If you have not already started using xobni yet, take my advice and install it today. It’s a great addition to Outlook and saves me hours time every week.

Xobni offers a new way to organize and search your Outlook email. Xobni creates profiles for each person that emails you. These profiles contain relationship statistics, contact information, social connections, threaded conversations, and shared attachments.

The lastest edition integrates into Linkedin, pulling information from your friends and contacts directly from their LinkedIn profile. Full details of the the Xobni and LinkedIn integration can be found at Xobni blog.

Check out Techcrunch post ‘Xobni: The Super Plugin For Outlook’ for more information on this great little application. You can also see Bill Gates take on Xonbi here. I am a bit puzzled why it Microsoft did’t come with this functionality themselves, but hey at least its here.

Over the last month I have started using Evernote as my second brain. It’s a great tool to capture and store, well absolutely everything! Rather than me describing what Evernote does, why note hear it directly from from Evernote CEO, Phil Libin.

Erik Schonfeld over at Techcrunch has a written a great review on Evernote -‘Extend Your Brain With Evernote’ which is worth reading, however the best way to see what evernote it to try it out. After trying out Google Notes and Microsoft Onenote in the past I have to say Evernote is definitely my preference, due to its ability to index photos as well standard text.

What is evernote?

Evernote allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere.

What’s the point of Evernote?

We are all constantly bombarded by information, much more than our brains can handle. So, we end up forgetting all sorts of things.

With Evernote, you can start capturing all of those experiences, ideas, and memories, from both your real and digital life that would otherwise slip away.

Evernote also allows you to share your notes - if you want to see my shared notes you can check out them out here.