Author Archives: Kyle Kelly-Yahner

Rocking Queens of Stone Age with Code and Reaching Over 20,000 Fans

Rockstars, Records and Code Josh Homme has sold out stadiums, played with the who’s who of the rock music world, and produced critically acclaimed albums with his band Queens of the Stone Age. He writes music, not code but that’s … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on June 18, 2013 Tagged , , , ,

Checkfront Eliminates Booking Hassles, Helps Businesses Keep In Touch w/ Customers via Twilio SMS

Kayaking is fun. Searching for the paperwork you filled out to go on a kayak tour is not fun. Checkfront aims to automate booking processes so both companies and customers have less to worry about. The Checkfront online reservation system … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on June 14, 2013 Tagged , ,

Create a Twilio SMS Language Translator Using Mashape

The following is a guest post by Chris Ismael, Developer Evangelist at Mashape, a cloud API hub allowing developers to discover and distribute APIs. Learn more about Chris here. Hi, my name is Chris Ismael, Developer Evangelist from Mashape.  In … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on June 13, 2013 Tagged , ,

NodeConf Contest Winner: SMSFoo Lets You Edit Wufoo Forms via Twilio SMS

Last week, we announced a contest to send one lucky node.js hacker to NodeConf 2013.  We had a bunch of amazing entries, but the hack that stood out as the most useful and innovative use of the API was SMSFoo, … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on June 11, 2013 Tagged , , ,

DOer of the Month: Hung Truong – From Geocities to iOS Apps

Developer Hung Truong started putting together basic websites when Geocities was still in style (if it ever was). Now, Hung is an iOS developer at a creative marketing company in Ann Arbor Michigan. In his free time he likes making … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on June 5, 2013 Tagged , ,

Diginate Shares Shipping Status Updates with Customers via Twilio SMS

How hard could it be to custom order a few posters? Tim Lamm (pictured right) discovered it’s pretty hard, and more expensive than you’d think. You could order prints from a big manufacturer and pay for more than you need. … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on May 31, 2013 Tagged , ,

Old Stories, New Tech: StoryWorth Captures Family Memories with Twilio Voice

The phrase “ship it” means one thing to Nick Baum (pictured right), and another to his father. To Nick, those are last words you hear before deploying code. To his father, “ship it” means to put something on a boat … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on May 30, 2013 Tagged , , ,

SOBERLINK Improves Alcohol Monitoring and Communication with Twilio SMS

SOBERLINK is fighting an old old problem with new technology. They’re offering law enforcement and treatment centers a new way to stay in touch with patients, and monitor their alcohol consumption. Their alcohol monitoring tool, SL2, uses Twilio SMS to … Continue reading →

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Txt2Give Lets You Donate to Non-Profits via Twilio SMS

Engineer and entrepreneur, Chad Boyd (pictured right) wanted to create an easy and secure way to donate money to his church. When it came time for donations on Sunday, he never had his checkbook and didn’t want to write his … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on May 28, 2013 Tagged , ,