hopefully you got one of my six invites.
Yes the invite arrived and I have installed it. I haven’t had a chance to put it through its paces yet but I am looking forward to that. Thanks for the invite.
Checking out Xobni…
Thanks to Ken from ipadventures who sent me an invitation, I have been trying out an add on to outlook…