Adam Tow

@atow
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Developer of MixEffect and MsgFiler. Formerly at Zoom, Vox Media, Recode, and AllThingsD.
My friend Duolingo and me at @DeepDishSwift
Off to NAB Show 2025 in Vegas with zero bags—just a light jacket with everything I need. Jack Reacher would be proud!

🚨 Apple community heading to #WWDC25! 🚨
I’m hosting another pre-WWDC meetup on Saturday, June 7, 2025, from 5–8 PM in Downtown San Jose — same spot as last year: the patio along W. St. John Street by San Pedro Square Market.

✅ RSVP for free: https://pre-wwdc25.splashthat.com

Blast from the past. Saw a Newton MessagePad 120 for sale on Facebook Marketplace today. The device had two of my apps from the 90’s loaded on it: Stanford and nBattleship.
RIP Former President Jimmy Carter. I took this photo of him before his address at the Inaugural Oksenberg Lecture at Stanford University’s Shorenstein Asia/Pacific Research Center on May 6, 2002.
Our kitten, Newton, has grown up so much over the past five months, but he remains as cute as ever!
Look what we found and created at the family home in San Diego. The original 1979 Lego Galaxy Explorer 928/497. We couldn’t find four pieces but were able to substitute to complete the build of the ship.
While it’s been decades since they last worked, pour one out for the Red Box and COCOTS.

My comprehensive review of the new Magic Keyboard for iPad (2nd generation) for the 13-inch iPad Pro (7th generation).

Video: https://youtu.be/sZgK8HgxpHU

Article: https://tow.com/2024/05/22/magic-keyboard-review-2024/

Review of the Magic Keyboard (2nd generation) for M4-powered 13-inch iPad Pro (7th generation)

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See a first-look at MixEffect Vision, an Apple Vision Pro-compatible version of my MixEffect app to control Blackmagic Design ATEM video switchers at VisionDevCamp this afternoon.

Demos begin at 2pm and are open to the public. UCSC Extension: 3175 Bowers Ave, Santa Clara, CA.

If you can’t make it, a video will be posted on YT after the demo.

https://visiondevcamp.org

VisionDevCamp – A developer event for Apple Vision Pro and visionOS