The Tumblelog was a fun little experiment but it didn’t last. So here I am again.
Right now, I’m working on GUI customization for a project involving eStara. They supply the back-end for click-to-call: You’re browsing a website for a product you’re interested but need more information. You click on the click-to-call button, enter your phone number, hit the talk button and a customer representative immediately calls your phone.
I used it once myself at jcrew.com and it worked wonderfully. Nice product.
GrandCentral.com offers a similar feature as part of their consumer level service. Sign up free and get a GrandCentral number. Then they supply you with a number of different widget-like thingies that you can put on your site. A visitor goes to your site, puts in their number and hits the call button. GrandCentral connects your phone to theirs while maintaining your privacy.
I put one such widget on my homepage but no one has used it yet. Speaking of GrandCentral, I should probably start giving that number out to people…