Tom Goskar

Freelance consultant for digital heritage

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  • Google Mail is becoming Gmail in the UK – just don’t change if you use Android

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    As the title of this post says, UK Googlemail users can now change their email address from ..@googlemail.com to ..@gmail.com. If I remember correctly, there was a trademark issue with “Gmail” in the UK, but it looks like this has now been resolved. I decided to change my Googlemail account to use the .gmail domain…

  • Bye bye Symbian, hello Android

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    Last week I waved goodbye to my trusty Nokia E71. After watching the iPhone and Android communities evolve over the last 18 months, Symbian (the operating system that runs on the E71) has increasingly felt rather outdated. I am now the proud owner of an HTC Desire running on Google’s Android platform. People who know…

  • Skype Privacy Settings

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    I use Skype on one platform or another every day. I use it mainly on my Mac, and occasionally on my Nokia E71 via Skype for 3 (if out and about) or Skype’s own Symbian client (if wifi is near). On rare occasions I’ll use Fring, because it has the most fluid chat functions. It…

  • Recycle your old mobile phone for cash

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    A friend pointed me in the direction of Simply Drop, a UK service that recycles old mobile phones, mp3 players and digital cameras, and gives you money in return. You can also choose to have the cash donated to one of five charites, should you be feeling philanthropic. On their website, you can select the…

  • MacJournal

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    I have just bought the latest MacHeist nanoBundle2 (after I found that there’s a $2 discount to existing MacHeist members) and MacJournal came as part of the bundle. I do use DevonThink for most of my information organisation, but MacJournal’s, well, journal feel could be quite interesting. And it, hopefully, can publish to my blog,…

  • Seriously Good Food Blog: The Grubworm

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    If you enjoy food, love cooking, and tease yourself by looking at mouth-watering photos of delicious things to eat, go no further than The Grubworm. The author of The Grubworm is a stunning cook, a brilliant wordsmith, and an all-round foodie. His recipes, restaurant reviews, and ruminations on drink (and drinking establishments, of course) will make…

  • Why the Apple Tablet will be the ‘Computer for the rest of us’

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    Amongst all of the speculation about the rumoured forthcoming ‘Apple Tablet’ computer, I came across an excellent article entitled Why The Tablet Will Finally Be Steve Jobs’ “Computer For the Rest of Us” on Cult of Mac. It sums up what was important about the iPhone – hiding the complexity of the workings of the…

  • London, life and Brompton folding bikes

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    I’ve realised that I never got around blogging about some changes in my life recently. First, I have moved to central London. I still work for Wessex, but now do so remotely, visiting the offices once a fortnight (or more often if needed for a meeting there or elsewhere). I am loving London so far…

  • Official Skype for Symbian S60 native client

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    At long last, Skype have released an official Skype for Symbian client. I have it installed on my Nokia E71 and it works well. So far I have only two issues with it: when I lose 3G reception (which happens frequently where I live), despite having a preferred access point defined in the software, the client…

  • Being @tag on Twitter

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    When I signed up to Twitter in early February 2007 I wanted as short a username as possible, and as Twitter was still young, I was able to get a three letter username – @tag – which are my initials (@tom had gone) to save on those precious 140 characters. Twitter didn’t do tagging, and…