Monthly Archives: January 2012

Lightning Developer Challenge: Build an App for the White House

We had the honor of hosting Aneesh Chopra today, the CTO of the United States, as he announced the White House’s latest initiatives around accelerating under-privileged youth in technology. Chopra spoke of a soon-to-be-released youth job database focused on technology opportunities. … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on January 17, 2012

Twilio and Rails 3: Tracking SMS Conversations

Alex Meyer is a developer and a DOer. While building a Twilio Powered app on Rails 3, he ran into a problem but quickly developed the solution. Below is a detailed post by Alex on tracking SMS conversations built with Twilio … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on January 16, 2012 Tagged , , , , ,

Welcome 2012 with a Rube Goldberg Nixie Light Hack

The holidays came and went, and luckily we had time to code over the break which made for amazing entries in this previous challenge. Developers were asked to build a digital Rube Goldberg Machine, mashing multiple APIs to perform a … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on January 13, 2012

Calling Communications Entrepreneurs for StartupCamp 5

Twilio is excited to be sponsoring StartupCamp Comm the second year in a row, where entrepreneurs in communications technologies pitch their products and services to an eager crowd of investors, industry leaders, developers, and media. They are looking for startup applicants now. … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Grady on January 12, 2012

Startup Bus Europe Launches YoBro and Invoi Powered by Twilio

There’s seriously nothing more fun than going on a road trip with 26 developers, especially when it crosses the European continent on its way to Le Web. We are big fans of Startup Bus ever since our ride to SXSW … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on January 11, 2012 Tagged , ,

Dwolla Offers "A Dollar for Your Thoughts"

The next time someone offers you a penny for your brilliant musings, feel free to turn them down. Dwolla, a social-payments company based in Iowa, believes your ideas are worth at least a dollar and is willing to pay up. Their … Continue reading →

Posted by Elise Ackerman on January 10, 2012 Tagged ,

Secretly Find the Right Size with Anonysize.me

In the midst of the Zappos Holiday Hack-a-Thon, developer Erik Dungan built an app to anonymously find out the correct size of your gift recipient using Twilio SMS notifications. Erik posted on Hacker News for feedback, Anonysize.me quickly shot to the top … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on January 6, 2012

JustRemindIt Voice and SMS Reminders Get Sought After Upgrades

We highlighted JustRemindIt in early 2011 with the launch of the JustRemindIt iPhone  app, and we’re always excited see our customers grow their user base and expand their products. This month developer Aditya Kothadiya released a major update to the … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on January 5, 2012 Tagged , ,

Make Your Own Music Hotline in PHP or Python

Hot off the heels of the Callin’ Oates soulful emergency music hotline, developers started creating their own music hotlines powered by Twilio. Local Phoenix band Bears of Manitou developed their own hotline with new songs at 1-866-25-BEARS. One of our Developer … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on January 4, 2012 Tagged