Category Archives: Technology

Symbolic Systems Program 25th Anniversary

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Adam Tow

This weekend, Rae and I had the pleasure to attend the Symbolic Systems Program 25th Anniversary event in the Huang Engineering Center at Stanford. I owe a great deal of my success to the program and the lifelong friends I’ve … Continue reading →

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Introducing MessageFont

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Adam Tow

MessageFont, my second Apple Mail productivity tool on the Mac App Store has been released. MessageFont lets you set Apple Mail’s default composition font for rich text outgoing messages. Background: The message font setting in Mail preferences affects local display … Continue reading →

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Bye Bye GoDaddy, Hello Hover: An Ode to a Dead Elephant

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Adam Tow

It may come as a surprise to some, but I can be unusually resistant to certain kinds of changes. For the longest time, I have used and recommended GoDaddy for domain registration services. When it first appeared on the scene, … Continue reading →

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Backup Strategy 2010

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Adam Tow

It’s the end of the year, and I’ve been cleaning up my digital clutter and revisiting my backup strategy. Since I last wrote about the subject, my storage requirements have grown. My 1.5TB Photos partition has turned into a 2TB … Continue reading →

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11.6-inch MacBook Air Thoughts

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Adam Tow

Since the Apple Event announcing the new MacBook Airs, I’ve been using a loaner unit of the 11.6-inch Air. I won’t bore you with yet another standard review of the Air; instead, I’ll share some thoughts from the historical perspective … Continue reading →

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MacBook Air and Scottevest

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Adam Tow

We all know that an iPad can fit inside the tab pocket of most Scottevest jackets, but what about the new 11.6-inch MacBook Air?

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Can You Connect To The Internet Now? Verizon, iPad and the MiFi

Posted on October 28, 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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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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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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