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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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    Vienna Teng at AS220

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    April 4, 2003

    The Vienna Teng East Coast tour traveled from Pennsylvania to Rhode Island today. Growing up as a Californian, I always thought that driving out of state meant at least a 5 hour drive. But here on the East Coast, you can go from one state to another in fifteen minutes!…

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    Vienna Teng at The Point

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    April 3, 2003

    The Vienna Teng East Coast tour moved from New York to Pennsylvania today. In the morning, we went to XPN 88.5, where she was interviewed by Helen Leicht on the Leicht Lunch at noontime. Vienna performed The Tower and Gravity for the lunchtime audience. After that, we drove to Bryn…

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    Vienna Teng East Coast Tour

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    April 2, 2003

    Vienna Teng is on the East Coast, touring cities in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Washington D.C. Georgia, and Tennessee. This evening, she was at the Cutting Room in New York City, New York. I arrived yesterday afternoon, and I stayed in Long Island with Randy’s parents.…

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  • COBA, Journal, Photography

    COBA

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    March 12, 2003

    We had a great meeting tonight at the March Camera Owners of the Bay Area user group meeting. Jim Rose was on hand at the beginning of the meeting to demonstrate the new Canon EOS-10D. Canon has learned from the production problems that plagued the D60. The 10D will be…

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    Vienna in Palo Alto

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    February 16, 2003

    Vienna Teng performed at Borders Books & Cafe in Downtown Palo Alto this afternoon to a packed house of family, friends, and fans. There must have been 150-200 people lining the second floor of the bookstore. Also on hand was a crew from CNN, who were filming Vienna throughout the…

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  • Journal, Photography

    Images of East Palo Alto

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    February 13, 2003

    In October, 2002, I was checking my mail at the Stanford Post Office when I spotted a young woman with a camera hanging from her shoulder. Never one to pass an opportunity to talk to a photographer go by, I struck up a conversation with Arin Lawrence, who told me…

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  • COBA, Digital Vision, Journal, Photography

    COBA and DVF

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    February 12, 2003

    Wednesday was a double dose of presentations. As is becoming customary, I went to the Digital Vision Fellowship Seminar series in the afternoon at Stanford’s Cordura Hall. The speaker this week was Iqbal Z. Quadir, fellow at the Harvard’s Center for Business and Government and at the Center for Business…

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  • Journal

    Dardy and Alan's Housewarming Party

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    February 8, 2003

    Saturday night, I went to see Cirque du Soleil for the first time. I had an opportunity to see the Quidam tour my senior year in college, but I didn’t go for some reason or another (even though I was the one who bought the tickets!). I’ve been missing out…

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    Digital Vision Fellowship

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    February 5, 2003

    Following a great lunch at the Bombay Oven in Cupertino with Kathy Ly, a former Palm colleague, I headed down to Stanford to hear Dan’l Lewin, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, give a talk on the .NET to the Fellows in the Digital Vision Fellowship Program. I last saw Dan’l…

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    Po Bronson

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    February 4, 2003

    This evening, Keplers featured Po Bronson, who in his latest book, poses the oft-asked, rarely answered question, What Should I Do with My Life? Bronson interviewed hundreds of people across the country in selecting fifty-five to profile in WSIDWML (doesn’t that sound like a tech term!). It’s not so much…

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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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