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DOer of the Month: Lyle Pratt of Better Voicemail

Lyle Pratt quit his job as a senior software engineer to found his own company, and didn’t work–at first. Then he launched Better Voicemail using Twilio to provide customized voicemail systems for your mobile phone. Users can set different voicemails … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on January 10, 2013 Tagged , , ,

You Need My Guy: How a DryWall Mishap Sparked a Social Hiring Site

Joe Cassara (pictured right) hired a drywall contractor who had multiple references, all of which checked out. Still, he left Joe with some poorly hung drywall and tasked with finding another handyman to fix the job he just paid for.  While … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on November 14, 2012 Tagged , , ,

TwilioCon 2012: President of frog Doreen Lorenzo to Keynote

The countdown begins! TwilioCon is coming in October and we’ve got a serious line of speakers and content. Today we’re very excited to announce keynote speaker Doreen Lorenzo, President of frog, who will speak to the intersection of design with … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on September 6, 2012 Tagged , , , ,

Cloud Powered Trash Talking for Your Fantasy Draft

Are you ready for some foooootbaaalllll?! I know I am. I grew up in the Washington, DC area and am currently suffering from RGIII fever, so forgive me if I sound a bit giddy. The start of the NFL season … Continue reading →

Posted by Carter Rabasa on August 31, 2012 Tagged , , , ,

Caremerge Automates Communications for Long Term Care Facilities

Caremerge is disrupting and old industry with new tech. The young company recently won the InnovateLTC and LINKTank award for  “Most Innovative Company of 2012 in Long Term Care.” Caremerge is bringing mobile apps powered by Twilio to the long … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on August 20, 2012 Tagged , , , , ,

DOers In Action: Ethan Gahng Hacks The Future

Ethan Gahng is an entrepreneur and web developer originally from South Korea, who traveled to the Bay Area for the startup life and never looked back. We met Ethan at XHack, a hackathon also known as Hack To The Future … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on June 29, 2012

TurboVote Aims to Make Voting Easy for Everyone

Voter turnout is always a challenge for the United States. Typical turnout is 50% for presidential elections, 40% for mid-term elections and only 10% in local, special and primary elections. One state, Oregon, changed its voting system to increase participation by … Continue reading →

Posted by Ladan Mahini on June 12, 2012 Tagged , , , ,

Developer Contest: Meet The New Windows Azure

Windows Azure just got a whole new look and is looking to get your app in the Azure cloud. It just got really easy to deploy your apps to Windows Azure Web Sites from Mac, Windows or Linux with Git, … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on June 7, 2012 Tagged

Get Started With Twilio SMS: Replying to Incoming Messages Screencast

The Twilio Quickstart Tutorials are a great place to get started and learn the basics of our cloud communication platform, but I have always found it helpful to not only be able to read about the tools I’m using but … Continue reading →

Posted by Jonathan Gottfried on June 1, 2012 Tagged , ,