Author Archives: Rob Spectre

About Rob Spectre

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

Get Wired In With Twilio Presence

Hot off the heels of our Twilio Connect contest, this week we’re taking our contests realtime with Twilio Presence.  We launched this feature for Twilio Client at our first-ever Twilio Conference and ever since developers have been integrating it with their Client … Continue reading

Posted by Rob Spectre on October 18, 2011 Tagged

Get Wired In With Twilio Presence

Hot off the heels of our Twilio Connect contest, this week we’re taking our contests realtime with Twilio Presence.  We launched this feature for Twilio Client at our first-ever Twilio Conference and ever since developers have been integrating it with their Client … Continue reading

Posted by Rob Spectre on October 17, 2011 Tagged , ,

Robert Levy Wins Windows 8 Contest With Easy SMS Sharing

Three weeks ago we asked the Twilio developer community to dance on the bleeding edge with a contest focused on Windows 8.  You answered with vigor, producing a number of clever WinRT / Metro integrations that brought tasty Twilio communication … Continue reading

Posted by Rob Spectre on October 10, 2011 Tagged

Free Your App With The Twilio Connect Free-For-All

Two weeks ago all of us at Twilio HQ were very excited to unveil Twilio Connect, the hotly anticipated, oft-requested ability to let your users run your Twilio app with their own Twilio credits.  In its short life so far, … Continue reading

Posted by Rob Spectre on October 4, 2011 Tagged

New Developer Contest: Free Your App With The Twilio Connect Free-For-All

Two weeks ago all of us at Twilio HQ were very excited to unveil Twilio Connect, the hotly anticipated, oft-requested ability to let your users run your Twilio app with their own Twilio credits.  In its short life so far, … Continue reading

Posted by Rob Spectre on October 3, 2011 Tagged ,

College Students Change The Hackathon Game At PennApps

Autumn was signaling its arrival in Philadelphia two weeks ago with an Eastern cold snap, the turning of the leaves and the sound of hustling students returning to their studies after a care-free summer.  The University of Pennsylvania was postively … Continue reading

Posted by Rob Spectre on September 30, 2011 Tagged , , ,

Twilio and Windows 8: Your Ticket to a Samsung Tablet

Last week in Anaheim Microsoft launched the next generation of Windows-based desktop and tablet applications with the introduction of Windows 8, Metro and Windows Runtime. The fortunate Windows developers in attendance received a Samsung Windows 8 tablet computer to start building their … Continue reading

Posted by Rob Spectre on September 21, 2011 Tagged

Introducing Rob Spectre, An Evangelist With A Story To Tell

I’m Rob and I live in Brooklyn, New York.  I just joined as a Developer Evangelist at Twilio, and I’d like to tell you a story. We were fast approaching midnight and the students at the hackathon were settling into … Continue reading

Posted by Rob Spectre on September 15, 2011 Tagged , ,

SideBox Takes First Place By Making It Rain With Twilio Client

The bar for our bi-weekly developer contest continues to rise as SideBox takes the top prize.  The entry from co-founders Billy Coover and Barry Harkness fully embraced the theme of driving sales with a fully-featured, polished new product – the … Continue reading

Posted by Rob Spectre on September 12, 2011