GOOGLE VOICE: WHAT DO THE SAVVY FOLK DO?
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Some colleagues and I are just getting our Google Voice invitations. (Request your invitation here.) I've set up my account and am now in the position of practicing what I preach: How do I use this powerful tool in a way that intertwines Technology, Organization, and People in an effective way? (Post title should be sung to "What do the simple folk do?" -- Camelot, 1961)
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZdlnqxFWpE
We've been bouncing some ideas around on Facebook, but I'd like to start a list here in a more public setting. So friends and acquaintances, what do you see as the most powerful benefits or things to watch out for in the use of Google Voice? How can we consider the technology, the organizational aspects, and the people pieces as we think about who do give our numbers to, which numbers to forward to, what voicemail strategies to use, etc? Please comment below.
Backgrounders on Google Voice
- My prior post from March -- will be interesting to see how our understanding has changed now that we have actual access
- David Pogue's NYT article of 7/16/2009 (Thanks, Antoinette!)
- Video explanation (not quite as cool as one from Common Craft, but clear)
