There’s a lot of excitement about Grand Central, which lets you consolidate all your telephone numbers (home, office, wireless, etc.) into a single destination (telephone number, voice mail). Google liked the idea so much, it recently bought the start-up for a reported $100-million.
It seems like a great idea (note to Google Canada: sadly, the service isn’t available north of the border yet) but it also struck me there’s a place for a service that consolidates e-mail, instant-messages (GTalk, AIM, MSN, etc.), Skype, Facebook messages, etc.
If you think about it, many of us have multiple e-mail addresses – some for work, some for play, some for e-commerce, some for Web 2.0 registrations – as well as different IM, Skype and Facebook accounts. I’m using GMail to receive all my different e-mail accounts (five) and, of course, GTalk but that still leaves Skype and Facebook as communication outcasts.
I’m not sure if there’s a communications consolidation service (CCS) out there right now. If there is one, let me know; if not, I want an equity stake and a seat on the board if some enterprising entrepreneur runs with this idea. 
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There is actually something like this in the works – I’ve seen a beta of it. I can’t recall the name, but when it’s up and I get an email telling me about it, I’ll send you an email.