Monthly Archives: May 2009

Obfuscate your Company

When I was at Amazon, I remember a story from the days of yore, it went like this. Amazon was about to go public, and all sorts of analysts were trying to determine Amazon’s sales and customer growth, obviously things … Continue reading →

Posted by twilio on May 29, 2009 Tagged , ,

What Will You Do With Your Netbook?

If you win our weekly developer contest, we’ll send you a tiny shiny sexy Netbook!  What would you do with yours? Maybe you’ll use it like Evan uses his EEEPC, for bedside analytics:

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Ahoy Hoy! Meet Jeff Lawson – CEO and Co-Founder of Twilio

Just dug up this great video of Jeff speaking at a Seattle Tech Startups monthly meeting back in September.  Jeff speaks about his background with previous startups, and the founding of Twilio.

Posted by Danielle Morrill on May 27, 2009 Tagged , , , , , ,

Build a Killer Marketing Tool with Twilio & Enter to Win a Netbook

This weeks, it’s all about tools that get the word out. Developers have until midnight on Sunday, May 31st, to submit a Killer Marketing Tool built with Twilio to our contest for a chance to win a Netbook on Monday. … Continue reading →

Posted by Danielle Morrill on May 26, 2009 Tagged , , , , , , , ,

RepeaterStore Wins 1st Twilio Netbook Prize for Improving Customer Service

Woo hoo! We’re beyond thrilled to announce the first Twilio Netbook contest winner is RepeaterStore, by Brendan Gill! Thank you to everyone who submitted their applications to the contest, we were blown away by the response and it was tough … Continue reading →

Posted by Danielle Morrill on May 25, 2009 Tagged , , , , , ,

Twilio to Demo at Google I/O Developer Conference

On Thursday, May 28th, we’ll be at Moscone Center West for the second day of the Google I/O Developer Conference.  Google has generously offered us a spot in their Google App Engine Developer Sandbox. The event is loaded with Google-relevant … Continue reading →

Posted by Danielle Morrill on May 21, 2009 Tagged , , , , ,

Hallelujah It's Raining Netbooks – Win Yours with Twilio

Calling all Twilio developers! Today we’re announcing the beginning of our Netbook Monday contest and each week we’ll be awarding the most creative application built with Twilio. Whether you just discovered Twilio, or you’ve got a burning idea in the … Continue reading →

Posted by Danielle Morrill on May 19, 2009 Tagged , ,

Dialing Multiple Numbers Simultaneously with Twilio

Yesterday, Brad Gessler asked whether he could use Twilio to simultaneously call multiple people for a call routing app.  This is a common use case, even for something as simple as a front desk phone of a small business that … Continue reading →

Posted by Danielle Morrill on May 14, 2009 Tagged , , , ,

Announcing Twilio Gift Certs for Y-Combinator Companies Past & Present

From one startup to another… Congratulations on being a part of the Y-Combinator program! While you’re hard at work day and night, skipping meals, sleeping in strange places (and positions), and taking your idea from whiteboard to dashboard, we hope … Continue reading →

Posted by Danielle Morrill on May 13, 2009 Tagged , ,