I’m quite notorious for passing on new technology stuff to my friend, Liz, but today, she returned the favor and sent me a link to slydial.  Have you ever wanted to leave someone a voicemail but it’s late at night and you are afraid of waking them up or you just don’t want to avoid an awkward conversation?  Well, here’s your answer!  Basically you call this number 267-SLYDIAL, and then at the prompt, enter the person’s phone number and it takes you directly to their voicemail.  It might be a bit tricky for some people whose phones aren’t sophisticated to allow you to search your contacts while you are on a call, but other than that, it’s fairly straightforward.  So… the next time you find yourself getting a voicemail but are wondering why your phone didn’t ring, don’t be surprised.

Update: Allison and I did some testing yesterday and we discovered that this did work, although we’ve had some reports it did ring once on some phones.  You can call from any phone (landline or mobile) but this only works calling TO mobile phones.