Earlier, I’ve written about various miracles of modern technology that can enhance your ability to communicate and receive information, including newsreaders (for keeping up with blogs and other RSS feeds), Twitter (which in my opinion has quickly degenerated from a decent information-sharing service to a celebrity and commercial-filled waste of time) and a slew of useful BlackBerry applications.

This column goes back to basics with a focus on voice — the fundamental information-delivery system — specifically, a relatively new service called Google Voice.