Monthly Archives: April 2011

Guest Post: Using Twilio for an Outdoor Ad Campaign

Gary Vaynerchuck, author of the new book The Thank You Economy, is currently doing a national tour to promote its launch. He wanted a way to intimately connect with his fans, and ADstruc helped him create a billboard ad campaign … Continue reading →

Posted by admin on April 29, 2011 Tagged , ,

Callaboraoke – Karaoke by Phone with Friends at Music Hack Day

Music Hack Day San Francisco is just over a week away. Get ready and come build the future of music with us. This is the second time Music Hack Day has come to San Francisco, and it’s timed to coincide … Continue reading →

Posted by John Britton on April 28, 2011 Tagged , ,

Josh Cuppett Wins Our Fun & Games Developer Contest

Josh took our phone menu sample code and supercharged it with 1.21 jigawatts of fun to create an RPG that transports you back in time to 1906 and into the body of Alexander Graham Bell. Dial (775) 573-4288 and use … Continue reading →

Posted by Rahim Sonawalla on April 27, 2011 Tagged , , ,

Join Twilio in Atlanta this Weekend for LessConf 2011

This Friday and Saturday we’ll be attending LessConf 2011 in Atlanta, GA. If you’re unfamiliar with the event, LessConf is a different kind of conference. There’s one speaker track, on-site (and really tasty) meals, outlets for every attendee and much … Continue reading →

Posted by John Sheehan on April 26, 2011 Tagged , , ,

Omniauth, Messaging, and Fat Models at Red Dirt Ruby Conference

Last week I took a trip out to Oklahoma for the second annual Red Dirt Ruby Conference. It was a good chance to meet with community members from around the country. There were a bunch of new people and quite a … Continue reading →

Posted by John Britton on April 25, 2011 Tagged , , , , , ,

Teach Twilio [Developer Contest]

We all got our start with Twilio somewhere. For many of us, it was the API docs and the sample code, but different people learn different ways. Typically, the developer contests challenge you to write a Twilio app in a … Continue reading →

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Teach Twilio [Developer Contest]

We all got our start with Twilio somewhere. For many of us, it was the API docs and the sample code, but different people learn different ways. Typically, the developer contests challenge you to write a Twilio app in a … Continue reading →

Posted by Rahim Sonawalla on Tagged , ,

FastCustomer Uses Twilio's Voice API to Make Short Work of Waiting on Hold

Millions of people are on hold right now. Southwest Airlines alone handles 110,000 calls a day. On one side of these calls is an army of machines, and on the other side are people wasting their time waiting until an … Continue reading →

Posted by Rahim Sonawalla on April 22, 2011 Tagged , , ,

Good Dog Design Uses Twilio to Make Sure the Cake is Not a Lie

Wendy’s, the famous Australian ice cream franchise, came to Good Dog Design with a problem: they wanted to sell cakes online, but many of their stores had no way to handle Internet orders. Good Dog Design came up with an … Continue reading →

Posted by Rahim Sonawalla on April 21, 2011 Tagged , ,