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Jeff Lawson Builds An App In 5 Minutes Using Twilio and IBM’s Cloud Platform

19 points by dzhao 13y ago

Jugurtha 13y ago
Isn't that a coincidence. I just discovered the service about a week ago. I'm toying with it. I'm also discovering Gammu and Asterisk and trying to figure out what to do with all of this. My major issue is that I'd like to use USSD or Premium Messages, but I'm afraid I might be forced dealing with mobile carriers for this (knowing that they'd never accept the service I'm proposing, because it's against their rigid philosophy). I figured another way, but for a slight increase in costs. I'm figuring out how I'd use all these things to make what I'm trying to do.
- grageth 13y ago
  Good luck man, Twilio makes some good stuff. Allowed me to donate a great app to a non-profit that has changed the way they do things and took me all of 10hrs.
  - geekam 13y ago
    I am interested in knowing what kind of app it was? Is it possible to share something more?
digita88 13y ago
Signed up yesterday because of Twitter activity
comrade1 13y ago
I... I'm sorry, but why do presentations from u.s. businesses seem like big scams to europeans. You have a couple of middle-aged overweight guys and you have to make them look like they're scamming you... I feel the same way when I fly a Delta vs KLM flight to the US. The Delta flight has this bizarre safety video with people joking around, while the KLM video is very professional. What's up america? Don't you see the flashy showy stuff makes you look incompetent?
revolly 13y ago
Tried to sign up. Spent about 5 minutes trying to figure what's wrong with my password. Got signed up. Of course the system lost track on my original intent to try the Bluemix. Tried to log in again. Got a security code question. Waiting for email. Okay. Punched the security code and got question on why exactly I want a trial. Answered. Got a message that they might give me a chance for a trial. Corporate is so corporate.
- emersonrsantos 13y ago
  Indeed. Watching the video, I've got an impression that they are trying to create a solution to their own big problem.
- rjsamson 13y ago
  Yeah, IBM is extremely weak on UX and design overall. I got accepted into the beta and once you're in it's no more intuitive. I will say that I'm pleasantly surprised they were able to put something like this together though - I wasn't sure what would come of their Cloud Foundry / OpenStack announcements last year.
dapole 13y ago
This looks pretty exciting, but extremely disappointing they are gating the registrations. Makes me wonder if they are worried about scaling this early?

19 points by dzhao 13y ago

Isn't that a coincidence. I just discovered the service about a week ago. I'm toying with it. I'm also discovering Gammu and Asterisk and trying to figure out what to do with all of this. My major issue is that I'd like to use USSD or Premium Messages, but I'm afraid I might be forced dealing with mobile carriers for this (knowing that they'd never accept the service I'm proposing, because it's against their rigid philosophy). I figured another way, but for a slight increase in costs. I'm figuring out how I'd use all these things to make what I'm trying to do.

grageth 13y ago
Good luck man, Twilio makes some good stuff. Allowed me to donate a great app to a non-profit that has changed the way they do things and took me all of 10hrs.
- geekam 13y ago
  I am interested in knowing what kind of app it was? Is it possible to share something more?

digita88 13y ago

Signed up yesterday because of Twitter activity

comrade1 13y ago

I... I'm sorry, but why do presentations from u.s. businesses seem like big scams to europeans. You have a couple of middle-aged overweight guys and you have to make them look like they're scamming you... I feel the same way when I fly a Delta vs KLM flight to the US. The Delta flight has this bizarre safety video with people joking around, while the KLM video is very professional. What's up america? Don't you see the flashy showy stuff makes you look incompetent?

revolly 13y ago

Tried to sign up. Spent about 5 minutes trying to figure what's wrong with my password. Got signed up. Of course the system lost track on my original intent to try the Bluemix. Tried to log in again. Got a security code question. Waiting for email. Okay. Punched the security code and got question on why exactly I want a trial. Answered. Got a message that they might give me a chance for a trial. Corporate is so corporate.

emersonrsantos 13y ago
Indeed. Watching the video, I've got an impression that they are trying to create a solution to their own big problem.
rjsamson 13y ago
Yeah, IBM is extremely weak on UX and design overall. I got accepted into the beta and once you're in it's no more intuitive. I will say that I'm pleasantly surprised they were able to put something like this together though - I wasn't sure what would come of their Cloud Foundry / OpenStack announcements last year.

dapole 13y ago

This looks pretty exciting, but extremely disappointing they are gating the registrations. Makes me wonder if they are worried about scaling this early?