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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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    BBQ at Ocean Beach

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    June 16, 2001

    On Saturday, June 16, 2001, I went to a BBQ at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. I was invited to the party by Eric a couple of days after I had arranged to meet up with a former colleague, Jen Leibhart, who was attending a conference in SF from New…

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    Vienna Teng in Santa Clara

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    June 15, 2001

    I’ve been listening to Vienna Teng’s album Waking Hour, for the past several weeks, both at home and work. At Palm, it’s getting to the point where my co-workers are beginning to say, “Uh, Adam, did you know that you’re playing the same music over and over?” or, “You still…

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    Vienna Teng's Waking Hour Release Party

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    June 3, 2001

    On Sunday, June 3, 2001, I attended the official release party for Waking Hour, the debut album from Vienna Teng. The event was held at La Maison Française at Stanford University. Originally known as Guthrie House, the La Maison is the French Academic Theme House at Stanford. During my senior…

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    Melissa's Going Away Party

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    May 25, 2001

    Melissa has been a trooper and a long-time Palm employee (by Palm’s standards, at least), trudging through the traffic between Morgan Hill and Santa Clara daily for over a year. She leaves Palm for a new job only two minutes away from her home. Commuting can be a bear, so…

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    Ultimate Sunday… or, Tung, we miss you!

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    April 29, 2001

    As Tung toils away on a computer screen thousands of miles away, his Ultimate Frisbee compatriots wage furious battle on the Ultimate playing field. We convened at our normal time of 10:00 am (10:30 am, if you’re on Asian time) at Las Palmas Park in Sunnyvale, the site of many…

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    Saturday at Stanford

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    April 28, 2001

    On Saturday, April 28, 2001, I went to Stanford University, my old alma mater, to check my postal mail and shoot some pictures. Along the way, I ran into members of the Palm Economy, old friends, and even my doctor! (Photos taken with a Canon D30 with 50mm f/1.4, 17-35mm…

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    Bring Your Kid To Wor… Drug Bust?!?

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    April 27, 2001

    On April 27, 2001, the day of Palm’s Bring Your Kid To Work Day, an unfortunate “bad guy” gets busted by the police outside of my house around 11:00 pm. Witness the events of the cops raiding his car and pulling out bags and bags of suspicious materials. (Photos taken…

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    John Hennessy Welcome Reception

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    March 21, 2001

    John Hennessy was welcomed yesterday evening as the 10th President of Stanford University. The event was held in the Imperial Ballroom of the Fairmont Hotel, located at 170 South Market Street in San Jose. The reception was hosted and sponsored by a number of Stanford organizations, including: Bay Area Cardinal…

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    Pink Slip Party in Palo Alto

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    March 14, 2001

    For starters, no, I didn’t go to the Pink Slip Party looking for a job, but for a great photo opportunity. I had heard about the party the day before from a co-worker, who heard about it herself from workIt. Thinking that it would be a good opportunity for shooting,…

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    PEF Organization Meeting

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    March 8, 2001

    PEF began a few years back by Brian Hall, who is the head of Mark/Space Softworks, a software firm in the Bay Area. The forum caters to Palm entrepreneurs, allowing them to share ideas and ask questions such as methods to boost business or choosing the right software distributor or…

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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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