On the TechTO stage ×1
First seen on the TechTO stage in 2014. Every talk is searchable — ask the archive about Ricky ↗
In their words
I work for a company called Twilio. What does Twilio do? We make it easy for developers to write code that sends and receives text messages and makes and receives phone calls.
I heard at the Toronto Tech Meetup you like to do things a little fun, a little different than just watching me go through the Twilio website. So I thought what we could do today is build an app together.
I'm here through Friday morning. I don't really know anyone in Toronto, so if you want to grab coffee I've got lots of free time. You now have my contact info.
Around the web ×2
Quick answers
What does Ricky Robinett do now?
He is senior director of developer marketing at Google Cloud, writing on the Google Developers Blog through 2026.
Where did he work before?
He was VP of developer relations at Twilio, then VP of developer relations and community at Cloudflare.
What was his TechTO talk?
A live-coded demo: he wrote a Twilio markup file on stage, had the room text a number, then used a nine-line Python script to call every phone in the room and play the Brooklyn Nets chant to a room of Raptors fans.