Author Archives: Rob Spectre

About Rob Spectre

Your friendly neighborhood Developer Evangelist - New York, New York.

Hack Hatched At Twilio Conference Grows Into Full Business

What began as a prize-winning hack at Twilio Conference enters a promising beta this week as Billy Coover and Barry Harkness from SideBox announce their new product, Nearby Now.  A helpful search tool for connecting with real service professionals in … Continue reading →

Posted by Rob Spectre on December 13, 2011

Siri Developer Contest Produces a Trio of Tasty Hacks

A few weeks ago we let loose our developer community on Siri, the iPhone 4S virtually assisting sensation that has been the subject of several tasty Twilio hacks.  Using Twilio SMS, Siri can be easily bent to the developer’s will, … Continue reading →

Posted by Rob Spectre on November 29, 2011

Hack Til You Drop With Our Shopified Holiday Developer Contest

With barely enough time to recover from your tryptophan-induced Turkey Day coma, the holiday shopping season is already upon us.  Black Friday sales grabbed big headlines over the weekend, setting up what promises to be a record breaking Cyber Monday, … Continue reading →

Posted by Rob Spectre on November 28, 2011 Tagged

Hack Til You Drop With Our Shopified Holiday Developer Contest

With barely enough time to recover from your tryptophan-induced Turkey Day coma, the holiday shopping season is already upon us.  Black Friday sales grabbed big headlines over the weekend, setting up what promises to be a record breaking Cyber Monday, … Continue reading →

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Set Your Receivers To Boost – This Is London Calling

Just over three weeks ago, Twilio announced our expansion into Europe and the demand is positively rabid.  Twilio phone numbers in the United Kingdom has opened up new levels of trans-Atlantic possibility to our developer community, from opening up existing … Continue reading →

Posted by Rob Spectre on November 15, 2011 Tagged

New Twilio Developer Contest: Set Your Receivers To Boost – This Is London Calling

Just over three weeks ago, Twilio announced our expansion into Europe and the demand is positively rabid.  Twilio phone numbers in the United Kingdom has opened up new levels of trans-Atlantic possibility to our developer community, from opening up existing … Continue reading →

Posted by Rob Spectre on November 14, 2011

Wave Accounting Wins Developer Contest With Slick Presence Add-on

Two weeks ago we welcomed the Twilio developer community to compete in a free-form contest using Twilio Presence, and you responded with typical alacrity.  Presence helps your Twilio Client by giving you an easy JavaScript hook that notifies your webapp … Continue reading →

Posted by Rob Spectre on November 11, 2011 Tagged ,

Get Siri-ous with Twilio

Since the iPhone 4S dropped, developers have set themselves immediately to the task of twisting Siri to their own ends.  the voice-based personal assistant that made waves with the exclusive launch of the iPhone 4S, Siri is Apple’s shot at … Continue reading →

Posted by Rob Spectre on October 31, 2011 Tagged

MemoryAide Connects You To Voice and SMS Broadcasting For Contest Glory

Ever since our release at Twilio Conference, developers are dusting off old Twilio hacks with Twilio Connect to remove the worry of variable usage costs from operating their apps.  We invited more of this common implementation pattern in the typical Twilio way … Continue reading →

Posted by Rob Spectre on October 24, 2011 Tagged , ,