Thuan was a person that you would call an early adopter. He was always into tech blogs, and was usually one of the first to try them out. Before the FCC passed a law in 2004 to allow us to keep our phone numbers when we switched carriers, it was commonplace for us to send out mass emails informing our family and friends of our new phone number.
Thuan found a solution to this - Grand Central. Grand Central was basically a service where they assign you a phone number, and it would then forward the incoming call to whichever number you had at the time. This could be a home phone, cell phone, or a pager.
Thuan encouraged me to sign up, but I didn't use it. Eventually Grand Central would be bought by Google and become the ubiquitous service that we use now - Google Voice.
Because of Thuan, I was one of the first people to choose a Google Voice number, and is the reason why my number is so easy to remember.
Thuan found a solution to this - Grand Central. Grand Central was basically a service where they assign you a phone number, and it would then forward the incoming call to whichever number you had at the time. This could be a home phone, cell phone, or a pager.
Thuan encouraged me to sign up, but I didn't use it. Eventually Grand Central would be bought by Google and become the ubiquitous service that we use now - Google Voice.
Because of Thuan, I was one of the first people to choose a Google Voice number, and is the reason why my number is so easy to remember.
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