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  • Aboutu0026gt; bio I grew up in San Diego, and I lived there from the day I was born to the day I moved up to the Bay Area for college. SD’s a wonderful place to visit and live, with great beaches, beautiful weather, and a relaxing laid-back style to it. If your only impression of Southern California is Los Angeles, you owe it to yourself to visit San Diego! I graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Symbolic Systems. My focus was in human-computer interaction. Name: Adam Tow Year of Birth: 1975 Hometown: San Diego, CA Current Residence: SF Bay Area Education: See Curriculum Vitae Myers-Briggs Type: INFP Riso-Hudson Type: 7 – Enthusiast I was most recently a Reuters Digital Vision Fellow at Stanford University, where I am creating technology that enables the developing world to access Internet information and applications. Currently, I’m working on numerous projects in digital media, photography, videography, and online journaling. Previously, I led the MyPalm client team for the i705 handheld at Palm, Inc.. Prior to Palm, I founded and ran Foundation Systems, a software development and consulting firm specializing in mobile computing. I wrote and sold a number of acclaimed software packages for…
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  • Photography, Software, Technology

    Set It and Forget It – Automated, Secure, and Wireless Photography with the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

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    December 31, 2016
    Set It and Forget It – Automated, Secure, and Wireless Photography with the Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

    Imagine you’re at Disneyland with the family. You’ve decided to tote around your DSLR or mirrorless camera with you on the trip. You’re happily taking photos of your little ones as they experience their first time on Dumbo the Flying Elephant, It’s a Small World, Haunted House, Pirates of the…

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  • Decluttering, Minimalism

    Retiring the Original Anatomica T-Shirt

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    July 22, 2016
    Retiring the Original Anatomica T-Shirt

    The monsoon-colored Icebreaker Anatomica t-shirt that I have been using for the past year has developed several more holes. There’s three in the back and one near each of the armholes. As a result, I am retiring it from daily use and transitioning it for use during my runs. The…

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  • Technology, Travel

    Continuing Thoughts on Portable Keyboards

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    February 28, 2016
    Continuing Thoughts on Portable Keyboards

    I’ve been on a keyboard buying spree lately after cancelling my WayTools TextBlade order two weeks ago. While I like the iPad’s software keyboard, I can still type faster on a physical keyboard. Writing code on iOS devices prior to the iPad Pro has been a torturous exercise, with constant…

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  • Apple, Photography

    Migrating from Apple Aperture to Google Photos

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    February 14, 2016
    Migrating from Apple Aperture to Google Photos

    In the middle of 2014, Apple announced they were ceasing further development of Aperture, the company’s professional photo management application I had been using to catalog and post-process my images since 2005. Aperture continued to work in OS X 10.10 Yosemite, and it works more or less under OS X…

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  • Rants, Technology

    Cancelling my WayTools TextBlade Order

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    February 13, 2016
    Cancelling my WayTools TextBlade Order

    There was a draft of this post that had been waiting to be published on this blog for over four and a half months ago. It’s time to post it and provide a four-month update. “I’m still waiting for my WayTools TextBlade multi-touch keyboard that I ordered back in January,…

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  • Decluttering, Minimalism, Musings, Technology

    My Tech Workspace from 2004 to 2016

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    February 13, 2016
    My Tech Workspace from 2004 to 2016

    Every week, The Sweet Setup interviews an Apple aficionado about his or her computing environment. I enjoy looking at the the products, software, and workspaces these people use on a daily basis; it gives me ideas on what hardware or apps I might want to try out in the future.…

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  • Decluttering, Minimalism

    Minimalist Uniform Project – One Year Update

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    January 26, 2016
    Minimalist Uniform Project – One Year Update

    A one year update on my Minimalist Uniform Project.

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  • Sports

    San Diego Raiders?

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    January 24, 2016
    San Diego Raiders?

    Honestly, I would root for the San Diego Raiders before I would root for the Los Angeles Chargers. Can you hear the theme song play, “San Diego, Super Raiders!” or hear former Governor Schwarzenegger proclaim, “Go! Raiders Go!”

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  • Reviews, Technology

    The Roost Laptop Stand and an iPad Pro at CES

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    January 6, 2016
    The Roost Laptop Stand and an iPad Pro at CES

    Last year, I supported the Roost Laptop Stand on Kickstarter. The Roost is a portable, height-adjustable stand for laptops. At home, I use a Rain Design mStand with my MacBook Pro. It’s a nice stand, but it does not travel well. The Roost appealed to me because it was lightweight, foldable, and could…

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  • Exercise

    17,111 Pull-Ups for 2015

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    December 28, 2015
    17,111 Pull-Ups for 2015

    I started tracking my pull-ups progress in September, 2014. I recorded 4,672 pull-ups for the remainder of 2014. This year, I did 17,111 pull-ups, which I dutifully logged every day in a spreadsheet. 2015 Pull-Ups Log January 2,016 February 1,680 March 1,600 April 1,603 May 1,926 June 1,279 July 1,500…

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  • Aboutu0026gt; bio I grew up in San Diego, and I lived there from the day I was born to the day I moved up to the Bay Area for college. SD’s a wonderful place to visit and live, with great beaches, beautiful weather, and a relaxing laid-back style to it. If your only impression of Southern California is Los Angeles, you owe it to yourself to visit San Diego! I graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Symbolic Systems. My focus was in human-computer interaction. Name: Adam Tow Year of Birth: 1975 Hometown: San Diego, CA Current Residence: SF Bay Area Education: See Curriculum Vitae Myers-Briggs Type: INFP Riso-Hudson Type: 7 – Enthusiast I was most recently a Reuters Digital Vision Fellow at Stanford University, where I am creating technology that enables the developing world to access Internet information and applications. Currently, I’m working on numerous projects in digital media, photography, videography, and online journaling. Previously, I led the MyPalm client team for the i705 handheld at Palm, Inc.. Prior to Palm, I founded and ran Foundation Systems, a software development and consulting firm specializing in mobile computing. I wrote and sold a number of acclaimed software packages for…
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