There has been a lot of press and Internet activity on XOBNI over the last few weeks. After the 10th person mentioned how cool it is I finally installed it. I have to admit at first, I was taken back by the interpretation of the information in the Outlook info pane after it installed and indexed my machine.

I viewed myself. Seems that I send emails to myself at very odd hours (I will send myself actions or notes to be recorded in GTD). Someone also commented that I send emails at some very early hours. To me, it just looks like I have a lot of mail flowing in and out all the time ….

I like the always on access to profile information around the individual who sent you the mail (their phone number, quick click to an appointment, wicked search and the other random tidbits. The conversation thread is interesting as it show historical data (but threading was added in Outlook a while ago). Interesting little gadget.

As an aside, looks like they don’t want to be bought .. yet.