Bidding on eBay auctions at the last minute seems like the best way to get a good bargain. However, I’ve been missing the end of auctions because they e-mail reminder arrives far too early. By the time the auction actually ends i’ve moved on to something else. Ideally then, i would get a text message a couple of minutes before the auction end, so I can nip online and snap up a bargain. eBay offer the service to send you a text message alert, but each of them costs money, so i’ve set about how I can do this for free. More…

I’ve worked with voice and SMS for a while but all the applications end up being quite corporate, based around appointment reminders and so on, it was time to have some fun with the technology at my disposal. more…