Ask HN: What do you wish had SMS alerts for?

Posted by wesleyzhao on Saturday October 15, 2011 @09:43PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Today I found myself really wishing I had SMS alerts for certain GetClicky features(worse aesthetic design, but better UX than Google Analytics). And now I actually think I might build a tool that will let anyone get an SMS alert if someone lands on a certain page (say their Kickstarter page for example).

But after thinking a bit, I realized I would really like SMS alerts for a lot of things since my iPhone texts are the only things I check every time I get a notification (i.e. I ignore email notifications etc).

Am I the only one? Or do many people wish they had SMS alerts for a lot of things (such as comments on HN threads)? Or would making SMS alerts ubiquitous, just make them as equally not-useful as an email notification?

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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish had SMS alerts for? by teljamou on Saturday October 15, 2011 @10:12PM (#3116335)

- Forex changes - Important emails - Important tweets (twitter SMS does not work in many countries) - Important RSS feeds - Google News alerts on certain keywords - Security alerts e.g. when someone hacks into some of my accounts - Stocks alerts - Important reminders from iCal, configurable not all like google cal

Would be cool to have a basic SMS altert app that can connect to many web services.

You can build a demo with Nexmo.com, the wholesale SMS API with gobal reach and direct to carrier model. (disclaimer: I work for Nexmo)

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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish had SMS alerts for? by qxb on Sunday October 16, 2011 @04:20AM (#3116851)

> Would be cool to have a basic SMS altert app that can connect to many web services.

Try http://ifttt.com

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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish had SMS alerts for? by nycs on Saturday October 15, 2011 @10:30PM (#3116364)

car alarm goes off

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Re:Ask HN: What do you wish had SMS alerts for? by wesleyzhao on Sunday October 16, 2011 @06:03AM (#3117007)

if only Twilio had a good connector for that

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