It's very popular and useful.
Everyone knows how to use it.
Why then, does Google not seem to even recognize that it exists....?
I just now went into my Android "Google Voice" app & clicked SEND FEEDBACK & told them how ridiculous it is that Google Voice can't add attachments & send as MMS.
Google Voice:
It's so lame that I can't just click "sms" next to any phone number to send a text to that number from Contacts any more.
What are you thinking???
:-(
If you have had Trouble Receiving Calls from Certain People on Google Voice ever since Google+ Circles Integration...
Here's the Solution I Found:
So certain people call your Google Voice number and they get:
"The number you've reached is not in service."
Or...
The call ALWAYS goes straight to voicemail, without even ringing the phone.
HERE'S HOW I FIXED IT:
(1) Within Google Voice "Contacts" tab, Put that person's contact record into a new Group.
(2) Export Contacts: Select Only that group. That Group's contact records will be exported to a file on your computer.
(3) Delete that person's Contact record completely.
(4) Wait for that Contact to also disappear from your Android phone's Contacts too, as soon as it auto-syncs.
(5) Try having that person call you now. The call should ring in normally now.
(6) Import that Contacts file back in to your Contacts within Google Voice.
Calls from that person should still ring in normally.
This problem seems to have begun on the same day that Google integrated Google+ Circles in to Google Voice. Who knows why?
p 1 of 3: After YEARS of using Google Voice, I've FINALLY figured out the best way to use it. (continued...)
p 2 of 3: Reply to EVERYTHING (email, voicemail, sms, missed calls) within Gmail, in the order they came in. This way you have every thread.
p 3 of 3: Use Google Voice ONLY on the Contacts Page. Use it as your CRM or Contacts Database. Keep a record of EVERY conversation there. :)
p 1 of 3: After YEARS of using Google Voice, I've FINALLY figured out the best way to use it. (continued...)
p 2 of 3: Reply to EVERYTHING (email, voicemail, sms, missed calls) within Gmail, in the order they came in. This way you have every thread.
p 3 of 3: Use Google Voice ONLY on the Contacts Page. Use it as your CRM or Contacts Database. Keep a record of EVERY conversation there. :)
Dearest Jeanne Anne,
I Have told you 20,000,000 times NOT To use hotmail.
I Have told you 20,000,000 times NOT To call me about your hotmail problems.
I Have told you 20,000,000 times to Write Down what I tell you. Instead of asking me the same question 10 times.... On 10 different weeks.
You choose to totally disrespect me.
You do not pay me.
You have never paid me 1 red cent.
You constantly call and bother me --- as if you were paying me.
Then you spit in my face by calling and asking me to recommend someone that you can actually pay - (well, someone your "friend" can pay FOR YOU, actually, as you said) - after you've taken so much of my time - and after I've told you 20,000,000 times what to do.
You always do the opposite of what I recommend.
I don't know what your stingy self centered problem is.... but I want you rid from my life.
I've discovered for the first time in my life, that my patience in fact is not Unlimited.
This has been going on for a year and a half or more.
Enough is enough.
Please lose my phone numbers and my email addresses.
Please do not come to any of my meetings.
I WILL NOT help you anymore.
I wish you all the success in exploring these issues you have.
I hope someday you can rid yourself of stinginess and self centered pure selfishness.
My bet is this will fall on deaf ears.
In fact I'll bet 1000 dollars cash.
Good luck,
Bruce
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but says we've got it right,
you can, yeah So I thought.
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But I thought it was.
Hello.
This is an love you bye.
Bye, fast Chris.
Well, Regis page alright.
This is judge, just the, hey hey.
Stef.
Just found sustained store phone
but hello hello. Hello.
Hey, ceremonies.
Since First of all thanks
okay hey so that way.
All if it huh okay, but it 2.
They wouldn't wouldn't okay.
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ignorance.
The little bit bigger where you are.
Hey girl.
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The alright bro.
-- an automated transcript of background conversation from our office just now
Am I right?
We all do it.
You read something... some article or something... and you think of
someone....
"Ahhhh.. Anthony might be interested in this!"
...and then you forward that information to Anthony.
When Anthony gets that email (or text message or whatever), it "feels
like" spam.
99.99% of the time... People don't WANT to receive information they
didn't ask for.
What's better?
"Hey, Anthony! How are you today? Some guy sent me this
information about a shared office space in Midtown West. I
immediately thought of you.... Want me to send you the details?"
THAT is what people want. .....a personal message ....asking
permission ...before sending details.
Don't be lazy.
Respect the time of your friends.
It's simple.
ASK PERMISSION before sending information to people.
( By the way, I wrote this item as a reminder to MYSELF. ;)
Here are two really important ideas that I think could improve email
for everyone... even without any major new advances in technology:
IDEA NUMBER ONE
When you forward an article or video to me, append the word " //
reading " to the very end of the Subject line.
Like:
Subject: NEW YORK TIMES New Web Service Solves the What to Watch
Conundrum // reading
Then... I created a FILTER within my email application -- (gmail, in
my case) -- to automatically take EVERY MESSAGE CONTAINING THE WORD
"reading" in the Subject line.... and...
(1) Mark it as "NOT IMPORTANT" (in gmail's priority inbox
system) ...and...
(2) Add the tag "reading" to it (optionally) ...or...
(3) Automatically Archive it (optionally)
This way, personal messages written specifically to you... will still
get the Important Priority. Your forwarded articles and videos get
tagged and marked as Not Important (or Low Priority).... or even
Archived or Deleted... all automatically.
So, here's what you have to do:
(A) Tell everyone you know to add the word " // reading " to the
end of everything they forward to you.
As one example, my email signature includes this line:
"Please don't FORWARD anything to me unless you add the word
'reading' to the very end of the Subject line. Thank you for your
consideration."
(B) Create an appropriate Filter within your email application to
filter those "reading" messages appropriately... for you...
according to your own personal preferences.
It could be enforced by requesting all of your friends and family to
do so... in one line in your email signature.
IDEA NUMBER TWO
This is a very low-tech idea.... and is intended to be used in
addition to the first idea... or separately.
Communicate.
(1) When someone forwards an item to you that you really LOVED....
Reply with a, "That was awesome! Thanks!"
(2) When someone forwards an item to you that you really were
totally not interested in.... Reply with a, "I love you but...
Please don't forward items like this to me."
The idea is simple.
Sometimes we really WANT to get those cool tech articles from our good
friend George.... But we really DON'T want those crappy political
emails he also sends.
Email filtering is pretty much an all-or-nothing proposition. You
have to decide between: Automatically Archive EVERY message from
George... or NO messages from George.
So why not put some of the burden on HIS human brain...? He IS your
friend, after all.
Simple TELL him.
When he sends you political emails, say: "I love you but... Please
don't forward items like this to me."
When he sends you tech news about the new phone you just bought, say:
"That was awesome! Thanks!"
When he sends you the religious inspirational video by email, say: "I
love you but... Please don't forward items like this to me."
You get the idea.
Hot Tip: Use Gmail's Labs feature called "Canned Responses" to save
both of the above responses. That way you can reply with the "THANKS"
response, or the "NO THANKS" response, super fast and easy... with
only one click of your mouse!
Better ideas? Please post them in the comments below....
Email Processing Best Practice in 140 Characters....
Doing Email: (1) One Line Reply Works? Reply+Archive (2) Needs Read/Attention at Desk? Star+Archive (3) Chat? Archive (4) Don't Want? Filter.
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