Developer Voices
Contribute programming tutorials to the Twilio blog. Email Matt Makai at makai@twilio.com to learn more about becoming a contributor.
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What type of post should I write?
Technical tutorials with code. Check out the "Example blog posts" section below for previously published posts.
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Does my post have to use Twilio?
Most posts involve Twilio in some form. There should be something from Twilio's product suite you can use, whether it's phone calling, messaging, video, 2-factor authentication, phone number lookup or one of the other many communications tools.
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How do I get started?
Email makai@twilio.com to express your interest in writing for Twilio.
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Verify Phone Numbers with Java and the Twilio Lookup API
Chris Hranj provided a great post that uses Java and Twilio Lookup to look up whether a phone number is valid or invalid. Read the post.
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They told us we needed a landline
Naomi Pentrel uses the Twilio Console with TwiML Bins to simulate a landline phone. Read the post.
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Wedding at Scale: How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding
Thomas Curtis wrote about his experience using Python, Twilio and SMS for his own wedding. Read the post.
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Google Spreadsheets and PHP
Matt Stauffer shows how to interact with Google Spreadsheets via the Google APIs and some PHP code. Read the post.
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Building Native Android Libraries with the Latest Experimental Android Plugin
Aaron Alaniz provided a solution to a nagging Android problem he faced. Read the post.
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Playing a Twitter adventure game using SMS and Twilio on Glitch
Kevin Lewis showed off his JavaScript hack to play text-based adventure games via Twilio SMS. Read the post.
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How much do I get paid for each post?
$500 for each publish post. You can publish as many posts as you can code and write.
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Can I also publish the post on my own blog or on Medium?
Yes, as along as the places you publish it other than the Twilio blog contain a canonical reference meta tag back to the Twilio post.
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Does my post have to include code?
Yes! The Twilio blog is read by developers who want to build what you built, and it's way easier to do that if you provide code in the post.
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What is Developer Voices?
Developer Voices is our program for developers to write and publish programming tutorials for the Twilio blog. The current session is closed, but we'd love to have you in the next – click the red button!
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What's the Twilio blog?
Twilio's blog publishes programming tutorials for software developers. Some tutorials use Twilio services while others are general programming walkthroughs. Read the Twilio blog.
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Is there a review process before publishing?
Yes. Our Developer Evangelism team will perform both a voice and tech review so the published result is your best work.