Most of us spend all day reading and writing email. What if you could also send and receive SMS messages using email? How would you do that? That’s actually a question that we get fairly frequently, so I built an example application that does just that. In this this blog post, I will be showing you how to send and receive SMS messages via email using… Read More
Author: Joel Franusic
Joël is a Developer Evangelist at Twilio. Follow him on Twitter: @jf or send him an email: joel [@] twilio [.] com
1-855-MEOW JAM: Sending Cat Pictures Over The Phone Via Space Age Technology
On July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC, Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot on the Moon. Video of Neil descending the ladder of the lunar module was broadcast to earth at 10 frames a second via an image transmission method known as Slow-scan Television, or “SSTV”. Today I’ll be showing you how to use the space-age technology of SSTV and your telephone to… Read More
Add Two-Factor Authentication To Your Website with Google Authenticator and Twilio SMS
Since writing this post, we’ve created a new tutorial showing you how to quickly add two-factor authentication to your applications updated with some more recent techniques not highlighted below. Check out the newest TFA Tutorial here Why Two-Factor Authentication? Back in the day, it used to be that enforcing a strong password policy was sufficient to prevent unauthorized access into your user’s accounts. (Ah, those were the… Read More
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 dealing with large file uploads and cross-browser compatibility. Even when you get the basics figured out, all that you have working is something that allows your… Read More
Connecting Twilio SMS to Google Spreadsheet
TwilioSheet is a little utility that makes it easy for developers to receive SMS messages in a Google Spreadsheet. I write a lot of simple little SMS applications, but they can be daunting at times. I often wonder if the idea is worth the time it takes to write the code to store, process, and act on the incoming messages. Why not use something a little… Read More
Build a Scheduled Reminder App with Twilio and IronWorker
Chad Arimura is a co-founder and CEO of Iron.io, makers of IronWorker, scalable background worker service, and IronMQ, hosted reliable message queue service. A web applications developer for over 15 years, Chad is a big believer in “serverless” app development. IronWorker is a great way to add scheduling capabilities to your mobile and web apps. Below is a tutorial for a simple web app Chad built that keeps… Read More
Introducing Joël Franusic, Developer Evangelist
My name is Joël, I recently joined the Developer Evangelism team at Twilio. The main reason I joined Twilio was because it gave me the chance to help developers, which is one of the things I love to do. What I didn’t expect when I joined was that I would have so many opportunities to make a meaningful impact so soon after starting. One of these… Read More
July Office Hours at the Twilio HQ in San Francisco
On Thursday, July 19th, we will be holding Office Hours at Twilio HQ in San Francisco from 5pm until 7pm. You can RSVP here. Bring your laptop, code, and questions. Office hours are a great time to work with 1:1 with Twilio and other developers in the community. We’d love to answer your questions, offer suggestions, and help you solve problems. If you have a question… Read More
Come Hack with us at Twilio HQ San Francisco Office Hours
We will be holding Office Hours at the Twilio HQ in San Francisco on Thursday, May 31st from 5pm until 7pm. RSVP here. Office Hours are a great time for you to stop by and work with your friendly local Twilio employee. We’d love to answer questions, offer suggestions, and help you solve problems. Bring your laptop, code, and questions! It’s not strictly required that you… Read More