Don't Leave Me a Message After the Beep!

TechCrunch has officially declared voicemail dead, despite the howls of protest in the post's comments. I think Arrington might have called (ha!) this one a bit too soon, but whether or not it's dead for TC readers, it's def dead for me. They take too long to listen to, and my phone does a terrible job of letting me know when I have missed calls or voice messages. So every two weeks or so, I remember that I have a VM box and I clean out whatever's in there. Send me an email and I'll usually respond within moments. With a text, it might take an hour. With a voicemail, expect two weeks.

To quote Mr. Arrington: "Voicemail is dead. Please tell everyone so they’ll stop using it."