slydial — leave a voice message instead of having that awkward conversation

Nicely done.

Too many times I call someone hoping to simply get my ball on their side of the court without having to prepare to return another shot — only to be thwarted when the other person answers.

Matt Richtel found slydial interesting enough to give it serious street cred by featuring it in today's New York Times, where it appears on the front page.

You could look it up.