Does Microsoft charge rent?  I mean I already live in Outlook so I thought maybe I could chip in a few bucks and get some modifications made to make my life easier. 

I don’t know about you but as the economy has started going south and more and more people are being forced into multiple roles and responsibilities I have seen a huge spike in the number of emails I receive.  My friends and I were comparing notes last night on how many emails we would have in our Inbox by 8am the next morning, the average estimate was about 50.  A few were higher but they work with international teams so it’s expected that the teams abroad will be working while we are sleeping.  As we were talking I noticed every one of us looked at our email on a Blackberry or iPhone at least 2 or 3 times over the course of a few hours.

So what did I take away from this?  I decided that Outlook has to get easier so I don't spend all day sorting, following up on, and reading email.  I have setup a testing scenario for as many Outlook addin applications as I can, I have identified a few that I have heard about and I’m in the process of researching others.  My colleagues and I will test, rate, and provide feedback on each Outlook addin on how well it helped us do our jobs and make that available to you the readers.  I hope this is useful for everyone and if you have a cool Outlook plugin, addin, or addon application you use today let us know.

Happy Emailing!