Generally it's buried somewhere far from me under a pillow.
I'm a non-deaf, high-functioning normal. I hate phone calls for all the reasons iterated here (intrusive, annoying, inconsiderate, lossy, non-searchable, difficult (or illegal) to record, etc.). I'll just include reemrevnivek's post by reference, it's excellent: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3104873
I might check voicemail once a week (sorry, Mom).
My voicemail message basically says "don't leave a voicemail".
My biggest present gripe: recruiters who call at all hours of the day. Actually, thanks to them I found a call-blocking app for my phone, such that only known numbers will ring.
Even with blocking, phone calls interrupt current activity on the phone (not so hot when you're buried deep in a technical problem and it's the only link out to technical resources which might help).
What I'd like to see is the ability to classify contacts by who is or isn't allowed to actually ring through to the handset.
And that null-voicemail feature others have suggested.
> What I'd like to see is the ability to classify contacts by who is or isn't allowed to actually ring through to the handset.
Google voice allows you to do this. I have everyone except my friends and family go through call screening before they can ring my phone. I also have a recruiter who was calling me blocked with a "this number is disconnected" message. (he used 6 different numbers before I completely blocked him... yeesh)
Generally it's buried somewhere far from me under a pillow.
I'm a non-deaf, high-functioning normal. I hate phone calls for all the reasons iterated here (intrusive, annoying, inconsiderate, lossy, non-searchable, difficult (or illegal) to record, etc.). I'll just include reemrevnivek's post by reference, it's excellent: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3104873
I might check voicemail once a week (sorry, Mom).
My voicemail message basically says "don't leave a voicemail".
My biggest present gripe: recruiters who call at all hours of the day. Actually, thanks to them I found a call-blocking app for my phone, such that only known numbers will ring.
Even with blocking, phone calls interrupt current activity on the phone (not so hot when you're buried deep in a technical problem and it's the only link out to technical resources which might help).
What I'd like to see is the ability to classify contacts by who is or isn't allowed to actually ring through to the handset.
And that null-voicemail feature others have suggested.