[scottw]

I launched a fake call API (http://www.fakecall.net/) to help polite introverts exit unwanted conversations or meetings. I need someone to make a nice app for it ;-)

[poissonpie]

this is awesome....it's kind of crying out for a bookmarklet....or maybe a "tech news aggregation site" front-end that fires off the "call" request after a small delay.....that way you can politely open a browser to pontificate over some fancy new gadget when said cow-orker sidles up to you...and all of a sudden...."oops excuuuuuse me, I have to take this call"

[bartonfink]

I've done that by setting an alarm on my phone before a conversation I expect could get awkward. It got me out of a couple of unpleasant dates before I met my wife. Unfortunately, my in-laws aren't so easily shaken.

[veyron]

can you leverage google voice instead of twilio, using asterisk or some other pbx if necessary?

[scottw]

Probably, but the Twilio call is only two lines of code :)

I may look into other backends, but Twilio was by far the easiest to get going. Currently checking out Tropo and Teleku.

[veyron]

I ask because it looks like Twilio is a pay service (and i though GV was free)

[nicksergeant]

Cool idea! :) Btw, it's co-worker, not cow-orker.

[MattBearman]

Click the cow-orker link to see what the mean ;)