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The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) shows a slowly improving worldwide economy

There is NO SPECULATION involved in the BDI. This index monitors and reports on transactions happening in the real world in terms of the demand for resources for the manufacture and production of goods worldwide. [...]

Twitter 101: Getting started and how to tweet

Twitter 101: how to get started, customize your Twitter page, using third party apps, a few cool “geegaws”, what to do when you’ve been followed, a word about etiquette, start chirping! [...]

Xobni organizes your Outlook inbox

Thanks to a recent article in the print edition of The Wall Street Journal, I learned about Xobni, a great new plugin for Outlook that enables you to “find people, email and attachments instantly”.

According to a quote from Newsweek on Xobni’s home page, “Bill Gates called Xobni the next generation of social networking.” Curious, I HAD to give it a go.

Inbox spelled backwards, Xobni (pronounced “zob-nee” in their videos) downloads quickly and once installed the first thing it does is analyze all your email folders. That can take a few minutes, depending on how many emails you have filed there, but while you wait the installer entertains you with interesting facts. Such as, the average user has 30,000 emails in their Outlook. Yikes.

Then Xobni adds a sidebar panel on the right side of your Outlook window. And here’s what’s in the sidebar: Xobni has analyzed all your communications and sorted them by correspondent.

Xobni Sidebar in Microsoft Outlook

Xobni Sidebar in Microsoft Outlook

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