I'm on version 1.0.38.171 of the Windows desktop app and drag and drop works fine for me. I can't do it on the phone app, it has to be the full Windows app.

Yeah. Its ok in this weather as I have a coat with loads of pockets. Might be more of a pain in the summer.

Spotify was invite only originally as well. Didn't do them any harm either.

Invite process?

Did you order a cover Breff? The bamboo looks pretty cool.

@scottalanmiller said in Hardware refresh and Selling the Solution:

@ardeyn said in Hardware refresh and Selling the Solution:

@Jason The thing is (I might be wrong though)
Pretty much any rep of any company works with a disclaimer, that sounds along the lines of "Any opinions expressed in this communication are not necessarily those of the company". This way you are still violating the EULA. This may not be immediately noticeable while you work with the aforementioned reps, however if you were to reach out to support and they will see what kind of license you are using, there may be trouble.
That being said, I am not sure it's the case, it just sounds like a possible course of action.

THis post, and these do work. It's not the same as the disclaimers saying that if this is for the wrong recipient or forcing you to do something when you receive an email. It's saying that the email communications is not official and is meaningless. It also makes ALL sales from them worthless as well, of course.

I have never, ever seen or heard of this kind of disclaimer. Is it a US thing? I wouldn't be very impressed if I did see one - if you're not representing opinion of the company what exactly are you for?

@scottalanmiller said in Hardware refresh and Selling the Solution:

That's what most people do.

You sound like you know quite a few people who have been wrongly arrested for murder

I say "wrongly" because if I actually murdered someone I'd probably do a bit of research on lawyers before my arrest.

Ooh, whose got the best lawyers?

All I know is, I don't have any lawyers! I sometimes worry that I'll get arrested for a murder I didn't commit and I'll go "phone my lawyer", only I don't have one and don't even know how you'd go about getting one. I'd probably just phone my mom or something.

We have nothing set in stone regarding refresh rates etc etc. Some users rarely use their phones, and when they do, it's mainly just for voice calls, so a 5S is fine, I guess. For others, like myself and our Sales Reps, it is practically an extension of our arms - we use them all the time. For heavy users like that, I find the 5S crap - partly the speed, but mainly the tiny screen.

Having said that, at the moment I have ditched my 5S and am trialling an iPod touch / Nokia dumb phone combo. The iPod does everything I need apart from voice, which the dumb Nokia does pretty well. I'm a big iPod fan. It means I'm slightly more out of touch with work, which suits me (eg I can only pick up my e-mail when I have wifi access). It's just a trial though.

We currently manage around 30 iPhone 5S's under a Vodafone shared data package (40gb). The company wants to ditch Vodafone and move to EE, whilst at the same time replace all the phones with newer models.

I see two options on how to roll this out.
Option 1: activate and setup the new iPhones with an EE sim. Ship the phones to the users. When the switchover day occurs, their old Vodafone phones will stop working, and their new EE phones will start working. So during that day, they need to carry around both phones.

Option 2: get Vodafone to unlock the existing phones. Ship the EE Sim cards to the users. When the switchover day occurs, their old Vodafone phones will stop working. When that happens, they need to remove the Vodafone SIM card and insert the EE SIM card. Their old phone will then continue to work. At some point, they will need to replace their old phone with their new phone, but this can be done at our leisure.

I'm planning on suggesting Option 2. I can't see any big advantages with Option 1. With Option 2, it will be possible to do a backup and restore from iCloud. It will also be possible to do the transfer when the user is next in the office, which makes things easier. The less the users have to do and the more the IT department can do the better, but most users are located remotely.

Second question: My assumption is that it is always best to buy the latest phone rather than a previous generation. Firstly, this allows you to extend the refresh cycle by a few months, and secondly, there are still significant advances with each new generation in terms of processor speed and battery life. The powers that be just see that the 7 is $100 more than the 6S and want to take the money. Any opinions? I haven't done any detailed TCO analysis.

I'm only half involved in this project and am trying to stay out of it as much as possible. Not least because I hear that customer service with EE is worse than Vodafone and I don't want to start having to deal with shoddy customer service (someone else outside of the IT department handles that now). If it was down to me I'd stick with Vodafone but a number of users have been complaining about coverage.

My colleague in the IT dept has had one for a few months and won't shut up about how brilliant it is. At that price, it's a wonder why anyone still bothers buying Apple or Samsung products (with their own money).

And Bay Watch! Happy days!!

@JaredBusch said in Binge Watching:

Knight rider, Dallas(who shot JR), quantum leap, full house, cheers, etc. are things that would be examples.

Never heard of Full House. Along with Dallas, Miami Vice and Friends were massive here. Cheers was huge, but Seinfeld never was strangely.

@scottalanmiller said in Binge Watching:

So let's use stats. The most watched show in the US right now is BBT with just under 21m viewers. That's not 21m interested viewers, that's not 21m "really like the show" viewers. That's 21m people for whom the television was on in their house. The number of people who like it, are engaged, paid attention, etc. is a fraction of that.

The US population is over 330m. So that means that only 15% of the nation even sees the show, at all,

21m is not 15% of 330, it's 6%. The top show in the UK is Bake Off which gets 14m viewers from a population of 64m, or 21%. That's a huge number of people watching a show. I believe that's only people watching it live as well. We definitely have far more of a shared TV experience here. It's obviously less than it was - over 30m people saw Den serving Angie divorce papers in Eastenders in 1986 - over half the population.

I guess a small country has a less diverse cultural landscape.

@Dashrender said in Binge Watching:

What I'm trying to say is: I got a really good theory that Mike's dad from Stranger Things is up to something nefarious and I want to discuss it.

I watched 1.5 episodes of that show and had to get out... bored me to near death.

STICK WITH IT! I thought the first couple of episodes were boring, the third one was just ok, and from 4 onwards I was on the edge of my seat. In the final episode I was crying like a baby.

@Dashrender said in Binge Watching:

No longer can you go to work the next day and just assume that everyone watched the show the previous night.

We still get this in the UK. Every Thursday morning nearly half the country will be discussing the previous night's "Great British Bake-Off" episode.

But yeah, it is annoying when you desperately want to discuss the finale of Stranger Things and everyone's like "don't tell me, I'm only on episode 7"

@Jason said in Google Pixel Phone:

@Carnival-Boy said in Google Pixel Phone:

@scottalanmiller said in Google Pixel Phone:

As close to iPhone as you can get without technically being an iPhone.

In what way?

Only in Design aesthetics.. In no way is it an iPhone more than the Msi Vortex is a Mac Pro.

Oh, right. You mean physical design? Who cares what it looks like? Phones all look pretty much the same anyway, don't they?

@scottalanmiller said in Google Pixel Phone:

As close to iPhone as you can get without technically being an iPhone.

In what way?

I assume most people have heard of Brexit? The UK is set to leave the European Union and the European Single Market within the next few years. This will be extremely messy and bureaucratic for everyone - firms and governments alike. Whenever things get messy, there is always extra demand for IT staff (remember the millennium bug?). So looking on the positive, I'm sure there will be some great opportunities for IT people with the right skills.

I can't think what those opportunities or skills will be though. Any ideas? I want to get an early start so I don't miss the boat. I suspect having "Brexit IT Specialist" on your resume will add $$$ to your salary offers

Erm..I haven't done the maths :), but you've got the cost of maintaining the dispensers, employing someone to fill them, disposing of the used ones, ordering new ones.

I've never understood discussions on the price of e-mail. All offerings seem so trivially cheap to me. I mean in the US you're paying your employees, on average, over $50,000 per year and you're worried about an extra $50 a year for e-mail? We probably spend more on paper towels in the rest room than e-mail but I rarely see the president starting that discussion.