Sam Davyson - Latest Comments

Re: Salesforce Spring ’14 Pre-Release

Colm J Mitchell — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 04:14:12 -0000

The Orders object is certainly very interesting.... Was expecting to see a button to create an order from an opportunity - so will be interesting to see how these are linked.

The developer console also has a few changes that I can see: Extra preferences - themes and font sizes, minimize sections of code and they appear to have fixed scrolling issues in firefox at least.

Forecasting menu looks to have been updated - you can now add up to 4 different forecast types.

Not sure if they will be adding more features to this release as we get closer to the main release.

Re: Riya

Guest — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 22:36:07 -0000

How many staff have been hauled up for staying at work late? Isn't this also tardiness?

Re: Controversy over app to convert 0870/0845 numbers to cheap alternatives

Roger White — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 09:44:20 -0000

Did anyone find out if this story was true? It's a great app and saves users so much money in both the short and long term

Re: HTC Desire early pricing: probably too high

Daniel Laveigne — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 03:05:11 -0000

I think its better to have an iPad rather than HTC.

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Re: Spotify Premium will work offline on laptops later today

I Batten — Mon, 30 May 2011 19:31:23 -0000

To be fair, premium is a fantastic service, but don’t really think it’s worth the £10 a month.

I’ve just got into the world of grooveshark, and they were doing a
$20 per year (for the japan relief fund thing), and I think that’s
fantastic quality. Especially the fact you get way more songs, and the
mobile app is better.

But there still something about spotify that keeps me coming back. A
bit more work on the mobile app and I think the money could be
justified. But right now, think they’re a lil bit behind.

Came across: http://insectstore.com/ente...
which seems to offer free premium, but I’m a tad dubious because it’s a
website redirect. Seems to be various others, but I think sticking to
the monthly payment is probably the best option. After all, nothing is
really “free” these days!

Re: Controversy over app to convert 0870/0845 numbers to cheap alternatives

Anthony — Sat, 08 May 2010 03:51:32 -0000

Among all non-geographic numbers available 0800 numbers are most prevalent for small and medium size business. Products and services that are available in plenty can win an edge over competitors by advertising a 0800 number. 0800 numbers are free phone numbers as against any 0845 numbers or 0844 numbers. It is obvious that a customer will call up a company for which he doesn’t have to pay a price. This is what makes this number more competitive than others.
An inbound call to this number is free for customers but it’s billed to the owner of the number. Calls are billed per second and this makes it more and more cost effective. But it is important to remember that calling 0800 number from mobile phones can be expensive.
0800 numbers come with a wide range of call management features and are absolutely free. All important features like call hunt group, call routing, voice and fax mail box, call queuing, IVR menu and many more are just sufficient for efficient handling of inbound calls for a small enterprise. 0800 numbers have enabled small business to operate in a way that was unthinkable sometime ago. Any feature that you may require to suit your needs can be added easily a monthly fee.

Re: Controversy over app to convert 0870/0845 numbers to cheap alternatives

Ronald — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:21:53 -0000

These 03 numbers are called intelligent numbers. Intelligent numbers offer a wide array of call management and distribution service to any organization. They help an organization in managing tons of customer calls effectively that would otherwise seem impossible without intelligent numbers.

Internally, they aid in greeting every call professionally through custom announcement and with an IVR menu guide customers to the correct department without any hassles and confusion. It allows a company to take hundreds of calls through just one number. If a customer support executive is not available at his desk, the call will be diverted to another executive. All this is done without any human intervention. While the customers are waiting to be attended, they can hear to custom announcements about the latest product and services of the company.

It not only aids efficient call distribution and management within the organization but it also allows international distribution of calls to the customer service located overseas. This feature is called international routing.

For organizations that outsource customer support or marketing service through work from home professionals, call hunting and remote access plans can be very beneficial.
Other features that indirectly help in improving call efficiency are call recording, call queuing, call wishper, online transaction history, force caller Id etc.

All freephone 0800 Numbers, 0845 Numbers, 0844 Numbers and 03 Numbers are intelligent numbers. They are full of features that can be utilized by an organization of any size.

Re: T Mobile’s HTC Desire pricing: sensational

chris — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:16:38 -0000

Think they have realised their mistake, as upfront costs have now increased.

Re: HTC Desire early pricing: probably too high

Sam Davyson — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:05:57 -0000

With regard to the contract you're right. There are some cheaper
contracts. When I was looking I could only find cashback ones through
third parties (not directly with the networks). I know some people
who've had bad experiences with these and have lost out as their
payments were slightly late or whatever. If T mobile are offering a
cheaper contract themselves then please give me a link.

In terms of buying outright I used Amazon's pricing (also the same as
Expansys). Both of these are reputable. Where do you find the £399?

Re: HTC Desire early pricing: probably too high

John — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:59:02 -0000

Well you didn't look very far did you. It doesn't take much to locate what on balance is probably the best overall deal so far at £59.99 for the phone on a £20 per month 2 year contract with T-Mobile with 300 mins, 300 txt and unlimited mobile web. That's £539.99. Also the cheapest sim-free is £399.99 so far. Must try harder.

Re: Leo Laporte speaking at TEDx

Greig — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:52:42 -0000

Original content. That's the stuff we want, not reposts, re-tweets, re-hashing. If everyone went to their consoles and produced something original then I think that would raise the quality content of the web - provide what they produced was good. I feel like with this issue it is a circular argument anyway. I am not sure why I am even posting a response. Hey. I got it. You post original content. I read your stuff. If everyone was like Sam Davyson then there would be 100 percent engagement. Har har.

Re: Study suggests the number of friends people can maintain is not increased by social networks

Greig — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:39:24 -0000

It is not so unusual for folks to want to share information - not everything one shares has to be at the level of friendship. For example I use Facebook to share political ideas, humor, etc., not necessarily the stuff of my heart (which I reserve for friends). I have a weird brain though. I don't think you can really share who you are through a Facebook profile anyway. We are all versions of ourself depending on the medium. On Facebook we are one version. In another location we are another version. Although, I do not suggest one bares all of one's personal life on fFacebook; save that kind of banter for the water cooler.

Re: Controversy over app to convert 0870/0845 numbers to cheap alternatives

noel liverton — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:39:08 -0000

02 are indeed naughty people for denying 0870 but they cant deny 03 numbers

Re: Controversy over app to convert 0870/0845 numbers to cheap alternatives

Mark — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:13:14 -0000

Just to let you know Ofcom has now made a decision about 0870 numbers as you can see from their news page http://www.ofcom.org.uk/med...

If things go to plan this will bring 0870 call charges more in line with 03 numbers which seems a bit pointless. Hopefully mobile operators will do something about 0870 call charges soon

Re: Dropbox – “There’s an app for that”

Sam Davyson — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:46:59 -0000

Haven't played it since being in Cambridge. I'll maybe try a few
levels tomorrow.

Re: Dropbox – “There’s an app for that”

ella — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:50:58 -0000

why are you so obseesed with this boring stuff

love your sister ella x#

i like sallys spa how far are you??

Re: Vodafone UK will also offer the iPhone

Sam Davyson — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:28:41 -0000

I have to say I'm not really sure what you mean...

Re: Vodafone UK will also offer the iPhone

justinwright444 — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:46:29 -0000

Wow, Christmas is already here…well, not really, it’s the retailers that are already attempting to eventually score it big this season…who knows, with this years job losses and foreclosures…we can only hope and pray for the best!!!

Re: Firefox Usage up at Weekends

Asa Dotzler — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:31:41 -0000

Sam, I've been watching these trends for a number of years and have access to the actual daily number of Firefox users so I can add some insight here.

All browser usage, (all of it, really, for each browser) fall _dramatically_ on weekends. The number of people going online with Firefox falls almost 25% on weekends and holidays.

How does that square with Firefox's share going up on weekends and IE's share going down? Remember first that share is from a consistent 100%. Even when the absolute totals rise or drop, the total share is always 100%. So, if Firefox's absolute user base falls by 25% on weekends, yet its share grows by several percent, the only conclusion is that IE's absolute user base must fall more than 25% on weekends.

But, it's even a bit more complex than this. If you look at browser _versions_, you'll see that IE 7 and IE 8, along with all versions of Firefox, increase share on weekends.

So, what's actually happening is that IE 6 is falling very very steeply in absolute terms on the weekends and so all other browsers, as a percentage of total usage, are rising.

The big conclusion from all of this is that IE 6 is either more heavily used during weekdays (at work) or much less heavily used on weekends (from home).

If you could pull IE 6 out of the entire system, you'd see that the usage share of all of the other browsers was actually pretty consistent without dips or rises on weekdays or weekends. It's the one strange outlier, IE 6, which holds enough share and absolute users, to have a rather dramatic influence on the entire system.

Re: Natwest: Fuck You

ant — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:27:52 -0000

Natwest is a complete farce. they have robbed me of £2000 pounds over four years in hidden and doubling up of charges. the staff are so inept its a total shambles. No surprise that NatWest is owned by Royal bank of Scotland who in turn have ruined our economy and we all foot the bill. We should all demand our money back. Taking the power away from these con artist bankers.

Re: O2 Online System Randomly Resets Your Username For Security Reasons

Sam Davyson — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:58:06 -0000

Hi.

I am on holiday until the 6th August 2008.

I will get back to you then,

Hope you're having a good summer,

Sam Davyson.

Re: O2 Online System Randomly Resets Your Username For Security Reasons

tiatops — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:56:27 -0000

Well then they should post your new details to you free of charge every month. no other login site changes your login details. ( im sure there is some kind of law that does permit them to do this )its just an excuse as i have been searching for many months to find out if anyone has ever managed to login to 02 to see there on line bill. NOPE not one person.

Re: Many “Available Units” in New Grand Arcade, Cambridge UK

Dave Curran — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:33:03 -0000

There is a floor plan, but it's remarkably well hidden -
http://www.grandarcade.co.u...
...and it does indeed reveal just how empty some of the centre is! It'll no doubt fill up in due course, but for a centre as closely planned as this one, it's a fairly major embarassment.

Re: Mozilla.com Is Getting A Redesign

Fri, 23 May 2008 05:47:58 -0000

I've already got the new package :)

Im using the improved version as pre-production.

Re: Inbox Zero

Sam Davyson — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:32:03 -0000

Disqus commenting system. We're now live.

Thank you very much.