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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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    Slo-Mo at the Re/code Launch Party

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    April 4, 2014

    At the Re/code launch party last night, Orange Photography, had a slo-mo photography booth set up. Rae, Felix, and I put on our best Odd Job impressions at several hundreds of frames per second. They had a Canon 24-70mm lens attached to what looked like a Sony NEX-FS700U videocamera.

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  • Exercise, Journal, Running

    New Balance Minimus HI-REZ Shoes

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    January 10, 2014
    New Balance Minimus HI-REZ Shoes

    For the past several years, my running shoes of choice have been the Puma H Streets. These are a favorite of the POSE running crowd, although they were never meant to be used as running shoes. Today, they are harder to find in my size (women’s size 10, since I…

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  • Stanford, Technology

    Symbolic Systems Program 25th Anniversary

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    May 7, 2012
    Symbolic Systems Program 25th Anniversary

    This weekend, Rae and I had the pleasure to attend the Symbolic Systems Program 25th Anniversary event in the Huang Engineering Center at Stanford. I owe a great deal of my success to the program and the lifelong friends I’ve made in classes such as Philosophy 160A. When I arrived…

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    Steve Jobs Was Technology's Change Agent

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    October 9, 2011

    As the world says goodbye to Steve Jobs, I’d like to share a few stories and photos of my own as I reflect on his death and legacy. Growing Up With Apple I’ve long had a love affair with Apple and its products. My parents purchased an Apple II computer…

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    MsgFiler Review on Macworld and Betalogue

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    May 14, 2011

    Catching up on great reviews of MsgFiler on Macworld and Betalogue. Dan Frakes gave MsgFiler a 4.5 mice rating! MsgFiler is the fastest way to move, copy, and label messages in Mail. It also offers useful features for navigating and managing mailboxes. Betalogue’s review of MsgFiler covered the MsgFiler’s transition…

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  • Journal, Musings, Rants, Technology

    Bye Bye GoDaddy, Hello Hover: An Ode to a Dead Elephant

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    March 31, 2011

    It may come as a surprise to some, but I can be unusually resistant to certain kinds of changes. For the longest time, I have used and recommended GoDaddy for domain registration services. When it first appeared on the scene, GoDaddy was a viable and affordable alternative to Network Solutions.…

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    MsgFiler 3.0.1 Now Available on the Mac App Store

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    March 10, 2011

    MsgFiler 3.0.1 is now available on the Mac App Store. This version brings compatibility with Spell Catcher along with lower memory usage and performance improvements with loading and creating new mailboxes. Users are recommended to upgrade to the latest version of MsgFiler on the Mac App Store. Those of you…

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  • Journal, Software

    MsgFiler 3.0 — Now Available on the Mac App Store

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    February 27, 2011

    The wait it over! MsgFiler 3.0 is now available on the Mac App Store! March 5, 2011: Submitted 3.0.1 to the Mac App Store for review and approval. Release features a number of performance and bug fixes.

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  • Apple, Journal, Software

    MsgFiler 3.0 – Coming Soon to the Mac App Store

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    February 15, 2011

    Update February 27, 2011: The wait is over. MsgFiler is now available on the Mac App Store! While I don’t want to count my chickens before they hatch, I’m happy to announce the upcoming release of MsgFiler 3.0, available exclusively on the Mac App Store. I submitted the app for…

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  • Tech, Technology

    Backup Strategy 2010

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    December 29, 2010

    It’s the end of the year, and I’ve been cleaning up my digital clutter and revisiting my backup strategy. Since I last wrote about the subject, my storage requirements have grown. My 1.5TB Photos partition has turned into a 2TB partition, while my video projects span 1.5TB and 1TB drives.…

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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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