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I found the videos amusing, but I was expecting the post to go in a different direction. More specifically, I had thoughts at some point of a Twilio app that y

I found the videos amusing, but I was expecting the post to go in a different direction. More specifically, I had thoughts at some point of a Twilio app that you could set up to send some SMS on your behalf now and then. (similar to http://bufferapp.com/ http://bufferapp.com/ seen through another post, but for SMS) A (sad surely) example would be to set up a few variations of "I love you", "thinking of you" to be sent to your significant other during the day. :) Another thing that I'd actually really like, though I'm not sure how viable/expensive it would be, would be to automate your birthday card sending by having a service that sends you physical birthday cards for you to fill or sign and send to the recipient. I.e. the service has the list of all the people you want to send a card to with their birthdays and address (and more…), and when a birthday approaches, send you a card appropriate for the age with a pre-filled, pre-stamped envelop. Though, these are more on the automation side, rather than outsourcing.

matznerd 14y ago
I've thought about the buffer for texting and the problem is that you can't send a message from your real number, it would have to be from a separate number, thereby kind of defeating the purpose...
- Timothee 14y ago
  Oh wow, you're right! I've always thought you could use a verified phone number as the "From" number, but it turns out that's true only for phone calls, not SMS. From http://www.twilio.com/docs/api/rest/sending-sms http://www.twilio.com/docs/api/rest/sending-sms: Parameter Description From A Twilio phone number enabled for SMS. Only phone numbers or short codes purchased from Twilio work here; you cannot (for example) spoof SMS messages from your own cell phone number. If you haven't purchased a Twilio number yet you can use the Sandbox Number to send SMS to verified numbers. I've built many PoCs with Twilio but it seems that I've never tried to send an SMS on behalf of somebody. Good to know, very good to know.

matznerd 14y ago

I've thought about the buffer for texting and the problem is that you can't send a message from your real number, it would have to be from a separate number, thereby kind of defeating the purpose...

Timothee 14y ago
Oh wow, you're right! I've always thought you could use a verified phone number as the "From" number, but it turns out that's true only for phone calls, not SMS. From http://www.twilio.com/docs/api/rest/sending-sms http://www.twilio.com/docs/api/rest/sending-sms: Parameter Description From A Twilio phone number enabled for SMS. Only phone numbers or short codes purchased from Twilio work here; you cannot (for example) spoof SMS messages from your own cell phone number. If you haven't purchased a Twilio number yet you can use the Sandbox Number to send SMS to verified numbers. I've built many PoCs with Twilio but it seems that I've never tried to send an SMS on behalf of somebody. Good to know, very good to know.