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So much for digital R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Inbox Insanity Technology was supposed to make life easier, so why does it seem so much harder? Take e-mail, for example. At the moment, there are 6,962 — no, make that 6,979 — messages in our inbox. And that’s after a recent purge and reorganization into a Byzantine network of folders, subfolders and archived messages. Inbox maintenance is an everyday chore, and it’s becoming more and more time consuming. But with important information and decisions increasingly coming in e-mail form, being able to quickly locate and pull out that content is critical. Enter Xobni (“inbox” spelled backward), an Outlook plug-in that claims to allow you to more readily access the information you need. The bot enables you to filter through the junk, nonrelevant e-mail conversations from friends and colleagues, and other virtual detritus that flows into your inbox on a daily basis, to pull out messages and information based on your needs. Founded in 2006 with the backing of venture capitalists, the San Francisco-based company hopes to “take back” the e-mail inbox for its users. Xobni analyzes your e-mail use and history, alerts 2/27/08 12:10:22 PM CertMagSQ2a.pdf you to important messages and provides communication history, including contact details, past conversations and attachments. Features include e-mail search, inbox navigation tools, the ability to create threaded conversations from your e-mail and quickly extract Dear Prospective Employer/Future Employer/Future-Future Partner: phone numbers and important contact information. 100% But perhaps the coolest thing about Xobni is the analytics tool that details how you and your contacts are using e-mail. This interesting feature allows you to identify when the most important messages from people you care about arrive and how long it takes you to respond. Instead of answering and writing e-mails throughout the day, you can identify the best time to communicate and reclaim the rest of your time from e-mail slavery. 8 C M Y CM MY CY K PREPARED M , Transcedent’s Signature the laureate genius who handed you this card, has completed the TRANSCENDER® Exam PreparationP R O G R A M CMY What does this mean, you ask? It means this person is an IT rock star. It means that, with Transcender’s industry-best 100% guarantee, any certiﬁcation exam they take is but a formality. That any problems you may have will be approached with the creativity and passion of a ﬂamboyant television chef, and dispatched with the swift precision of a ninja. You would do well to start looking at your budget right now to make signiﬁcant room for this prodigy’s salary — their sweet, sweet salary. – editor@certmag.com © 2008 KAPLAN IT, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. TRANSCENDER® KAPLAN IT, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. http://www.wgu.edu/cm14 http://www.xobni.com/ http://www.transcender.com

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Certification - September 2008

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