Roland Allen: Really Random Stuff

The title of this post is intentionally "Google Voice and Skype." Like many, I was thrilled with the idea of Google Voice. It is, however, limited in practical use. But it does work great in conjunction with Skype. I'm traveling internationally right now. I'm using Skype to make phone calls back to the US, since Google Voice depends on my cell phone to make calls. I don't want to pay the international roaming rates to use my cell phone. I am using Google Voice to send and receive SMS messages back to the US. The combination works great. Others may have other solutions to use these two great products. Skype voice calling, by the way, has improved from a year ago. People I call aren't aware that I'm doing so from a PC.