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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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    IDEO Unfocus Group

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    December 2, 2003

    A couple of weeks ago, I went to an IDEO Unfocus Group in the City. Most of the people who attended the session were from the City and were all dressed rather city-like. Rae has been saying that a few of my new outfits resemble hip city-clothes, and she’s right!…

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    Nouvelles

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    November 24, 2003

    Last Thursday, I had lunch with Oliver and Leighton at Seto Sushi in Sunnyvale. A photo that I took of their company is in the December 2003 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine. Centerscore is listed as one of their hot companies in Mobile Gaming. If you’re enjoying mobile gaming on your…

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    Underwater Eric

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    November 21, 2003

    It’s hard to keep track of where Eric these days. One minute, he’s swimming with Great White Sharks off the coast of San Diego and the next minute he’s travelling with Vienna Teng in Kentucky. His return to the Bay Area is heralded by a cell phone call with the…

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    Monterey Bay Aquarium

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    November 15, 2003

    I was supposed to cycle with Stuart and Amy around 1:30 pm, but they were running a little late leaving the office. As a result, I rode the few miles to the downtown area in Monterey. When the aquarium came within view, I said to myself, “Wait a second! That’s…

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    DVF Offsite

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    November 14, 2003

    This weekend, I attended an offsite for the Reuters Digital Vision Program at the Asilomar conference grounds in Monterey. I have known about Asilomar for several years now, but I never knew that it was run by the State of California. For some reason, I had always thought of the…

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    LJCDS 10-Year Reunion

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    November 8, 2003

    I felt the past ten years wash over me like rushing water on the shores when I walked into the Beach House Brewery Saturday night for my high school’s 10-year reunion. Memories enveloped me like the rising tide, around the feet, ankles, knees, and legs. I had thought my 5-year…

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    Halloween

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    October 31, 2003

    On Halloween, Rae and I went up to the City to the Rotten Tomatoes Halloween party at the 26 Mix Club. No time to write a recap, so I’ll leave you with some photos from the evening.

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    Stanford Golf

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    October 26, 2003

    Stanford hosted the Nelson Invitational this weekend at the Stanford Golf Course. Alex King and I went to take some photographs of the tournament on Sunday morning. We followed two groups of Stanford golfers, Pat Phillips and Brandon Lawson and Matt Savage and Scott MacDonald, through the front nine before…

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    Night of the Panther

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    October 24, 2003

    From 8:00 pm to midnight on Friday, October 24, 2003, the Apple Faithful descended upon Apple Stores across the nation to christen the Night of the Panther. The third major update to Mac OS X brings a number of innovative features and functionality to the Unix-based operating system, including Exposé,…

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    Robert Capa: In Love and War

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    October 22, 2003

    The United Nations Association Film Festival kicked off today at Stanford University. Robert Capa: In Love and War by Anne Makepeace takes us through the life of the celebrated photojournalist Robert Capa. His photos captured the brutal essence of the Spanish Civil War and World War II. You’ve probably seen…

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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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