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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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    Wedding Bells

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    June 18, 2005

    Just one more day to the big day. I’m not nervous, but I am slightly stressed with all of the work that remains to be done! Still, with friends and family helping, things will surely run smoothly tomorrow. In case you haven’t seen them already, we’ve produced six different invitations…

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    Tripods at COBA

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    June 13, 2005

    The June 8 meeting of COBA featured a hands-on demonstration of tripods. Many COBA members brought in their tripods, heads, and accessories to show to the group. I’ve been using my Gitzo 1228, and I never knew how to remove the center column until Jeff demoed it right in front…

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    DVF 2005 End Year party

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    June 10, 2005

    It’s the end of another year at the Digital Vision Fellowship Program at Stanford University. This past year whizzed by so quickly; it seems like only a few months ago that I was saying goodbye to Heather, Segeni, Joe, Raphael, and everyone else from my program year! Once again, the…

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  • Musings

    Dana Elcar and Contacts

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    June 10, 2005

    Dana Elcar, most famous [to me] for playing MacGyver’s boss, Pete Thornton, died on Monday of complications from pneumonia. He had a long and productive life, but I’m still feeling sad. MacGyver was my favorite TV show growing up. Pete and Mac had great chemistry together up until the last…

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    Petrice's Graduation

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    June 6, 2005

    From the time that I first met Petrice, she’s been studying for her Masters in Nursing from UCSF. This past Friday, we celebrated her graduation from the program with her friends and family! The commencement was held at a packed Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco. Rae and I…

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  • Musings, Technology

    Apple and Intel

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    June 6, 2005

    It’s official, Apple will be transitioning to Intel-based Macs in the next two years. The “soul of the Mac” is the operating system, not what processor or hardware the computer runs on. That said, how different is an Intel-based Mac from a stock PC running Windows or Linux? The $999…

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  • COBA, Photography

    June COBA Meeting

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    May 31, 2005

    Details on next week’s COBA meeting have been posted. Sorry for the delay in getting this out. Wedding planning has been very busy. We’re looking for presenters to talk about uploading photos using pbase and Flickr, along with any other third-party image gallery sites that are out there. If you…

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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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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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