Fresh Ubuntu

I had the good fortune of receive an invite to Grand Central from Google. This was pretty quick considering that I just asked them to reserve a number a few days ago! Thanks Google, first for a fairly decent mailbox and now a new phone number! The concept is simple, the big “G” gives you a phone number from any one of the contigious 48 states of your choosing and when people call that number Google will ring any number of phones which you list on your profile all at once. Meaning, if you are at work, home or on the road with your cell people can get a hold of you or at least get a message to you within minutes. There are plenty of features to play with from recording your own away messages to spam blocking which I like the idea of. One other feature that intrigues me is the Webcall button that you see on the sidebar that looks like a crumpled up piece of paper. Now listeners may call and leave messages to me! Yay! Just another way of making the site a bit more interactive, I guess. So, if you have a message for me here is what you do:

1. Click on the Webcall Button
2. Enter your name or pseudonym
3. Enter your phone number
4. Make sure you have the phone that corresponds to the phone number you entered
5. Then, your phone will ring.
6. Answer your phone and wait til the voicemail system picks up
7. Leave your message!

That’s it! Here are a couple of suggestions:

• Use a cell phone with a lot of minutes or free long distance as I don’t know if it will cost you a few pennies to leave me a message
• Be polite and SFW, it’s always good policy.
• Be creative.
• Leave a tip for Fresh Ubuntu listeners. Best way to get on the show!

Well, if you can think of anything else send me a message and if it is interesting enough I’ll put it on the show. I hope to be hearing from you, bye for now:)