Author Archives: Adam Tow

At the D8 Conference in Rancho Palos Verde

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Adam Tow

If you love technology, you’ll want to tune into the D8 Conference, where I’ll be for the week in beautiful Rancho Palos Verdes, California. We have a terrific slate of speakers being interviewed by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, including … Continue reading →

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Half-Marathon – San Tomas Acquino Creek Trail

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Adam Tow

I completed my third half-marathon this morning, running along the San Tomas Acquino Creek Trail near my house in Santa Clara. The first time I ran this far was way back in ninth grade, when I was fourteen years old! … Continue reading →

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Site Redesign

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Adam Tow

Pardon the dust, I’m redesigning this web site’s design finally. Currently using the new TwentyTen theme as part of the upcoming WordPress 3.0 release.

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Verizon MiFi Disconnects Constantly in WiFi Mode

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Adam Tow

Update November 23, 2010: Updating the MiFi to firmware 7.3.11 appears to resolve these problems for me. The updater is currently available only for PCs, so Mac users will need to borrow a friend’s computer or use Fusion or Parallels … Continue reading →

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iPadDevCamp Wallpapers

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Adam Tow

Here are two images from the group photo that are great for using as home and lock screen images for your iPad. Enjoy!

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iPad Meetup

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Adam Tow

Last night, I attended the The Silicon Valley iPhone and iPad Developers’ Meetup at Bistro 412 in Palo Alto. The venue used to be called Fanny and Alexander (or F&A for short) for as long as I could remember. I … Continue reading →

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Autumn Gem for the iPad Wins at iPadDevCamp!

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Adam Tow

Our Autumn Gem application for the iPad won the Future of Publishing Award at iPadDevCamp! We developed this application to show the potential marriage between film and iPad. Going beyond a normal movie, we bring the story of Modern China’s … Continue reading →

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iPadDevCamp 2010

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Adam Tow

I’ve been busy at iPadDevCamp this weekend, working on the Autumn Gem for the iPad application. It’s exciting to work with Ivan and Dominic from XBureau to build this application, which introduces the story of Qiu Jin using the innovative … Continue reading →

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Personal Reflections on the iPad

Posted on April 5, 2010 by Adam Tow

For the religious, this past weekend was Easter. For the Apple faithful, it was iPad launch weekend. Since I attended the iPad Announcement Event, I had the opportunity to use the device before the general public; so, buying it was … Continue reading →

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Autumn Gem Web Site Refresh

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Adam Tow

We refreshed the Autumn Gem web site this evening. The original site was blog-centric, whereas the new site is focused squarely on the film. We’ll be updating the content on the site more frequently now that our Spring 2010 Tour … Continue reading →

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