“Create a conference call in three lines of code.”

Sounds too good to be true, but Twilio has just announced the ability to set up conference calls via the Twilio API and TwiML markup language.  From their press release:

Sick of those crappy conference lines? The ones that that require you to enter your conference id, participant pin, access code, weight in kilograms and pi to fourteen digits before you can get to chatting? Now you can build your own with just a few lines of code. Ready?

Twilio conferencing adds new REST and TwiML elements to allow bridging two or more in-progress call sessions. Just <Dial> a <Conference>, and specify the name of the "Room"… any callers who dial the same room will be conferenced together… it’s that easy!

I’ve been working on and off with Twilio this year and am super impressed with the team, the technology, and the consistent stream of updates they’re making.  Telephony-enabled applications are a breeze using Twilio, and if you’re considering adding a phone icon to your Visio architectural diagram, you should seriously check out Twilio.