My favorite email tool and Social Networking tool are linked:

Linked in has a new toolbar for Outlook. Hmmm, social software is getting more integrated. Linked In is one of those that’s survived the “seven day rule.” I’m using it because the network is interesting. (If you use a service or piece of software for more than seven days, it’s worth recommending to others — my coworker Jeff Sandquist came up with that).

The email that I got says that during the beta their testers were able to double their number of connections and increase the size of their LinkedIn network by more than 50% because of this bar.

[Via Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger]

Pretty cool little utility – it collects contacts from your inbox and then can upload them to LinkedIn.