Gist - Is it a new Tool for Managing Information Overload ?

Keeping up with all the people you know, on all the platforms they're broadcasting from--Email obviously, but also Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn--has become very time consuming. A new service (soon to launch will hopefully reduce that). It promises to 'connect your inbox to the web, so you get business-critical information about key people and companies'

Gist is an online service that lists all your contacts, and combs through email, social networking accounts, and RSS feeds to create just one line item for each person: What's new with them. It also offers the prospect of being able to do all your homework on someone before a crucial email, meet-up, or IM.

p.s is currently in Private Beta but as i member i got a sneaky peek.