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And if they get enough 'Like' buttons on pages all over the internet, they can correlate against your browsing history. If you suddenly start looking at lots of pages about vacuum cleaners, the intent becomes pretty obvious.

Don't sell the upsell opportunity short either. If you buy a lot of things at Starbucks, you could probably be more easily convinced to spend more on your next trip.

The way to do this (I've heard) if you do not know anyone at Twitter is to buy a lot of ads then ask your sales rep to see if they can help.

JSON does not have to have a dictionary at the root. You can have just an array.

If you are getting truly unsolicited calls or messages you can email Twilio and ask them to check it out. However, having worked there and looking up numbers I was getting contacted by, I never had a positive match in Twilio's inventory.

Voice communication is not going away any time soon. Twilio Client lets them continue powering it for developers well into the future. (disclaimer: used to work there)

Stripe meetups look great and all, but I'm going to be unreasonably ticked off until they happen outside the US.

;)

It's ok, it isn't meant for you.

I also didn't get it, and I worked very closely with Danielle for a long time at Twilio. Then one day my sister-in-law who writes a blog about her hobby farm and Etsy business IMed me and asked "how do I make money from my blog?" She's tech savvy, but the idea of an affiliate network is outside her realm of understanding. I sent her to refer.ly and she instantly got it. That's the sweet spot. It's not me or you.

The authors can post their content wherever they want after 30 days of exclusivity in The Magazine. So you'll probably see most of it turn up outside of iOS.

Check out the client stats: http://appnetizens.com/clientstats

Adian is good and always improving. "Official" apps sort of runs contrary to the whole idea.

That's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VoiceXML, though it's not particularly developer friendly, hence why Twilio simplified the model and established and upcoming companies are copying it.

They're not writing them checks before they start on something, like MS would in the article you wrote. You built something, you can sell it, and if lots of people use it you get a bonus. It's closer to the App Store's commission on sales than buying a developer's time to build an app.

It took me about 5 tries for it to actually find the address I kept searching for and tapping on, but once it 'took' the directions were accurate and easy to follow (walking to the stop, which bus, how long, etc).

Sadly the 'we don't sell swag' policy didn't last. I left right about the time that changed (unrelated).

Edit: looks like StartupSchwag was before I was there and I was not aware of Twilio's participation.

I'm genuinely curious and want to understand: why do you want this?

Hey Frank :)

> They love feeling like they are a part of the community even if they are overseas

Companies that give out swag should learn from this: ship swag anywhere. If someone does something on their own to provide value to your community then $70 to ship a t-shirt to Lebanon is worth it.

I gave out thousands of shirts during my time at Twilio and never once sold one. You got one because we met you or you did something cool and wanted to thank you for the modicum of attention you were able to spare us and for being part of our community.

Selling swag just rubs me the wrong way. Its elitism on the side of the company selling the swag that you would think so highly of yourselves that anyone would pay to promote your company for you. You should be thankful they even know who you are.

Wifi on flights has had the exact opposite effect on my productivity while flying. I used to be able to churn out interesting new things because I had no choice but to focus on them. Now I'm too weak to not be distracted by email, Twitter and HN to pass the time.

This still happens. Saw it last year at the company I was working for at the time.

http://www.postalmethods.com/lp/postcard-api http://www.viapost.com/

I know there are others too but I can't find them at the moment.

TripIt makes me sad. It had such huge potential and has almost entirely stagnated. The point tracker is frequently just plain broken, the app is indeed terribly slow (especially offline, the mode I'm usually in when I need it most) and poorly designed. They've essentially banked on two killer features: email itinerary parsing (no small feat) and alerts (which are very good). I wish they'd put more effort into the rest of the product.

Please make the 'Copy Link' button the biggest primary looking thing on the page. Like 48px big big.

Hire a dedicated storyteller like Twilio did with Danielle. If you want any help doing that, feel free to email me johnsheehan gmail

This is a guess, but I'm assuming they use the same software running in an independent environment just for them.

The protocol only gets you so far though. I'd argue that our (I work at IFTTT) value exists at a level above that. I would love a standard though, it would make my job waayyy easier.

Between me, you, aaronbrethorst and azylman that's a pretty good MN expat in CA contingency already represented in this thread.

From another MN to SF transplant with a similar story, congrats on making the leap. :)

My guess is that they haven't acquired it yet since the deal isn't closed. The deal was also pre-IPO, so I believe they'd be subject to the same freeze.

It's a pretty small venue if they hold it on campus where PDC 2010 was held. I'm guessing 1000 at the most. Not anything like Build in Anaheim last year which held 5000.