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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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    Canon Virtual Lens Plant and 50/1.4 Saga

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    February 1, 2007

    Several years ago, my Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 lens stopped focusing properly. I threw it into the depths of one of my camera bags, always intending to get it fixed one day. I could have sent it in for service, but I never got around to it. Shortly before the…

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  • Journal

    Edwardian Ball 2007

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    January 31, 2007

    The Seventh Annual Edwardian Ball was held last weekend at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Rae and I went to the show two years ago — which was held at the Cat Club — and have returned after a year’s absence. Once again, we celebrated Petrice’s birthday…

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    SNUG 13th Anniversary Meeting

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    January 24, 2007

    Yesterday was the 13th Anniversary Stanford Newton User Group meeting. We’ve been holding it at the Printer’s Inc. Cafe ever since the beginning in 1994. During that time, many stores have come and gone on South California Avenue in Palo Alto. Last night, time ran out for Nora’s Cafe, located…

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  • Journal

    Wedding in LA

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    January 19, 2007

    Now that my beloved Chargers have lost, I don’t have to worry about racing back up to the Bay Area on Sunday. We’re attending and shooting a wedding down in LA this weekend. Although it’s been cold up here, the forecast calls for sunny skies and decent temperatures. We’ll see…

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  • Journal, Newton, Technology

    Apple Newton Versus iPhone on Wired

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    January 16, 2007

    Following the iPhone’s introduction last week, Leander Kahney from Wired emailed me to solicit thoughts about the product and the Newton. He posted his article yesterday which features quotes from several individuals from the Newton community. In my email, I was generally very positive about the iPhone, but I was…

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  • Journal

    Testing the Faith

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    January 15, 2007

    I’m so disappointed with the Chargers loss to the Patriots yesterday. We had the game in hand, but a combination of heartbreaking events led to their demise and exit from this year’s playoffs. I really felt this team would go to the Super Bowl, but it was not meant to…

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    CES and MacWorld

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    January 8, 2007

    For the next few days, I’ll be at CES in Las Vegas. I’ll be returning on Thursday, still with time to head up to MacWorld in San Francisco to see what goodies Apple will be announcing tomorrow. It’s highly anticipated that Apple will release an Apple-branded phone, something I’m in…

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  • Exercise, Journal, Running

    Strike a POSE

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    January 8, 2007

    I used to run competitively in high school, and I even completed a half-marathon when I was thirteen! Then, the freshman fifteen — pounds, not miles — came around, followed by post-graduation ballooning. The long winter months of the past several years have forced my body into a lengthy hibernation…

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  • Journal

    SeaWorld

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    January 4, 2007

    Last week, Edna, Erik, Rae and I went to the SeaWorld Adventure Park while in San Diego. I hadn’t been to SeaWorld in years since I was a kid. I have fond memories and photographs of me playing in Captain Kid’s World, which in the ensuing years has been renamed…

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  • Aperture, Journal, Photography, Software

    Annoture 1.0.3

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    January 4, 2007

    A bug was discovered in Annoture’s Aperture to iView annotation process yesterday. I’ve released a quick update to Annoture which resolves this issue. All users of 1.0.2 will be notified of the update the next time they launch the application.

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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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