Monthly Archives: January 2013

Snapshot of a Silent Auction : Alex Ember and Dan Kaminsky Build an SMS Payment App

What happens when a gifted artist moves in with a brilliant hacker? (I’m not pitching you a sitcom, I promise.) First off, they throw an awesome silent auction that focuses equally on art and code. Secondly, they build an app … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on January 17, 2013 Tagged , , , ,

Building a Real-time SMS Voting App Part 3: Scaling Node.js and CouchDB

This is the third in a four-part series of blog posts on building a real-time SMS and voice voting application using Node.js. In part one, we created the Node.js application and captured incoming votes over SMS. In part two, we … Continue reading →

Posted by Carter Rabasa on January 16, 2013 Tagged , , , , , ,

Sending Images via SMS with Filepicker and Twilio

If you are a web developer, you know that handling file uploads is not fun. You are either spending time dealing with files and permissions, or learning how your language handles MIME multipart encoding. Then there is the problem of … Continue reading →

Posted by Joel Franusic on January 15, 2013 Tagged , ,

InTooch Lets You Easily Connect With New Contacts via Twilio SMS

Co-founder and CEO Julien Salanon was working for AOL Europe when he decided on a whim to attend Mobile World Congress. When he arrived, he realized he’d forgotten his business cards and had no easy way to share his contact … Continue reading →

Posted by twilio on January 11, 2013 Tagged , , ,

DOer of the Month: Lyle Pratt of Better Voicemail

Lyle Pratt quit his job as a senior software engineer to found his own company, and didn’t work–at first. Then he launched Better Voicemail using Twilio to provide customized voicemail systems for your mobile phone. Users can set different voicemails … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on January 10, 2013 Tagged , , ,

MailChimp’s Gather App Keeps Your Attendees In The Loop With Twilio SMS

Ben Chestnut wandered the halls of his hotel the night before Startup Riot Atlanta. It was his job to judge the hackathon. He wasn’t nervous, he just didn’t know where the hackathon was being held. This, as you can imagine, … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on January 9, 2013 Tagged , , , ,

Codecademy Launches New Lessons with Twilio, New API Partners

Codecademy wants to help anyone learn how to code, so  people at least have a basic understanding of programming. Last January the team declared 2012 “Code Year”, challenging anyone and everyone to learn programming skills. Over 450,000 people joined, including NYC Mayor … Continue reading →

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Publik Demand Gives Customers A Voice With Twilio

When I flew home to Maryland last week, I dealt with some downright awful customer service. Not your run of the mill flight attendant, tired from the holiday travel insanity. This was exceptional. I tweeted about my experience and quickly … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on January 8, 2013 Tagged , , ,

General Assembly Video: How To Create A Customer Support Line With Twilio Queue

Rob Spectre and Christopher Castiglione want you to have a little more free time. They also want to save you from running around your office space trying to answer five different support calls at once. In this video “Dialing Into … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on January 7, 2013 Tagged , , ,