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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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    Vienna Teng in Saratoga

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    August 10, 2001

    “You going to see Vienna tonight?” is a frequent question that I’ve been asking to my friends lately. I’ve been introducing more and more people to Vienna’s music, be it at work or at the various events that I attend. The reception has been pretty positive, and I hope that…

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  • Journal

    Hanging Out In Mountain View

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    August 8, 2001

    I was supposed to get together with Jeremy last week, but he had to cancel at the last second when his parents dropped by unexpectedly in town. We rescheduled to Wednesday evening, decided to meet at the Los Portales Mexican Restaurant in Mountain View. Los Portales is one of my…

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    Weekend in San Diego

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    August 6, 2001

    Everyone seems to be getting married these days. From co-workers to friends to relatives, I’ve been travelling ’round the world to attend these marriages. So far in the past year, I’ve been to France, Rhode Island, the Bay Area, and now to San Diego. This time, my high school friend,…

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    Three Days of Events

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    August 3, 2001

    This is going to be a quick update since I’m going to be on a flight to San Diego tonight to attend the wedding of my high school friend, Steve Foley. In addition, I’ll get to see my parents and hang out with them! On Wednesday night, Sophia came by…

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    Planet of the Apes in San Francisco

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    July 31, 2001

    When making a reservation at a restaurant, I’ve always given my real name to the person taking my name down. In my head, of course, I’m always thinking to myself, “Hmm… what name should I use this time? MacGyver?” Up until today, I’ve never really had the gumption or chutzpah…

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    Monday at Lucy's Teahouse

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    July 30, 2001

    I rode my bike to work, the fourth day in a week that I’ve been on the saddle. I am starting to ride for a number of reasons, the largest being I need to get back in shape after becoming a gelatinous tub of fat over the past few months.…

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  • Journal

    Greek Play in Berkeley

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    July 28, 2001

    Rae invited me to this free Greek play happening in Berkeley last week. Since my Saturday schedule was open, I decided to go. I haven’t been to a play like this in a long time, if ever. The only memories I have of watching anything remotely similar were when I…

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    Running Errands

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    July 28, 2001

    I woke up early as is customary on the weekends even though I hadn’t slept that much over the past few days. On Thursday, I was in hung hanging out with a friend. We saw Startup.com, the real-life documentary of govWorks.com. Overall, I thought that the film was pretty good,…

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    Palo Alto Evening at SNUG

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    July 24, 2001

    On the fourth Tuesday of every month, there is a small contigent of Newton users that convenes at the Printer’s Inc. Cafe in Palo Alto. We’ve been doing this thing since the Newton came out, the first meeting being in January, 1994. I remember the first time I went to…

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    Hanging with Rae

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    July 22, 2001

    I was IM’ing with Amabelle this morning as I was working on my Vienna Teng recap from Saturday night. She asked me what I was planning on doing today other than the web site. I replied, “To be honest, nothing. I have been on a whirlwind of activities for the…

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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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