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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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    Joe and Cam

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    October 2, 2001

    I’m in the process of going through the 600+ photographs that I took at Joe and Cam’s wedding. The lighting conditions were exciting yet challenging to deal with. We had mid-afternoon light fade away to dusk, which transformed into night photography! It’s going to take me some time to select,…

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    SPUG

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    October 2, 2001

    No, this wasn’t the Stanford Newton User Group meeting tonight at the Printer’s Inc. Cafe; that was last week and the fourth Tuesday of every month. Many of the same people who attend the SNUG meetings were present at the SPUG meeting, however, including Flash, Glen, Dave and Roger. Rounding…

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    Day Off Friday, Saturday

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    September 29, 2001

    During that time, I’ve taken some personal time off, but in all of those cases, I took time off to attend weddings in faraway lands such as France, Rhode Island, and Minnesota. I finally came to my senses on Thursday in deciding to take a well-needed break from work. Weddings…

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    Wedding Rehearsal

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    September 27, 2001

    Wedding rehearsals are key to any well run wedding. Practice what you’re going to do before you have officially. When the curtain goes up, however, you only have one shot at history. It’s the same with wedding photography — there is no second chance! Working in the technology industry, we’re…

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    SNUG

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    September 26, 2001

    On the fourth Tuesday of every month now for the past several years, the Stanford Newton User Group convened at Printer’s Inc. Cafe in Palo Alto. The numbers were once strong, though in recent years the group’s numbers have dwindled to only a handful of people each meeting. With the…

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    Wushu (and more) Weekend

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    September 23, 2001

    Friday night, I drove up to Hearst Gym in Berkeley to see the Berkeley Wushu Team demonstrate their skills to wide-eyed freshman. There are some definite differences between Berkeley and my alma-mater, Stanford. While the Farm resembles more of a country club, Berkeley appears to the new student as an…

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    Weekend to Week

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    September 18, 2001

    It’s been a tough week for everyone in the nation, and I must admit that after Tuesday, work become a distant concern of mine. I’m probably speaking for a lot of people when I say that I didn’t get much work done after Tuesday. One cool thing that the company…

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    Everything Has Changed

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    September 11, 2001

    These are the days that you don’t think will ever happen in the United States. I’m in a state of stunned disbelief at the events that have transpired this morning. It makes no sense. I can only pray for the victims in this tragedy. Terrorism has reached American soil at…

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    Ardenwood and Santa Cruz Weekend

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    September 10, 2001

    Scout the location. In preparing for an upcoming wedding shoot, Randy and I drove across the Dumbarton Bridge to the Ardenwood Historic Farm. Ardenwood is a picturesque complex that accurately recreates what farm life was life a century ago. Tractors, farm animals, corn fields, and railroad cars populate Ardenwood, drawing…

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    Park Chow in San Francisco

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    September 7, 2001

    I had lunch with Tom, Fanny, and Vijay at 3Com’s cafeteria. 3Com has seen some major cutbacks in recent months and the campus seems sooo dead these days. The cafeteria, once bustling with people from both 3Com and Palm, is not empty during the lunch house. I’d hate to be…

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Welcome to tow.com, my home on the internet since 1995. I’m an indie software artist and creator of apps such as Action Phrase, MixEffect, MsgFiler, RouteEffect, Wipe My Screen, and more. I’m also the producer and co-director of Autumn Gem. Enjoy your visit here!

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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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