Author Archives: Carter Rabasa

About Carter Rabasa

Seattle-based, coffee-fueled Developer Evangelist Manager at Twilio. Easy to get in touch with: [e] carter@twilio.com [t] @CarterRabasa [m] +12067455000

Microsoft's Imagine Cup: Student Developers FTW

Last weekend I was lucky enough be a judge for the US Finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup.  The Imagine Cup is a global competition that challenges students to use technology to solve the world’s toughest problems.  I am very passionate about … Continue reading

Posted by Carter Rabasa on May 1, 2012 Tagged , ,

JSConf 2012: Bull Rides & Bacon in Scottsdale

Every year around January it starts.  A tweet gets sent, a rough landing page is set-up and the drum beat to JSConf begins.  JSConf is special: it is curated with love by Chris and Laura Williams, it welcomes families and … Continue reading

Posted by Carter Rabasa on April 6, 2012 Tagged , , , ,

Behind the Code: HackVAN

Last weekend Vancouver, BC played host to the HackVAN hackathon.  HackVan brought together developers, designers and create people from across Canada to spend eight hours coming up with some crazy ideas and getting them prototyped.  Twilio was one of many … Continue reading

Posted by Carter Rabasa on March 30, 2012 Tagged , , ,

A Hidden Gem: Fallback URLs

When you build an application with Twilio, connecting your app to your Twilio number is simply a matter of defining a couple of webhooks to the parts of your application that will be handling voice and SMS requests. Just like that, … Continue reading

Posted by Carter Rabasa on March 27, 2012 Tagged , , ,

Eventr Captures Twilio Prize at Angel Hack SF

On March 3rd the startup communities in Boston and San Francisco converged on Angel Hack, a bi-coastal hackathon that attracted hundreds of developers who had 30 hours to build an app from scratch and pitch it to a panel of … Continue reading

Posted by Carter Rabasa on March 21, 2012 Tagged , , , , , , ,

Introducing Carter Rabasa, Developer Evangelist Bringing Twilio Back to Seattle

Hello, world.  My name is Carter Rabasa and I am your friendly neighborhood developer evangelist.  I live in Seattle which (not many people know this) also happens to be where Twilio was born.  I joined Twilio because I believe that … Continue reading

Posted by Carter Rabasa on February 29, 2012 Tagged ,

Seattle Entrepreneurs Descend on The Startup Conference

Yesterday I attended The Startup Conference in downtown Seattle, organized by the Founder Institute. This was the Institutes’s first go in Seattle after putting on the conference in Silicon Valley, Los Angeles and Paris.  Being relatively new to the Seattle startup … Continue reading

Posted by Carter Rabasa on February 17, 2012 Tagged , ,