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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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    Tai Chi Master

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    May 23, 2008

    A quick photo from our recent film shoot down in Southern California with Rae’s cousin and Li Jing:

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  • Journal

    Heading to SoCal and East Coast for three weeks

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    May 20, 2008

    Rae and I are traveling down to Southern California and the East Coast. We’ll be meeting with professors at UC Irvine, Connecticut College, and Brown University. Plus, I’ll be attending and working at the D6 Conference in Carlsbad. It’s been a very busy past few weeks, with weekends taken up…

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    COBA Monthly Assignment

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    May 20, 2008

    Following the great presentation by Gary Cruz on portable strobe photography, the monthly assignment for June will be FLASH!

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  • Journal, Photography, Qiu Jin

    Chinese Women's Army

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    May 6, 2008

    At Vista Point, we filmed scenes of Li Jing as Qiu Jin practicing Tai Chi and reading by a tree, mirroring those we shot in April with Melissa as Young Qiu Jin. The following day, we were at Berkeley’s Tilden Park for the Chinese Women’s Army. We had 34 extras…

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    Portable Flash Photography and Preparing for a Photo Review

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    April 23, 2008

    The May meeting for the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held on Wednesday, May 14, 2008, in Cordura Hall 100 at Stanford University from 7:30-10:00 pm. The Photo Review: How to prepare, organize and survive: Five Days at Fotofest The popularity of Photo Review…

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    Melissa as Young Qiu Jin

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    April 21, 2008

    A photo of Melissa, who’s playing the role of a young Qiu Jin. Click on the photo above to see the other posters we’ve made for the documentary.

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  • Journal

    Casting Call for The Qiu Jin Project

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    April 21, 2008

    We are currently looking for supporting actors and extras for various scenes to be filmed in the Bay Area during weekends in May and/or June. If you or someone you know fits into one of these categories and would like to be an extra, send us an email at info(at)qiu-jin.com…

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  • Journal

    E-Waste

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    April 2, 2008

    I’ve been getting better about my electronic purchases these days. In the past, however, I’ve made some questionable decisions. The other day, I dropped off a box full of e-waste to the Goodwill trailer in the Valley Fair parking lot. Yes, the same parking lot where my hubcaps were stolen…

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  • COBA, Journal, Photography

    Albums by NayaCo, Aperture 2.1, and China at April 2008 COBA Meeting

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    April 1, 2008

    The April meeting for the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, in Cordura Hall 100 at Stanford University from 7:30-10:00 pm. Albums by NayaCo Naya Yacko will present her company, NayaCo, which produces professionally designed albums for professional photographers.…

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  • Aperture, Apple, Journal, Tech

    MacBook Pro, Aperture, and 30-inch Displays

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    March 31, 2008

    I recognize that this blog has become very technical lately. Forgive me, ever since I was a kid in San Diego playing Ultima I through V on the home Apple ][ computer, I’ve always wanted to talk computer stuff! Today, I tested the performance of the MacBook Pro hooked up…

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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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