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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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    Emerging Trends in Digital Photography and Camera Bags at February 2009 COBA

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    January 28, 2009

    The first meeting of 2009 for the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held on Wednesday, February 11, 2009, at SmugMug headquarters in Mountain View from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm. New Location After several years meeting at Stanford’s SLAC and Cordura Hall, COBA is…

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  • Journal, Qiu Jin, Stanford

    Red Mango and Yul Kwon

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    January 24, 2009

    This morning, Dardy, Rae, and I went to the official Grand Opening of the new Red Mango yogurt shop in Valley Fair. Yul Kwon, winner of Survivor: Cook Islands, has opened four shops in the Bay Area. Yul and I were classmates at Stanford (and fellow Symbolic Systems grads). I…

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  • Journal, Tech

    Potential Seagate 1TB Hard Drive Failures

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    January 16, 2009

    Weeks after I updated the firmware on my Seagate 1.5TB hard drives, I learn that the previous model, the 1TB 7200.11 Barracudas might also have a firmware bug in them. Great. Just great. I have several of these drives, most of them being used as my main drives or as…

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  • Journal, Photography, Technology

    I now have the power to bestow and remove the gift of mobile Internet.

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    January 14, 2009

    This year, Rae and I anticipate we’ll be traveling a lot as we screen and promote Autumn Gem across the country. Because of this, it will be critical for us to have Internet access wherever we go and whenever we need it. Over the past twelve years, I’ve had periods…

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    What Is Palm Nova?

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    January 7, 2009

    Tomorrow is being touted as Palm’s make-or-break moment. It’s poised to announce Nova, the company’s next operating system. Despite being a former employee and knowing several people still at the company, I honestly no nothing about what Nova is or isn’t (that’s a good thing they haven’t been talking –…

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    5'6" Darren Sproles Leads the Chargers Over the Colts!

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    January 4, 2009

    Last night was a terrific evening for San Diego Chargers fans. It was even better for me, as I got to see one of my favorite players, Darren Sproles, break out for 328 all-purpose yards. At 5’6″ tall, the same height as me, Sproles made play after play throughout the…

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  • Photography

    Somei Yoshino Taiko Open House

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    January 2, 2009

    On New Year’s Day, Rae, Dardy, and I went up to Oakland to attend Somei Yoshino Taiko’s annual Open House. Ellen, Jimi, and Kallan opened up their studios for their friends. Guests brought delectable food items for the potluck lunch; we especially liked the various soup dishes that were served…

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  • Journal, Photography

    An Ode to the Domke F-3XB

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    December 29, 2008

    Christmas brought the new Canon EOS 5D Mark II to my camera collection. I’m looking forward to exercising its 1080p video and high ISO capabilities. In addition, I’m pleased by its reduction in size of my current 1D-series cameras. For the past six years, I’ve been stuffing my cameras into…

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  • Journal

    Detroit Lions 0-16

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    December 28, 2008

    Went to Old Pro in Palo Alto today to watch the Detroit Lions fall to a historic 0-16 for the season with Joon-Mo, Felix, and Johnny. I never knew that there were two Old Pro’s in Palo Alto. I once went to the old location near El Camino and Page…

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  • Journal

    WP-SmugMug 2

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    December 19, 2008

    WP-SmugMug 2 is here! This plugin completely replaces the previous version that I wrote several years ago. It has a number of great new features, including the ability to display photos from multiple galleries within the same post or page in WordPress. Read more about the plugin here. Here’s an…

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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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