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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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    Sun Executive Briefing Center Tour

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    October 21, 2003

    DVF Fellow, Michelle Aden, arranged for the group to have a tour of Sun Executive Briefing Center in Menlo Park on Tuesday. The first thing I thought of when I walked through their briefing showroom was, “Man, they spent a lot designing this place!” Demos and prototypes of various technologies…

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    A Night at the Stork Club

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    October 18, 2003

    Following Mirrielees Reunion at Stanford, I headed up to the Stork Club in Oakland to see Rae, and Susan. Three bands were playing that night, Model A, Copper Ocean, and Astral. Through the magic known as Friendster, I knew the lead singer and guitarist for Astral, Dave Han, through Susan…

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    Mirrielees Reunion

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    October 18, 2003

    Stanford Reunion was this past weekend. I attended my fifth-year reunion last year and had a blast. This year, the only event that I attended was Garry Grundy’s Mirrielees Reunion party at Mirrielees. Garry and I go way back to my time studying abroad in Paris, France. I was a…

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    November COBA Meeting

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    October 12, 2003

    I reviewed the new Adobe Creative Suite software collection at the November 12, 2003 meeting of the Camera Owners of the Bay Area. I centered my talk on the new version of Photoshop, which 24 people out of the 26 in the meeting use as their image processing application. I…

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    Ann's Birthday

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    October 11, 2003

    Ann celebrated her belated birthday party at Clubertino this past weekend. Randy and Joon-Mo broke out the BBQ Grill, cooking up delectable carne asada, chicken, and salmon for the guests, which included Ann’s cousin, Jen and her husband Kurt, Hollin, Annie and Cam, Dave and Judy, Rae, Joon-Mo, Felix, and…

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    Full Moon on the Quad

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    October 9, 2003

    Full Moon on the Quad is an annual Stanford tradition whereby freshman kiss seniors (and vice versa) on an evening with a full moon in Main Quad. For some reason or another, both as a freshman and senior at Stanford, I never went to FMOTQ. I was probably too shy…

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    COBA October 2003 Meeting

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    October 8, 2003

    The October 2003 COBA featured a group brainstorm on improving the meetings and planning for the future. The Camera Owners of the Bay Area has been in existence for nearly two years now. I originally created the group as a face-to-face forum for digital SLR enthusiasts to meet and talk…

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    Oakland vs. Boston

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    October 1, 2003

    What a game! 12 innings lasting over 4.5 hours! A see-saw battle in the late innings, with the A’s winning on a smart baserunning play in the 12th inning! I’m exhausted, and I’ll write more about the game later. In the meantime, feast you eyes on some of the photos…

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    Flash and Olga

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    September 27, 2003

    I’ve known Flash since the early days of the Stanford Newton User Group. When I heard that he got engaged to Olga, I remember saying to myself, “Woo hoo!” Flash held a party with his friends at his place in Palo Alto on the 27th of September to celebrate the…

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    Stanford First Week

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    September 26, 2003

    So, the first week of the Stanford school year 2003-2004 is under the belt. The week started on Wednesday following six days of orientation for the Class of 2007. Not to sound like an old man, but back in my day, we only had five days of orientation. Not only…

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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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