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By: Dani

Dani — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:09:33 +0000

One thing that can be worse than multiple contacts is the “perpetual forward”. If the desk phone is not answered after 4 rings, it is then forwarded to the Blackberry. If that’s not answered after 4 rings, it’s forwarded to the personal cell, which is then forwarded back to the desk phone. If the call is never picked up, the caller is stuck in a perpetual ring cycle, never getting to a voice mail system. I work with several people who use this technique, thinking that it keeps them constantly in touch, when in fact it’s extraordinarily frustrating.

By: David Scott Lewis

David Scott Lewis — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 22:40:30 +0000

This was a rant. I’d like to see an answer.

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By: Mathias

Mathias — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 15:19:45 +0000

I have a cellie (no landline for the business) and email. Some clients contact me through Skype, but that’s about it. And it’s more than enough for me.

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By: Matthew Lowes

Matthew Lowes — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:47:27 +0000

I like to keep things simple. The more accounts and services I have the more I have to manage. I use my land line and email. However, contact needs can be job specific. For me it isn’t critical that people be able to reach me immediately. Email works great and pretty much everyone is already using it, so it’s very accessible.

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By: Da Dame

Da Dame — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:13:18 +0000

I have a phone, I have a blog, I have a myspace, I have Messenger and all my friends know where I live or where to find me…I guess I’m too accesible :) But the fact is that I don’t mind because I live of social contacts ;-)

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:28:57 +0000

In previous post, I forgot to mention that when I am at the office, I forward my cell number to my office line so I can use my landline during the day or when I don’t want to be on the cell.

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 06:27:48 +0000

This is a very important topic. I’m a highly mobile consuktant and travel internationally, work within a virtual company (I’m based in San Francisco, my EA is in Napa Valley, our three senior researchers are in three different time zones). Since 1992, I’ve had the same cell phone number. My clients know only one number for my business and personal. I forward my number to my EA when needed, or to my home, or to Simulscribe (a huge productivity app that records my voicemail, sends me the message in text with a MP3 file with the recording attached). I have used a Blackberry since 1996 and this same set-up. My family and friends also call this same number. I set distinctive rings for family or personal calls and so when I’m ‘off-duty’, only personal calls ring outloud.

I’ve found this to be a simple solution and it keeps it simple. My clients have always appreciated having just one number. Same with email, every address forwards to one domain address and I use Outlook filters to organize them into one admin panel for review.

By: Jeb

Jeb — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:30:54 +0000

As for the deaf community I think SMS and Blackberrys and the like are the answer. I have a friend that works in the deaf and hard of hearing community and she just dumped her Sidekick for a Treo. It shows how having a qwerty keyboard really makes peoples lives so much easier.

By the way, I have been considering producing some kind of deaf/hard of hearing expo to put the community intouch with the tools that can help, including technology like Blackberrys and so on. Do you have something like this in your community?

By: 2.0 weblogs

2.0 weblogs — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:51:18 +0000

The 100% on-line mentality should be curtailed for friends and a beer more than occasionally. Thanks for the funny post – so true.

By: thelocomono

thelocomono — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 01:20:08 +0000

WWD -

I am Profoundly Deaf so the use of a voice mail helps with hearing callers who do not understand what a VRS service does. I am curious as to what your thoughts are on what kinds of contact points would optimize communication between the deaf and hearing for business purposes.

TheLocoMono

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