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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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    Bad Blood Between the Chargers and Patriots

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    January 18, 2008

    Up until now, I had only heard about what the Patriots did at San Diego in last year’s Divisional Playoff Game. Now, I’ve seen what they’ve done, and I understand why some of the Chargers felt disrespected by the Patriots. If you’re a Chargers fan, this video will get your…

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    The Rematch Charger Fans Have Been Waiting For

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    January 14, 2008

    Back in Week 2 of the 2007-2008 NFL Season, the Patriots embarassed the Chargers at Foxborough. With our win over the Colts today in the AFC Divisional Round, the rematch is set. I was very skeptical of the changes made this year to the Chargers, but they have made me…

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    MsgFiler 2.0.1 Available

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    December 29, 2007

    A quick bug fix for registered users of MsgFiler. I noticed, along with a couple of other users, that MsgFiler would still display the “this app is unregistered alert” even after a valid license key was entered. This problem has been fixed in version 2.0.1 of MsgFiler. You can download…

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    MsgFiler 2.0 Released

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    December 27, 2007

    MsgFiler 2.0 has been released! Fully rewritten in Cocoa, MsgFiler is fully integrated in Mac OS X Mail and is now blazingly fast at searching for mailboxes and filing your email messages. MsgFiler 2.0 is a free update for registered users of MsgFiler 1.0. Previous owners will need to reenter…

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    Apple Wireless Keyboard Review and the Big Control Key

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    December 18, 2007

    It’s been over a week with my new Apple Wireless Keyboard, and the experience up until now has been a mixed bag. First off, the positives. The design of the keyboard is remarkable; I love how it’s so thin and small. Since I have three monitors — two hooked up…

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    Typing and Coding Like A Monkey!

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    December 12, 2007

    Over the past few days, I’ve felt like a monkey in front of my computer as I’ve hacked out code for the Cocoa version of MsgFiler. It’s not going to take me until infinity to get out the update — I’ve pegged the end of the year as the release…

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  • Decluttering, Journal

    Cables Begone!

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    December 9, 2007

    My quest for a clutter-free house has reached to lands where few dare to tread, the underneath of one’s computer desk. My current computer setup consists of a PowerMac G5 with two monitors, a UPS, two speakers, one subwoofer, and hordes of cables. You can see in the photos below…

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    SmugMug Holiday Party

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    December 7, 2007

    Rae and I went to the SmugMug holiday party this evening. It was great to run into people from COBA, Stanford, and Eye-Fi. In fact, according to Ziv, one of the founders of Eye-Fi, there were several photographers using Eye-Fi Cards to wirelessly transfer the photos directly to SmugMug’s servers…

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    MsgFiler Update and Leopard Tips

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    December 6, 2007

    With the release of Leopard, I have a little work to do to get MsgFiler fully compatible. I’ve already posted revised installation instructions on the MsgFiler webpage. Users who are using the app on Leopard have probably noticed that mailboxes are showing up twice. This will be fixed in the…

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  • Journal

    Geeky Cake of the Week

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    December 5, 2007

    Our wedding cake made Great White Snark’s Geeky Cake of the Week! Thanks to Cindy and Jay for submitting the cake to GWS!

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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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