This is a Tip's curiosity that someone may find a use for. From my perspective an accidental discovery. Normally you can't call yourself on Skype. Even if you are running multiple Skype clients under the same name. You get an informational message "You can't call yourself". (Don't believe me? Then type in the same handle your Skype client is currently logged into and try and call it.)

So I set up some tags. One is the very useful "Send a Voice Message" tag. The perfect opportunity to introduce yourself. Of course I tried it on others. Then I tried mine while logged in. I expected to get a You can't call yourself warning. In fact I ended up leaving a voice message for myself. In fact this all makes sense. The tag initiates a server call to leave a voice message for a person named X. When recording is finished deliver at the first possible moment.

How might you use this? Perhaps you like leaving messages for yourself rather than writing notes. You could sort those messages by date and simply play all if you want. Now amaybe we just need the option to display it in the Skype Tool Bar. Oh and in case you wanted to know... you cannot bridge this call into a conference call etc. Skype won't allow it. Still you want to record a conversation in your room? Skype will provide you with 10 minutes to do just that.

The code for a Voice Messaging Tag.

<a href="skype:<$MTEntryAuthorNickname$>?voicemail" onclick="return skypeCheck();"> <img title="Click to leave me a Voice Message!" src="http://www.skypejournal.com/blog/images/skypeicons/Voicemail_16x16.png" style="border:0px;" /> >

where represents my Skype handle. "stuart_henshall"