Category Archives: Developers
SendGrid Customer Tapgram Enables Stroke Victims to Send Emails
Communication is an underlying fabric that makes up any community. We take the simple actions of conversing, reading and writing for granted. But how would it be if you awoke one day and lost this ability. Imagine trying to communicate to a loved one, whether conversing or writing an email. You know what you want to say, but you just can’t put your thoughts into words. Sadly, stroke victims who are hit particularly hard, suffer from these very ailments better known as Aphasia. Unfortunately, this happened to the mother of Chad Ruble. She is a stroke survivor who was unable…
READ MORE »Hackpacking Around Europe: Music Hackday Paris and The Next Web Hack Battle
This week, we’re hacking in some of the best cities of the EU – Paris and Amsterdam. Jealous? Well, you should be; and here’s why… Last Friday, I arrived in the City of Light, to meet my pal and SendGrid Developer Evangelist, Martyn Davies, for Music Hackday Paris. The geekery that has ensued since then has been nothing short of awesome. The best part: we’re not done yet! First, a little background: Martyn is Central Coordinator of Music Hackday, and one of the visionaries of the event, which provides an environment for “programmers, designers and artists to come together and…
READ MORE »SendGrid’s Dev Relations Team Hit The Ground Running in 2012…Where Will You Find Them in 2013?
SendGrid’s Developer Relations team travels the globe attending hack days, conferences, startup weekends, summits, and more—all in the name of making developers’ lives easier, especially when it comes to email. Our 6 community team members (Tim, Swift, Elmer, Brandon, Martyn, and Adria) covered some serious ground in 2012. They attended/organized/ sponsored/hacked/presented at 260+ events in 21 countries. They made some serious moves last year and have plans to travel even more in 2013. To give you a better idea of what makes our Dev Relations team tick, they’ve highlighted some of their favorite events from 2012 and outlined where you’ll find them in 2013.…
READ MORE »Event Recap: Broaden Your Horizons in Liverpool
On January 16th, Sound City, Digital Advisors and ACME/Liverpool Vision, teamed up to host a Futureproof Routes to Market session: Broaden Your Horizons–a motivational event for the burgeoning local creative sector in Liverpool. Details The workshop’s mission was to: “Look at life outside games, how the skills of game developers and digital companies are applicable to sectors in areas such as music, brands, social media, gamification and meta games and how other sectors and industries are looking to games and services as the new way to engage customers. [And to] examine how digital companies can increase their commercial opportunities by…
READ MORE »Webcast with StackMob: Creating Compelling User Experiences with Your Mobile App
Elmer Thomas, a Developer Evangelist here at SendGrid, recently had the opportunity to work with the StackMob Team—Sid Maestre, Developer Evangelist and Steve Gershik, VP of Marketing—to co-present the webcast: Creating Compelling User Experiences with Your Mobile App. If you missed the live webcast, you can still join the on-demand version to learn how to: Uncover the 7 secrets to a remarkable mobile app user experience Get your app to market faster than your competition Gain actionable insight from your in-app transactional email At the end of the session, you’ll have a solid understanding of how to create outstanding user experiences with…
READ MORE »Everyone Hacks Welcomes First Time Hackers In San Francisco
This weekend in San Francisco, there will be a special kind of hackathon welcoming first time hackers. SendGrid is helping to sponsor and support this event. We’ll be giving away Sphero robotic balls plus 6 months of the SendGrid Silver plan to the winning team plus we’re hosting a workshop tonight, How To Rock Your First Hackathon, via Girl Develop IT where Adria, our Developer Evangelist in SF will help first time hackers prepare. Details Everyone Hacks January 18th through 20th, 2013 NextSpace, 1 Hallidie Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94102 Register on Eventbrite Prizes The list of prizes include: The…
READ MORE »Personal Productivity for Developers
As a SendGrid Developer Evangelist, a primary objective is to help make the lives of developers easier. To this end, our Developer Evangelist team examines our APIs and external resources from the view point of our users. From the novice to the expert, patterns emerge over time. One of those patterns I continue to witness is the lack of true “Zone” time. Creation requires a sustained effort to truly realize its potential. This post is designed to help you create more “Zone” time, igniting your passion for innovation. The spirit of this blog post is derived from the talk of…
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