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It was intended to solve the headaches of having more than one phone number (home, work, cellphone and so on): Having to check multiple answering machines. Missing calls when people try to reach you on your cell when you’re at home (or the other way around). Sending around e-mail at work that says, “On Thursday from 5 to 8:30, I’ll be on my cell; for the rest of the weekend, call me at home.” And having to change phone numbers when you switched jobs or cities.
One Number to Ring Them All. NYTime.
By DAVID POGUE
Published: March 11, 2009
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al says:
thanks for the link. Just posted on BSWW (http://blogs.poly.edu/bsww/):
… Many notions come to mind: mobility, neo-nomads, technology, digital cities, but also space and the intermingling of physical and virtual space. I remember the time where you would never ask someone when calling her “where are you?” as the number you dialed told you where the person was - at home, in the office, at X’s house. The cell phone changed the practice and the usual “Hi, how are you?” became “Hi, where are you?”. You still knew where the person was if you were calling her on a land line and she picked up the phone. Grand Central promises to blurry the frontiers between physical and digital even more by eliminating any clues of location. al
March 19th, 2009 at 4:27 pm