Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at 2:52PM Sorry there's no sound. This is the new ad from Apple with "Mac and PC." Clever, because (spoiler) it uses fake ads for other companies. The humor comes from PC's 1 to 23 steps disguised as being as easy as 1-2-3. Check it out over at NYTimes.com, or watch below:
Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 2:29PM 
It's an interesting and valid question. The basic idea behind today's New York Times article is people, especially young people, are choosing to text, email, or tweet information, rather than leave a voice message. And it turns out, it seems a growing number of people aren't even bothering to check voicemail anymore.
As anyone who's left me a voicemail message can attest, I definitely neglect those messages. Often, if I call someone and they don't answer, I'll hang up and email or text them rather than leave a voicemail. This method actually takes longer, but I don't think I'm alone in this habit.
Visual VoiceMail on the iPhone, touted in the NYTimes article, has actually made it worse for me. Previously, I would call in to find out who those three new messages might be from. Now, I can simply look at the phone, see who it is, and I'll have a pretty good idea what they're calling about.
What do you think? Are the days of voicemail numbered? Which communication method has replaced voicemail for you?