I was reading Arrington’s post “Think Before You Voicemail” and his thoughts on how voice mail should be an obsolete method of communication. I think he makes many good points in reference to professional communication, especially when its someone you don’t know well. I also think Mike is speaking more from his own experience/habits, as I can confirm that he almost never checks/responds to his voicemail.

Overall, I do agree with many of his conclusions and often find myself skipping over professional voicemails, I do not consider urgent, and avoiding going through that backlog.

So I’m finally taking the plunge, and this morning I signed up for PhoneTag which will convert all my voice mails to text and send them to me via email.

I recently met the founder of PhoneTag, James Siminoff, when we were on a panel together at an entrepreneurship class for the UCLA MBA program. He was a very smart and friendly chap and had very good instincts and advice when it came to starting companies. I could tell he cared a great deal about his product and user base, two very important qualities in a founder.

So thanks to James and PhoneTag, hopefully I’ll be able to get back to all those voicemails just a bit quicker.

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