Outlook and Added Intelligence with Anagram

  • Article

I need to catch up on a couple of products that I have been reviewing. I am woefully late with this first one:

This is a pretty click program. Here's the basic scenario:

You are searching the Web (hopefully using the new MSN Desktop Toolbar), and you find a page with info you needed. Along the way, you find that the page includes some contact info with the usual rap sheet contents- name, address, phone, etc. You want to add the information to Outlook.

It is kind of shameful that you have to do Copy/Paste, Copy/Paste, Copy/Paste etc. This annoys me. Well, Outlook's extensibility pays off, and the folks who made anagram ™   have wisely hit the jackpot with a great application. From their Web site:

anagram™ instantly and intelligently translates the meaningful text from any application into Outlook® Contact, Calendar, Task and Note items. Why enter a new address or appointment into Outlook® by hand when anagram™ can do it for you?

That's the question, and they have the answer. I use it all of the time, and I highly recommend the software, the same way I do ActiveWords which I have blogged about extensively in the past.

Rock Thought for the day: I need to be completely honest: Pearl Jam is a band that has captivated me and disappointed me. When I was rock climbing in American Fork canyon with my buddy Jared Clark we got amped up by tunes pumping out of his oversized old red Cadillac. We listened to Smashing Pumpkins' Gish (a monumental album), Social Distortion, Pearl Jam, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. What an era. Regrettably, PJ has not been as consistent as RHCP in putting out the great quality (read: Riot Act, among others). However, the compilation CD, "Rearviewmirror", shows why this band is unforgettably, unmistakably important.

The second CD, containing the ballads, is so persuasive. I listened to some of the tracks and was easily carried away (I need to be honest). If you have not bothered to inventory the prodigeous output of this band because of cost or not knowing where to start this compilation is your best bet.