Mark Deakin
#GeekinDeakin
Getting the small screen on the big screen
Over the last few months I have been playing about with a few small gadgets, in particular the type...
Date: 06/16/2014
'Windows' where you don't expect
At the minute there is a lot of news about the 'internet of things' from Nest to Google...
Date: 03/20/2014
Is there space for the 8 inch tablet?
How we got here There was a time when a Windows Personal Computer was exactly that, a box sitting...
Date: 01/10/2014
Xbox One
Just in case you didn't hear, the Xbox One was launched last Friday and I managed to pre-order one....
Date: 11/26/2013
Accessing my 'Big Data' with PowerQuery and PowerMap
One of the great things about Office 2013 is that it includes something called 'Self-service...
Date: 11/07/2013
Common misconceptions about Office 365 (as discovered at IPExpo)
Last week I spent a few days at IPExpo talking to partners big and small about Office 365 and I...
Date: 10/22/2013
Home is where the heart is
Over the last six years, a lot has happened in my life and it's taught me a 3 simple things. 1. True...
Date: 10/07/2013
Windows 8.1 - One month on
After installing Windows 8.1 in July and with the impending final release in of the final code in...
Date: 08/06/2013
Patterns start to Surface
Back in October I bought the Microsoft Surface RT and popped the iPad on ebay. 7 months later I...
Date: 06/03/2013
Wedding OneNote Wonder
With the recentish announcement of Google Keep (https://drive.google.com/keep/), the note taking...
Date: 05/02/2013
"Dont know what you've got 'til it's gone"
Although a fleeting visit (unless Nokia want to furnish the Vodafone UK Microsoft Partner Manager...
Date: 03/14/2013
Three Screens? Does it matter?
A while back I decided to set my lock screen on my Lumia 800 (with the WP 7.8 update) to the Bing...
Date: 03/07/2013
iPad vs Surface - Over before it started
As a quick recap, after three years of purchasing iOS devices, cracks started to form in my Apple...
Date: 01/31/2013
Nokia Lumia 920 - In Summary
I wasn't sure how to best summarise my time with the Nokia Lumia 920. Do I compare it to an iPhone?...
Date: 01/25/2013
Nokia Lumia 920 - And the rest
Well, as you can tell, I kind of lost track of time and missed a few blog posts. To help with Google...
Date: 01/23/2013
Nokia Lumia 920 Day 7 - Kids corner
Kids corner is new to Windows Phone 8 and therefore new to the Nokia 920. What a genius thing it is...
Date: 01/15/2013
Nokia Lumia 920 Day 4 and 5 - Something for the weekend
This weekend we had friends over. I took this as an opportunity to get someone else to take a look...
Date: 01/13/2013
Nokia Lumia 920 Day 3 - Application availability
Having had the Nokia 920 for a few days now, I thought I would take a look at the application...
Date: 01/11/2013
Nokia Lumia 920 Day 2 - Listening to music
If found myself travelling into London on the train today so I thought I would review the Lumia...
Date: 01/10/2013
Nokia Lumia 920 Day 1 - First impressions count
Thanks to the people @nokia_connects, I have the opportunity to trial a Nokia Lumia 920 for two...
Date: 01/09/2013
And along came a Nokia phone
After getting an iPhone5, I had an opportunity to use a Windows Phone (a Lumia 800). Having used iOS...
Date: 01/08/2013
iPhone 5. A few small things made a big difference. And not in a good way.
When I got my iPhone 5, as before, I looked forward to the arrival and excitedly unwrapped the...
Date: 01/07/2013
Seeds of doubt
After leaving Microsoft, like others, I went straight to the ‘dark side’ and got myself...
Date: 01/04/2013
Back to school
Back in 2008 I met Ilona, my girlfriend, who has given me a different perspective on life in a...
Date: 02/01/2011
Back once again
I must start by thanking Mark Summerson as the catalyst to start writing my blog again. I have been...
Date: 01/31/2011
Two months on
It seems like a lifetime, but its only been two months since I joined Vodafone and a lot has...
Date: 11/27/2009
Tweet and Post on the move!
For the 6 months or so, I have been training to run the New York Marathon for Yorkshire Cancer...
Date: 10/27/2009
One way to use your free texts
As you would expect, I look out for Vodafone related stuff on the web and one of my friends on...
Date: 10/27/2009
Farewell? Maybe not!
Yes, its been a while since I have posted. I have moved onto Twitter as my means to communicate out...
Date: 09/29/2009
Small organisations can have save money now!
One of the reasons why smaller organisation don't have access to the latest and greatest cost saving...
Date: 04/27/2009
RichCopy – Is it the new sliced bread?
I would like to announce the best thing since sliced bread …. RichCopy ! This tool has been...
Date: 03/24/2009
OCS R2 Tips of The Day by Brett
This has been working its way round the ‘Twittersphere’ so I thought I would post it on my blog too....
Date: 03/23/2009
IE8 and the history of the internet
IE8 is available from today, I have been running it for quite sometime in both Vista and...
Date: 03/19/2009
30 days of Twitter
It’s been about a month since my blog post on ‘To Tweet or Not to Tweet’. I have done over 100+...
Date: 03/09/2009
Microsoft Vision 2019
Once every so often, Microsoft has a think about what the company will be doing in the future...
Date: 03/03/2009
Spending Microsoft’s money
One of the great things about blogs, Twitter, Facebook and other similar networks is if...
Date: 02/18/2009
Microsoft’s Guide to Valentines Day
It’s almost Feb 14th, the card shops are getting ready for an onslaught of customers and the...
Date: 02/12/2009
To tweet or not to tweet … that is the question
I like to think I am still able to keep up to date with what the ‘tech cool’ are up to and Twitter...
Date: 02/10/2009
Technology playing its part in history – Part 2
I made a post recently on how technology was playing a part in the Inauguration in a way that I...
Date: 01/29/2009
Look what happens when marketing is not restricted to using normal ‘media’
One great to convey/share information is in a video, people seem to remember things better...
Date: 01/28/2009
Technology playing its part in history
As I type out this posting, I have the CNN website open with the live video stream of the...
Date: 01/20/2009