A little housewarming gift
One of the problems students have when they move to a new city to attend B-school is that they've got to uproot their lives, change address, change phones, and start up fresh in a new town. Then, two unbelievably short years later, you uproot and move again, get a new address, a new phone number, etc.
There exists a solution to at least part of the problem, and i have an answer. Grandcentral is a unique service (now owned by Google) that provides a centralized telephone number; the way it works--- you get a brand new number (in the area code of your choosing). That number is your number from here on out--- till death do you part. Anyone calling that number is routed (through rules you set up on their website), to your cell phones, office phones, home phones, etc. If you move--- GrandCentral stays with you. You simply take the new home/office/cell you have in your new city and tell GC to ring them instead. It also allows centralized voicemail, tons of great messaging and routing features, and all sorts of other cool tricks. No more worrying about updating all your contacts with your new information--- this is they number you keep for life. It's the single best thing i've done since Tivo, and the slickest Google aquisition yet. Above all else, it's 100% free.
If any Owen student is interested in this service, it is currently in private Beta, but i'd be glad to share some of my invites with you. Send me an email to Isaac (dot) Rogers (dot) 2008 (at) owen.vanderbilt.edu using your new Vanderbilt account and i'll send out an invite. I've only got a few invites, so first come first serve.
Don't say i never gave you anything nice, class of 2009.
Free for now, until big daddy google starts to decide to cash in ;-)
Posted by: Sharran Srivatsaa | July 27, 2007 at 08:32 AM