Category Archives: Tips, Tricks & Sample Code

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 ,

Why Two Factor Authentication Should be a Part of Your Security Plans for 2013

Cyber security heats up this week at the RSA Conference with more than 20,000 people in San Francisco discussing President Obama’s recent executive order, the growing number of password hacks and how to protect your business against them. Twilio will … Continue reading →

Posted by twilio on February 25, 2013 Tagged , , ,

Unlock the Potential of Queue with the Press of a Button (or two)

In September we introduced you to <Queue>, a simple way to build and manage call queues with just a few lines of TwiML. Queue gives you the ability to easily route inbound calls, whether you are building a simple call … Continue reading →

Posted by twilio on February 5, 2013 Tagged , , , , ,

Snow Via Text: How The Team At Poke Made London’s Rivington Street Snow

You can wish for it to snow, or you can make it snow via text. This past holiday season,  London residents walking down Rivington Street summoned snow flurries on command with one text. The interactive project was organized by London-based creative … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on January 24, 2013 Tagged , , , ,

GoCardless Creates Data Driven Support Using Twilio Powered Nodephone

This is a syndicated post, originally posted by Tim Rogers, Customer Support Manager at UK-based GoCardless, a service that allows you to accept  payment via links. Tim set up an internal tool for GoCardless called “Nodephone” using Twilio, Node.js, and … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on January 23, 2013 Tagged , , , , ,

Building a Real-time SMS Voting App Part 3: Scaling Node.js and CouchDB

This is the third in a four-part series of blog posts on building a real-time SMS and voice voting application using Node.js. In part one, we created the Node.js application and captured incoming votes over SMS. In part two, we … Continue reading →

Posted by Carter Rabasa on January 16, 2013 Tagged , , , , , ,

Sending Images via SMS with Filepicker and Twilio

If you are a web developer, you know that handling file uploads is not fun. You are either spending time dealing with files and permissions, or learning how your language handles MIME multipart encoding. Then there is the problem of … Continue reading →

Posted by Joel Franusic on January 15, 2013 Tagged , ,

General Assembly Video: How To Create A Customer Support Line With Twilio Queue

Rob Spectre and Christopher Castiglione want you to have a little more free time. They also want to save you from running around your office space trying to answer five different support calls at once. In this video “Dialing Into … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on January 7, 2013 Tagged , , ,

How I Built My Mom A Donna Summer Themed Conference Line

On Christmas Day, my Mom’s phone rings off the hook. Every member of my gigantic family is calling, wishing her a happy birthday, and wishing our family a Merry Christmas. The phone is passed from me to my sister, to … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on January 4, 2013 Tagged , ,