ThruIT

So they may not be as cool as Google Wave invites these days, but we at ThruIT blog just got our hands on some invites for Google Voice. The service is pretty cool and its continually being improved upon. Send and receive phone calls, voicemails, and text messages all from your personalized FREE vanity google voice number. Mine is ###-4-KIEVIT. Also, the voicemails are transcribed; although that feature isn’t perfect, its helpful in meetings to get a gist of what the person needed.

There are all types of people in the world. My girlfriend happens to be one of those people that does not check her voicemail. No matter how important the message may be, she will never hear it because she just doesn’t check it. Eventually, a month later she will call in and delete the messages, but until then… nothing. Of course, most people would rather receive a text message instead of having to listen to a message (except on occasion when you want to hear someone’s voice), its silent, quick, and can be done in circumstances such as a meeting.