Supercharge Your E-mail Management with Gist
There's a tremendous amount of information locked in your e-mail waiting to be unleashed. We've already told you about some solutions, like Xobni, which extract details like contact information and social network details from each contact who corresponds with you, and now there's a pretty compelling new option that aggregates not just your Outlook contacts, but also Gmail, LinkedIn, Salesforce, and other locations.
Gist analyzes your e-mail to help you both prioritize your e-mail activities and put rich details about your contacts at your fingertips. The service's Web interface lets you drill into people and companies you communicate with. Find out statistics about your communication, see recent e-mails and file attachments, and even get a roll-up of their presence online in published articles, blogs, and social networks.
If you install the Outlook add-in, there's a Gist icon at the top of every e-mail; click it to get a similar summary of that contact, including contact information and a map of their location, if available.
Gist covers a lot of the same ground as Xobni (one of our personal favorites around here), but it has the added advantages of having online and local Outlook components, plus it sucks in Gmail and other sources besides just your Outlook mail. On the other hand, it might not be free forever. Check it out while it's still in beta.