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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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    Syncing Delegated Free/Busy Google Calendars to iOS and iPadOS

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    February 26, 2022
    Syncing Delegated Free/Busy Google Calendars to iOS and iPadOS

    This post explains how you can sync Free/Busy events from delegated Google calendars to the Apple Calendar app in iOS and iPadOS.

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    Traveling with (mostly) the clothes on your back

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    October 15, 2021
    Traveling with (mostly) the clothes on your back

    Growing up, I loved to watch MacGyver. Seeing him go on an exciting adventure every week with just his leather jacket, a Swiss Army Knife, and a roll of duct tape ignited a desire to travel light and be ready for anything. Lately, we have been watching reruns of MacGyver…

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    Introducing MixEffect

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    May 10, 2021
    Introducing MixEffect

    Happy to announce the availability of my next app, MixEffect, on the App Store. MixEffect is a professional tool for controlling Blackmagic ATEM switchers from your iPhone or iPad. If you have an ATEM switcher, such as an ATEM Mini, Mini Pro, Mini Pro ISO, Mini Extreme, or Mini Extreme…

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    Episode 66 of Automators on RelayFM

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    January 2, 2021

    Happy New Year! A little over a week before the start of 2021, I spoke with David Sparks and Rosemary Orchard about my app MFC Deck on the 66th episode of their Automators podcast for Relay FM. We covered the genesis of MFC Deck from its beginnings as a tool…

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    MFC Deck Widgetizes Your Shortcuts – Public Beta Now Open!

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    July 16, 2020
    MFC Deck Widgetizes Your Shortcuts – Public Beta Now Open!

    MFC Deck widgetizes your shortcuts in a dynamic control deck, in Siri voice responses, on your Apple Watch, and (coming soon) to iOS 14 Home screen widgets.

    Continue reading →: MFC Deck Widgetizes Your Shortcuts – Public Beta Now Open!
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    Fix iPad Washed Out HDMI Output with Reduced White Point Accessibility Setting.

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    June 22, 2020

    If you have been sharing your iPad screen using HDMI and have been seeing washed out output, this post may for you. Check out the screenshot below where I’m sharing my screen to Zoom using an Blackmagic Design ATEM Mini Pro. There’s low contrast, and you can’t even see the…

    Continue reading →: Fix iPad Washed Out HDMI Output with Reduced White Point Accessibility Setting.
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    The Many Keyboards of Past, Present, and Future iPads

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    April 26, 2020
    The Many Keyboards of Past, Present, and Future iPads

    Keyboard accessories for the iPad have been around since the original iPad in 2010. Let’s take a look at all of the (expensive) routes I have gone to improve the typing experience on my iPads. iPad Keyboard Dock (2010) First up is the iPad Keyboard Dock, which looks exactly like…

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    LaunchCuts on Automators Podcast Episode 45

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    March 14, 2020

    LaunchCuts is covered on Episode 45 of the Automators podcast by Rosemary Orchard and David Sparks. They go through all of their favorite features of LaunchCuts, including folders, smart folders, reduce shortcut height, and much more. There’s complete documentation on LaunchCuts available here.

    Continue reading →: LaunchCuts on Automators Podcast Episode 45
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    LaunchCuts 1.1: Faster Sync, Today Widget, Share Sheet Support, and Custom Actions

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    January 25, 2020
    LaunchCuts 1.1:  Faster Sync, Today Widget, Share Sheet Support, and Custom Actions

    LaunchCuts 1.1 has been released with the following new features: Faster Sync: A dramatically improved sync engine performs a full sync every time with progress. Existing LaunchCuts users must update to the latest version of the LaunchCuts Helper shortcut. Today Widget: Access your LaunchCuts Folders and shortcuts from the Shortcuts Today…

    Continue reading →: LaunchCuts 1.1: Faster Sync, Today Widget, Share Sheet Support, and Custom Actions
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    MacStories Review of LaunchCuts

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    January 8, 2020

    LaunchCuts is now available for purchase from the App Store! Early reaction to the app has been very positive, and it received a great review from Federico Viticci of MacStories. Viticci is well-known among the Apple community as the foremost authority on Shortcuts, so when he says: If you’re a…

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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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