You book travel, buy your tickets, pack your bags, go to the airport, and then panic begins: did I set my out-of-office reminders? OK, maybe not panic, but I have been on a beach, setting those suckers up because I forgot to before I traveled. With a new add-in, you can set your reminders when you buy the tickets. Nice. Now let me show you how the free add-in works in Outlook 2010 (and 2007) with this short video.

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To see the other add-ins of social media mentioned, take a look at my blog posts on the Outlook Social Connector and TwInbox. --Doug Thomas