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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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    Beating "The Man" by Being the Man

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    December 21, 2006

    Rae and I are listening right now to Pacific Time on KQED (88.5 FM). I was excited to hear my voice used in the intro as the hook (in bold below)! They have posted a RealMedia stream and an MP3 of the show. Here’s the text of my commentary tonight’s…

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    Pacific Time

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    December 20, 2006

    I drove up to San Francisco this morning to record a short segment for KQED’s Pacific Time (88.5 FM). Part of Thursday’s show at 6:30 pm will talk about Yul Kwon’s victory on Survivor. I was contacted by the producers on Monday after they had read my post on Yul.…

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    Refocusing After the Fact

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    December 18, 2006

    Dr. Ren Ng of Refocus Imaging gave a tremendous talk at last week’s COBA meeting, the final one for 2006. I’ve been following his research for quite some time, but until last night, I hadn’t seen a first-hand demonstration of his technology. Suffice it to say, I left extremely impressed.…

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    Yul Wins Survivor!

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    December 18, 2006

    Congratulations go out to the three finalists, Yul Kwon, Becky Lee, and Ozzy Lusth, for surviving thirty-nine days on Cook Islands in the thirteenth installment of Survivor! Prior to this season, I had only watched one episode of Survivor. This year was different, since I knew Yul from Stanford. He…

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    WP-SmugMug

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    December 17, 2006

    I’m putting the finishing touches on WP-SmugMug, a plugin for WordPress that integrates — you guessed it — SmugMug RSS feeds into your WordPress Posts and Pages. Activate the plugin, specify the RSS feed url for your SmugMug album, and your images appear as thumbnails at the bottom of your…

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    Eric's Birthday Party

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    December 14, 2006

    Hours before Eric got on a plane heading for Japan, his friends took him out to dinner at the Gordon Biersch in Palo Alto. Present along with the birthday boy were Mandy, Elliot, Bill, Warren, Elaine, Vienna, Geoff, Livia, Rae and me. For most of my friends, 2007 will be…

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    Trolley Dances

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    December 13, 2006

    Several months ago, I shot Facing East Dance & Music during the Third Annual Trolley Dances, a “freewheeling San Francisco festival of modern dance!” Four dance companies, Kunst-Stoff, Facing East Dance and Music, Janice Garrett and Charles Moulton, and Epiphany Productions performed at four different locations along the Embarcadero on…

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    December 2006 COBA Meeting

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    December 11, 2006

    The December 2006 of the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held on Wednesday, December 13, 2006 in Cordura Hall 100 at Stanford University from 7:30-10:00 pm. NOTE: Due to scheduling conflicts, Uwe Steinmueller will not be able to present his findings of the Leica…

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    Low-Key Hillclimbs Awards Night

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    December 8, 2006

    The Low-Key Hillclimbs Awards Night was held earlier this week at the AMC 14 in Saratoga/San Jose. I must say that everyone looks very different when dressed in normal clothes. People should have brought their helmets with them for easier identification! It was great to see a lot of the…

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    Low-Key Hillclimbs #7: Mt. Hamilton

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    December 5, 2006
    Low-Key Hillclimbs #7: Mt. Hamilton

    With Page Mill under my belt, I was the leader of the Endurance Award by 30 minutes. Mt. Hamilton was to be a long 18 mile ride, however, and many things could change on its wintry slopes. I had to be tactical! With the ride being held on Thanksgiving, I…

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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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