aoprisan

you can do the same with Dropbox, and it automatically backs up your photos from plugged-in devices

this was long written down. why is this a story?

I supposed it depends where your client is located. In the US northeast, a senior developer makes around $50-80/hr. I've done a few fix rate Rails projects that took about 20-30 hours in all for about $5k, so around $25/hr.

node.js is the best tool for this job. a PHP/Rails/Django framework can get you there as well but you'll have to worry about code deduplication and slowness associated with translating pieces of language from one to another, especially if this is UI heavy.

was this planned? I didn't get an email

Employees can call out through the browser and receive calls through the browser as well, or forward their extension to a different physical phone number to pick up. In fact, the default action is to forward to a phone number or take a voicemail if you choose to not accept calls online via the browser.

Someone who would want to sell phone management services to third parties. You could set this up to accept payments to create accounts, which give you credits with which you can buy phone numbers and accept calls, design phone flows, etc. Basically a Grasshopper-like service.

I've just updated the code repo with a complete competitive analysis of this platform that was performed - it provides some useful points, such as market research, price point suggestions, feature subset recommendations to maximize profit, etc. (https://github.com/andreioprisan/igroups/raw/master/vbx_busi...) Screenshots: https://github.com/andreioprisan/igroups/raw/master/vbx_scre...

same here, I haven't touched our OpenVBX installation in more than a year

yes just a fork of OpenVBX and added a few features on top, different UI, Stripe support, etc.

Hi Keith, thanks for taking a look at this, and thanks for working on OpenVBX, amazing project! Yes it's been a while since touching this code (~6mo-1yr) but once I have some more free time I'd like to bring it up to date with the current OpenVBX version and post some screenshots as well.

The project is based on OpenVBX (big fans here!). We added a few modules, such as call queueing, call cost tracking (incoming, outgoing), the ability to export call flows to files, import/export of those files, SMS polls, automated phone call flow initiation, in-browser call flow testing, as well as Stripe integration to charge for more credits, then top-up the tenant account for more SMS and call credits. A different theme is also applied. Many things can be abstracted further and improved, feel free to take from it what you wish :)

I'll improve the note on the repo as well, but basically the proof of concept was to have something read PHP classes and parse out functions and parameters, then output it to a database that could be manipulated through a UI. A very rough class parser and UI were put together to show what else could be built out, but it's by no means functional or feature complete, just a proof of concept. Also, the code is quite dirty, there were 2 other contributors who jumped on the project and contributed as part of the 24 hour TechCrunch NY hackathon 2012. Perhaps someone will find elements of this useful or perhaps it's utter garbage :)

it was put together at the techcrunch hackathon last year

There are a lot of tech companies in Burlington/Waltham area, as well as the downtown Boston are (where I live and work). Honestly, the easiest way to get started is to join LinkedIn, build your network, join a lot of job groups and start networking with people working at those companies. Sites like indeed.com and developerauction.com are pretty good as well.

it's misleading to offer this free credit but have such a huge exclusion on what you can do with it.. Twilio used to have a $20 credit for all new accounts without restrictions, but now that the product matured, it's no more. if you expect people to start building things on your platform and show them off, give them real credit without the *fine print.

yes, they're losing money on each one

settled for $500, not bad.

when would you use this, I'm curious

it's really not, just less bs

works fine for IBM

looks interesting. any plans to open source it?

They have Amsterdam instances.

try browsing half the web without JS enabled and it'll look just as bad