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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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    Drobo and Storage

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    April 28, 2007

    Last week, I took advantage of the Drobo storage robot promotion through COBA. The deadline has been extended to May 4, so if you’ve been sitting on the fence, you’ve got a little more time to decide. Today, I went to the Fry’s Electronics to pick up some more hard…

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  • AllThingsD, Development, Journal, Technology

    Accolades for AllThingsD.com

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    April 27, 2007

    Me, I’d say this is hands down the best implementation of open source publishing technology I have ever seen, one that should serve as a wake up for any online publisher wondering if they should invest $1,000,000 in web publishing technology. I like it when I read nice things about…

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  • AllThingsD, Development, Journal, Technology

    All Things Digital Launches

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    April 25, 2007

    We launched the new All Things Digital today! This will be the new home for The Wall Street Journal’s technology columnist, Walt Mossberg and his partner in journalistic crime, Kara Swisher. Also joining them with witty daily videos and posts is former Good Morning Silicon Valley journalist, John Paczkowski. Expect…

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  • Journal, Software

    Coda from Panic

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    April 25, 2007

    Checking out Coda, a one-window web development application, from Panic, makers of the excellent SFTP application, Transmit. For my latest consulting project, I’m juggling with exactly the problem Coda is attempting to solve, the barrage of windows and applications needed to perform web development chores: Text-editor (BBEdit) Terminal (iTerm) SFTP…

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  • Journal, Photography

    Coming Up For Air

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    April 23, 2007

    I’ve been pretty busy with a consulting project the past month, hence my lack of regular posting. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, however. I’ll have more to say in a little over a week, so stay tuned. I was taking a break from work…

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  • COBA, Journal, Photography, Technology

    April COBA Meeting

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    April 7, 2007

    The April meeting for the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held this Wednesday, April 11, 2007, in Cordura Hall 100 at Stanford University from 7:30-10:00 pm. Drobo Storage Robot Drobo (http://www.drobo.com) is a new contender in the data storage field from Mountain View-based Data…

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  • Exercise, Journal

    Make It A Double: King's Mountain

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    March 31, 2007

    My quest to get fit for the Death Ride later this year caused me to ride twice up Highway 9 two weeks ago. Today, Jorge, Richard, and I twice went up the well-known King’s Mountain Road in Woodside. It was a beautiful day for riding over 47 miles with 4750…

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  • Journal

    COBA April 2007 Monthly Assignment: SPEED

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    March 28, 2007

    Each month, COBA will feature an optional monthly assignment and contest. Members are highly encouraged to participate as the point of the monthly assignment is to motivate you to take photos, try new techniques, and learn. Speed is the topic for this month’s assignment. Be fast or be slow, but…

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  • Journal

    We Are The Final Five!

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    March 26, 2007

    If you haven’t seen the final episode of BSG’s third season, stop reading now…

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  • Journal, Palm, Rants, Technology

    Palm Is Already Dead

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    March 21, 2007

    The rumors and articles predicting a Palm buyout have only intensified in recent days. What I don’t understand is why any company would consider purchasing Palm. Don’t they already know that it’s been dead for the past five years? Sure, Palm is still enjoying record sales. In the last fiscal…

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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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