Grand Central
There’s a lot of adjusting to work life. I’ve already had to get used to using two computers, but now, I’ve got a new cell phone, so I will be getting rid of my old one, and thus stop paying $70 a month for service I barely use.
Anyway, I found a service called Grand Central. It was recently purchased by Google. It’s a free service in beta, for the time being. What it does is it gives you a phone number that you can forward to up to 6 phones (i.e. home, office, cell). It also gives you a voicemail that you can check over the phone or online, and it allows you to keep your contacts online, which you can click to call, and it will show up on the recipient’s caller ID as your GC number (in theory, I’ve never tried that particular feature). There’s even a mobile access site for your internet enabled phone.
One potential drawback I’ve noticed is that I seem to get occasional spam calls. I’ve registered the number with do not call, but they still seem to go through. I can set certain numbers to spam, and they won’t ring you, but still allows the caller to leave a message.
I am going to attempt to distribute a new number to everyone in my address book. If you need my new number(s), feel free to email me.