Get Rescu’d built by Daryn Nakhuda
Another cool app built by Daryn. Like he mentions below, I love the simplicity of this and how useful it can be. The text message I got when I first used it was,
“dude, call me ASAP. we’ve got to talk.”
Don’t you just hear the urgency in that text message? I know I do. Kudos Daryn!
Check out this little app I whipped up for this week’s Twilio developer contest.
Send a text message to (206) 866-5924 with the syntax “<call/sms> <delay> <message>”, and <delay> minutes later, you’ll get a call or text message, rescuing you from whatever situation you’re trying to get out of.
I know similar services exist, but it was a fun little project to whip up to try out Twilio’s ridiculously simple SMS API. All told, including registering the domain, setting up the app, writing the html, and writing the code, this took me a few hours. I could actually see fleshing this out some more - like letting people record custom messages, and charging people who want to use it more than once or twice - but for now it’s dead-simple.
Give it a try!
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