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I posted about my initial Xobni impressions a number of weeks ago.  Recall that Xobni (zob-nee), inboX spelled backward, is a Microsoft Outlook plug-in that provides you with nearly instantaneous access to “the most important information in your email”. This message is a follow-up to that message and provides more insight on my continued use. I think [...]

As many of you are aware or you can see from my scrolling pictures, my wife an I own lakefront property.  When the property was subdivided by the builder he created a Homeowners Association to manage the common elements of the property including the road, the water system, and the sewer system.  As the secretary [...]

I stumbled upon the Xobni (Zob-nee) website when I was looking for email productivity tools.  After reading all of the pages, watching the video (see below) and signing up for the beta I was a bit disappointed that I could not immediately begin trying out what appeared to be a great tool.  They did however offer [...]

In looking at the projects that I work on there could literally be thousands of small little tasks in the jigsaw puzzle we call a project.  The tasks could range from simple little 20 or 30 minute things, to tasks that may require days or even weeks to complete.  At one time, I went down the road of [...]

I have been a seller on eBay for a number of years and have dabbled a little bit with books on Amazon.  What I am looking for now is some GOOD auction management software.    I’ve tried quite a few different things in both the online and local environments including: Merlin, Auctionwatch, Auctionworks, Mr.Lister, and Shooting [...]

As a project manager, I am always looking for great tools and utilities that will help me to become more productive and improve customer (internal and external) experience. I know about the standard stuff that we use like Microsoft Project, Mindmapper, Excel, Outlook and the like.   What I would be interested in is hearing what [...]

There are a LOT of theories and ideas floating around to help with time management and productivity.  Classes and seminars are offered, books are published, and websites and blogs are posted all to try to help us better manage our lives.  For this author there has been no one method to help with time and productivity [...]

Every blogger is different and they way they manager their blog is different as well.  One of the great things about WordPress is just how easy it is to extend base functionality by adding and activating a plug-in.  Plugins fit into a ton of different categories and there are literally hundreds of them.  If you [...]

By my own admission I am NOT a Microsoft Excel expert.  I know enough about the application to make me dangerous.  I use Excel pretty extensively in my day to day work activities, and in my continuing effort to streamline my day I decided that I needed to add some functionality to my project management [...]

On eBay, sniping (the act of bidding on auctions at the very last minute) has become the normal mode of operation for many buyers.  A sniper will use an automated program to swoop in within the last few seconds of the auction to place a bid.  The practice has been debated on the web many [...]