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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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    10-Year Newton Anniversary

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    August 26, 2003

    Ten years ago this month, Apple Computer, Inc. released the highly anticipated Newton Personal Digital Assistant at MacWorld Boston. Ten years ago I was a wide-eyed freshman entering Stanford University. Much has changed in my life in the ensuing decade, but in the handheld space, sadly, not much has changed.…

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    APAture Fundraiser

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    August 22, 2003

    On Friday evening, I left behind the heavy camera and instead took along Rae’s PowerShot A70 to the APAture Fundraising party at the Blind Tiger Lounge in San Francisco. The A70 has a suprising number of advanced features for an entry-level digital camera, such as aperture priority, shutter-speed priority, manual…

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    Weekend Nouvelles

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    August 17, 2003

    CenterRun Datacenter Software held their company party Friday at their Redwood City offices. The company recently was acquired by Sun Microsystems, and the party was a celebration of the past three years of accomplishments. A Caribbean band was present to provide the musical tunes, and there was a full complement…

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    COBA August 2003 Meeting

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    August 13, 2003

    The August 2003 meeting of the Camera Owners of the Bay Area was held today at the Orange Room at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. The three presentations covered the Hasselblad H1 Medium Format camera with the Kodak Pro Digital Back 645H and software for processing and organzing one’s digital…

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    The Encylopedia of Poo

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    August 9, 2003

    Pretty much everything that moves on the planet produces it, but few have the ability to talk about it in such colorful terms as the man behind Track15.com, Dardy Chang. Yes, I’m talking about poo, cacas, merde, shit, or all those words that are used to describe the fecal matter…

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    Ahn in San Francisco

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    August 8, 2003

    Ahn was in the Bay Area this weekend, and I met her and her friend in the City on Friday evening. They had never driven in San Francisco before, so it took us awhile to finally see each other. We originally planned to meet at Union Square, but I ended…

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    Angel Island

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    August 3, 2003

    On Sunday, I took the Blue and Gold Fleet ferry to Angel Island State Park. From 1910 to 1943, Angel Island served as the “Guardian of the Western Gate.” It handled the flow of immigrants to America’s western shores, and it also served as an ideal detention facility for Chinese…

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    Eric's Going Away Party

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    August 2, 2003

    Eric’s leaving in a week to attend graduate school in Colorado. On Saturday, he and his roommates, Paula and Joey, held a going-away party for him. Paula’s leaving too to teach English in France; I’m envious of her, as I’d love to be able to live in France for an…

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    MLB Showdown

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    July 26, 2003

    Here’s a comic-book recap of my time at the MLB Showdown Regional Tournament, held at Matchplay in the San Antonio Shopping Mall in Mountain View. The regionals have been happening all across America, and next week they are playing in my hometown of San Diego! I had a lot of…

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    San Francisco

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    July 12, 2003

    This entry is coming a little late, but on Saturday, Rae and I travelled to the City to check out an art exhibition at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts with Susan. Prior, we were wandering along Mission Street, eating lunch at the park and taking photographs of churches,…

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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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