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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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  • Decluttering, Journal

    I'll Never Use This Again Decluttering Tip

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    April 6, 2009

    Every year during the month of March, the City of Santa Clara holds its Annual Spring Cleanup Campaign. Residents of the city are able to put most any junk out onto the street in front of their houses for disposal. Dump Day is a great way to get rid of…

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  • COBA, Journal, Photography, Qiu Jin

    April 8 SmugMug Meeting Information

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    April 6, 2009

    The April 2009 for the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held on Wednesday, April 8, 2009, at SmugMug headquarters in Mountain View from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm.

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  • Photography, Technology

    Shutter Curtain Failure

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    March 26, 2009

    We’re having the house painted this week, and so I had this idea of doing a time-lapse sequence of the work being done on the house. I set up my 1D Mark II on a tripod by the pool, hooked up the DC coupler and the timer remote controller. Shooting…

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  • AllThingsD, Apple, Photography

    Photographing the iPhone 3.0 Event

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    March 17, 2009

    I was at the iPhone 3.0 event today at Apple’s Town Hall this morning, covering the event with John Paczkowski for AllThingsD.com. I ran into a number of people that I know from both development and media circles, including Raven Zachary and Eric Savitz. The crowd was comprised of about…

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  • COBA, Journal, Photography

    Wireless Photography and Sensor Cleaning Recap

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    March 11, 2009

    We had a great meeting at the March 2009 COBA meeting, held at new location at SmugMug headquarters. I gave a presentation on my mobile photography workflow, demonstrating how I use a Cradlepoint CTR-350, EVDO modem, and a Eye-Fi wireless card to immediately send my photos to my laptop and…

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  • COBA, Photography

    Wireless Digital Photography and Sensor Cleaning at March COBA Meeting

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    February 27, 2009

    The March 2009 for the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held on Wednesday, March 11, 2009, at SmugMug headquarters in Mountain View from 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Meeting Location As a reminder for those who were not able to attend the February meeting,…

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  • COBA, Photography

    COBA Meeting Tomorrow

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    February 10, 2009

    Just a reminder that COBA is holding its first meeting of 2009 at our new location. SmugMug has generously opened its doors for COBA this month. Meeting topics include Lloyd Chambers discussing the State of Digital Photography and Camera Bags. I’ve been on a buying spree lately and am interested…

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  • Photography, Politics

    Jared Polis – Freshman Congressman

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    January 30, 2009

    Jared Polis is featured on CNN today in an article on Freshman Congressman. When I was photographing the final week of his Congressional campaign, I asked him about the possibility of documenting his first 100 days of his Frosh year. The biggest stumbling block I saw was getting access to…

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  • COBA, Photography

    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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  • 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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