GrandCentral at it’s most basic level is a service that let’s you have one phone number that rings all your other numbers.  They have taken that simple concept and expanded on it with a great interface to manage all your interactions with your phone.
Currently the invitation period has been closed, so I decided to post [...]

 
When I signed up for GrandCentral (the Google phone project) I picked a number in my area code, 913, that looked easy to remember.  After getting the account created, looking through all the features, and generally getting excited about using it, I tried to dial.
"You must first dial a 1 before calling this number"
Great, here’s [...]