Monthly Archives: September 2009

Hacking the Hiring Process (Part 1)

Twilio is hiring, which is always a very exiting time for younger companies. Growing the team with fresh blood and new ideas means generating more capacity for the company to achieve more. Sweet.
At the same time, hiring is a total pain in the ass. Sorry to say, but the nuts-and-bolts mechanics of hiring almost totally offsets the joy in building the team.
We thought we’d take the opportunity to publish some of the ways we’ve learned to hack the hiring process to increase our efficiency, get the right candidates to apply, and after the torrent of applications arrive, to float the best candidates to the top.
If you’re hiring, maybe these ideas will help you dig out from your pile of job apps. If you’re an applicant, here’s an opportunity to get into the head of a company that’s hiring and help you hack their process as well.
Our first hack is…

Posted by twilio on September 14, 2009 Tagged , ,

Netbook Contest Category This Week: Twilio For Government

We’re busily judging the submissions for the Twilio + Windows Azure contest category of the Twilio Netbook contest that has spanned the past two weeks, and can’t wait to unveil the winner later today. Why make you make you wait … Continue reading

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Come See Twiliobot at the Google Wave Meetup Monday Night!

If you’re in our neck of the woods, drop by the Bay Area Google Wave Meetup in Palo Alto tomorrow night at 6:30pm to see Evan Cooke demo the latest version of our Google Wave robot: Twiliobot. Twiliobot was originally … Continue reading

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

Twilio call control inside of Salesforce using Visualforce Sites

This is a quick demonstration of how to build a Twilio application entirely using the Visualforce Sites development environment inside of Salesforce.  If you haven’t built an application inside of Saleforce before, you can sign up for a free developer account here. Free … Continue reading

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Windows Azure + Twilio Example App: Rosetta Phone by Kevin Leneway

In this guest post, Windows Azure evangelist Kevin Leneway demonstrates the simplicity and power of the Twilio API combined with the Azure platform.  Kevin is also the author of the AStartupaDay blog.  You might remember another “get the girl” use … Continue reading

Posted by Danielle Morrill on September 10, 2009 Tagged , , , , , , , , ,

Call Redirection via the Twilio REST API

Twilio is excited to announce the addition of asynchronous call redirection to the Twilio REST API.  This feature opens a wide range of advanced call queuing, call center, and enterprise uses.   Using the call redirect API, you can interrupt an … Continue reading

Posted by Danielle Morrill on September 9, 2009 Tagged , , , , , , , , , , ,

Month in Review: Looking Back at August

We're already well into September, but for those who've just joined Twilio or only recently started reading the blog I thought it would be fun to give you a rundown of August – which was a busy and exciting month … Continue reading

Posted by Danielle Morrill on September 8, 2009 Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Submit to the Twilio Developer Contest

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Posted by twilio on September 4, 2009 Tagged

Contest Rules

Submit Your Entry Now! IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. BY CLICKING ON THE “AGREE” OR “YES” BUTTON OR OTHER INDICATOR OF YOUR ELECTRONIC ACCEPTANCE, YOU AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE … Continue reading

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