Author Archives: Devin Rader

About Devin Rader

Devin is an east-coast based Developer Evangelist at Twilio. Ping him directly using email: devin@twilio.com or twitter: @devinrader

Trying Out SIP From Twilio Using FreeSWITCH

Twilio recently introduced the new <Sip> noun which lets you directly dial a SIP server from your Twilio app. But what if you don’t have a SIP server? In this post I’ll show you how you can set up and … Continue reading →

Posted by Devin Rader on March 19, 2013 Tagged , ,

Queue: The Gathering

Twilio recently added the ability to use the <Gather> verb in the TwiML you use to provide a callers experience while in a queue. This opens up lots of interesting possibilities for changing what would normally be a bland and … Continue reading →

Posted by Devin Rader on March 4, 2013 Tagged ,

How to Initiate Long Running Tasks in IVR Systems

When Twilio makes a request to your application, we expect it to return a response in no more than 15 seconds. But there are plenty of scenarios where your app might need a bit more time than that. Scenarios like … Continue reading →

Posted by Devin Rader on September 13, 2012 Tagged , ,

Twilio Queue: Building a Call Queue Metrics Dashboard

Whether you’re running a call center, just a small office, or have to deal with all of the incoming calls for an event one night, putting people on hold (aka call queuing) is important, but often a difficult technical process. … Continue reading →

Posted by Devin Rader on September 7, 2012 Tagged , , , ,

Add Twilio SMS notifications to your .NET application logging

One of the most basic features of virtually every application is some type of logging capability.   Logging lets you capture important information about the health and status of your application as its running, and lets your app tell you … Continue reading →

Posted by Devin Rader on June 28, 2012 Tagged , ,

SMS Messaging Using Twilio and Outlook 2010

Microsoft Outlook is one of the most widely used email clients today, and while most people are familiar with sending and receiving emails using Outlook, many don’t know that Outlook has also had the ability to send and receive text … Continue reading →

Posted by Devin Rader on June 19, 2012 Tagged , ,

Relaying Twilio Requests using Windows Azure

If you’ve used Twilio before, you know that the way we notify you of events is by making a call to a URL you’ve configured for your Twilio phone number, but one question I often hear from Windows developers is … Continue reading →

Posted by Devin Rader on June 13, 2012 Tagged , , ,

Twilio for .NET Developers Part 7: SMS & Voice Application Flows using ASP.NET MVC

This is a series of blog posts that introduce and walk you through using the different .NET Helper Libraries that Twilio provides. These libraries simplify using the Twilio REST API for .NET developers, and provide as set of utilities that … Continue reading →

Posted by Devin Rader on February 21, 2012 Tagged , ,

Twilio for .NET Developers Part 6: Creating SMS & Voice Application Flows using ASP.NET Web Forms

This is a series of blog posts that introduce and walk you through using the different.NET Helper Libraries that Twilio provides. These libraries simplify using the Twilio REST API for .NET developers, and provide as set of utilities that make it easy to … Continue reading →

Posted by Devin Rader on February 10, 2012 Tagged , ,