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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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    Dardy's End of Summer Party

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    September 19, 2003

    Dardy held his end of the summer party on Friday night. Notable people that I ran into included Aileen Chen, whom I haven’t seen in ages (and she’s been in SF this whole time!) and Tony Lo, a graduate from 96 who looks vaguely familiar. There is a connection that…

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    IDEO Workshop

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    September 18, 2003

    IDEO University kept the DVF fellows busy for Thursday and Friday of last week. I once took a class with the founder of IDEO, David Kelly, at Stanford. CS447/ME296 was my first experience with working in a multi-disciplinary group. My group designed SportsScope, the video for which you can view…

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    Intel Museum and Stanford

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    September 17, 2003

    Today, the DVF troupe went to the Intel Museum in Santa Clara. Dave Libby was our tour guide through the museum, which explores the history of Intel from the company’s beginnings in the 1960’s to the present day. Moore and Noyce were going to name the company after themselves, but…

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    Held So Close

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    September 17, 2003

    Facing East Dance & Music is holding the final two performances of HELD SO CLOSE…remembering the poets of Angel Island this weekend. It’s being held at the McKenna Theatre at San Francisco State University at 8:00 pm on Saturday (9/20) and 7:00 pm on Sunday (9/21). Prices are $22 general…

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    Cantor Art Museum

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    September 16, 2003

    The DVF troupe was given a tour of the Iris & Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University today. The museum was reopened in 1999, 10 years after the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989. Alas, that was two years after I had graduated, though to be honest, I’m…

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    T-Mobile International

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    September 14, 2003

    The 2003 T-Mobile International, formerly known as the San Francisco Grand Prix, cycling race was held yesterday in downtown San Francisco. Thousands of cycling fans descended and ascended the hills of SF to see a 120-person strong international team of riders, including 5-time Tour de France champion, Lance Armstrong and…

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    echeng.com

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    September 13, 2003

    Eric came by to visit this afternoon. He’s in town for a few weeks after returning from Mexico, where he was photographing Great White Sharks. Scary! Tomorow, Rae and I are going to go up to San Francisco to attend the T-Mobile International San Francisco cycling race, featuring, among other…

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    Digital Vision Fellowship

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    September 11, 2003

    Earlier this year, my friend Cristina told me about the Reuters Digital Vision Fellowship Program at Stanford University. “The Digital Vision Program is a sabbatical program for technology professionals at Stanford University. The Program was launched on October 1, 2001, with five fellows in the inaugural class. Digital Vision fellows…

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    September 2003 COBA Meeting

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    September 10, 2003

    I didn’t think that Canon could release a Digital SLR (DSLR) that was cheaper than the EOS-10D’s. This all changed a few weeks ago when Canon announced the EOS Digital Rebel. The camera will sell for $999 for the body and lens (18-35mm f/3.5-5.6) and $899 for the body-only. Three…

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    Odessa Chen

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    August 30, 2003

    Odessa Chen performed at Eric’s in San Francisco on Saturday evening. This might be the last time that I attend a musical performance at Eric’s in the forseeable future, as he has left for his year of nomadic adventures around the world. There were a few new faces at the…

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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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