Comments on “Text A Coder
Kumar Thangudu@datarade · 2X Saas Founder + Angel Investor
@allnick I think this is a good idea, but it has to be imessage compatible to be hyper-effective. Many developers and PMs use macbooks. So if you're going to use SMS as the layer, I would strongly consider doing it via imessage so that way the speed of communication is high and as well they can type details on their keyboard instead of the slow iphone keyb… See more
Nick O'Neill@allnick · CEO, Holler Inc.
@datarade I send SMS on my desktop iMessage app sometimes as well. I have yet to figure out why some contacts I can message on SMS from my desktop while others don't show up. However I would totally like to do that as well. I'll likely extend to FB Messenger as well.
David Rebd@davidrebd · Dev, (under development)
@allnick @datarade It's Apple only. On iPhone it will convert to SMS when necessary. While I use a MacBook, I use Android for mobile, hence I do not use iMessage. I also don't necessarily agree iMessage is at all required, but that depends on the demographics / preferences on both the dev and client side. There are definitely 1-way (ex. Pushbullet) and 2… See more
Nick O'Neill@allnick · CEO, Holler Inc.
@davidrebd @datarade my system is actually built into Slack & Twilio currently. I'll be adding FB Messenger which will enable the customer to communicate anywhere.
Kumar Thangudu@datarade · 2X Saas Founder + Angel Investor
@davidrebd @allnick Analyze the demographic of PMs and the laptops they use. Also check your analytics for device type. ;)
David Rebd@davidrebd · Dev, (under development)
@allnick @datarade Oh perfect, you're single funnel already on the dev side - didn't realize it was really just a matter of input points on client end. Sounds like you've got it down. =) I'll def be checking out the service when need arises!
Nick O'Neill@allnick · CEO, Holler Inc.
@davidrebd @datarade yep, this is just a different interface :)
Alvin Milton@alvinmilton · Sr Javascript Engineer
@datarade @allnick iMessage is mac only. SMS is more universal.