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This could be the functionality that sends Skype mainstream. They’ve just announced Skype Voicemail – which provides fully-featured offline voicemail capabilities; and SkypeIn – a fixed line number interface to your standard Skype account.

Both features are the kind of standard functionality that you’d take as read with a mobile or a fixed-line service, so that fact that they’re now available with in VOIP form is a further step towards equivalence. Add SkypeOut, and the service is beginning to look like a genuine business-class replacement for a fixed-line service.

The only downside I’ve found so far is the need for a dedicated headset – although the sound quality through the built-in microphone on a Powerbook is reasonably OK, it’s a bit wearing on the other party if you’re constantly dropping in and out.

Patrick Mayfield has rumours of a new edition of the Prince 2 manual due out at the end of May – the current edition dates back to 1998, so it’s about due. He also points out the burgeoning popularity of the methodology – certainly a quick and highly unscientific scan of the job boards suggests that a majority of advertised PM roles are specifying Prince as a prerequisite, along with an increasing mention of ITIL in connection with support and operational management roles.