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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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    Beta Testers Needed!

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    May 25, 2005

    Update June 2, 2005: The beta list is now closed. I’m looking for a few people to test out a new piece of software that I’ve written. Requirements for the beta test are that you (1) are running Tiger, (2) are a regular user of Apple Mail, (3) make heavy…

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    ReadyNAS Deal Details

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    May 24, 2005

    Update: 4 more people needed to qualify for the deal! We have 6 people signed up! The promotion ends on June 30. I posted details of the ReadyNAS 600 Deal that’s going on right now for COBA members. $200 off the 1TB ReadyNAS with 4x250GB drives. You can specify WD,…

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  • COBA, Development, Photography

    Annotation Copier

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    May 18, 2005

    Last week at COBA, I presented on my annotated image library. After one and a half years, I have reached the end of arduous task of annotating 77,500 images. I’ll write about what I covered in the presentation in a future entry; right now, I want to talk about a…

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    Revenge of the Sith

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    May 16, 2005

    I was reading Dardy’s blog, in which he mentioned that he saw the last two Star Wars movies on opening day at midnight. “Wait a second,” I thought to myself, “I saw Attack of the Clones with him on opening day, but it wasn’t the midnight showing!” Dardy was quite…

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    Steven's Graduation Party

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    May 15, 2005

    What began years ago will soon come to an end: Steven Kam, JD. All that’s left now is the Bar exam in July. Then, we shall all bow down to Judge Drea… err… Judge Kam! Last night, friends celebrated with Steven at Everett and Jones BBQ in Oakland’s Jack London…

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    Tiger Archive and Install and Photoshop

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    May 13, 2005

    If you use Photoshop CS and have recently upgraded to Tiger via Archive and Install, you may have noticed that you can’t drag and drop files or double-click on them from the Finder to open them. The only way to open the files is via the File Browser or the…

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    Waiting for the Red-Eye

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    May 4, 2005

    Last night, I had dinner with Eric, Geoff and Livia at Gordon Biersch in downtown Palo Alto. With their jet-set lifestyles, it’s hard to keep up with these people! Eric just returned from French Polynesia, and Geoff and Livia were going to take a red-eye flight to Houston later in…

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    May 2005 COBA Meeting

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    May 3, 2005

    On tap for next week’s COBA meeting are the following topics: Infrant ReadyNAS 600 Deal Raw Shooter Essentials and Photoshop CS2 An Annotated Image Library Tripod and Tripod Heads

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  • Development

    Automator

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    May 3, 2005

    I wrote my first Workflow using Automator today. This is what I wanted Soybo to be, a system whereby a user can easily string together actions from a diverse set of applications. One difference between Soybo and Automator is that a user would be able to access these actions from…

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  • Journal

    Senior Ball

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    May 3, 2005

    I saw this while driving home yesterday. Now that’s a cute way to ask someone out on a date to their Senior Ball. I wonder if she said yes.

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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 MixEffect, MsgFiler, AlbumFiler, 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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