The Barnes Family

Author: tim

  • A new amplifier

    A new amplifier

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    I’ve been away from the world of hi-fi and DIY for a long time. Before I went back to school I started building a power amplifier designed by Nelson Pass, but I never finished it. Until now.

  • How anyone can benefit from religion

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    This is a great talk from Alain de Botton. It reflects an idea I’ve struggled with for many years: how to make use of and participate in the great religious ideas without subscribing to all the doctrinal mumbo-jumbo. He insightfully shows the many virtues of religious practice, and suggests that rather than throwing out the…

  • Gensler!

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    The environment is not great for finding a job, and I was pretty nervous after I graduated. But happily I found a home at Gensler in San Francisco. This is an amazing place, with a mix of architecture, urban planning, interiors, branding, strategy, graphics and more. An incredibly talented group of people, and an enlightened…

  • A new website for design

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    As I’m coming to the end of my M.Arch, I’m ready to start doing design work. I’ve created a new website at http://www.tim-barnes.com which describes my design credentials. Because of this, I’ve moved my business / consulting website to http://www.timbarnes.info — same information, new URL.

  • Blogging and architecture

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    In my last studio I worked with an architect Glen Small: he has worked mostly in California and Oregon, with some significant projects in Nicaragua. Glen is an uncompromising character, with clear opinions and no fear of expressing them. I found him to be an excellent teacher, because he not only has a passion for…

  • Spring is over!

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    Spring is done, summer is beginning. We’re actually starting to get some sun. I think it’s been the coldest spring I can remember in California. My last major design studio is now complete: here’s a picture of my project. It’s an experiential art center: art studios, residential and office space, and a theater that seats…

  • Rock, Paper, Scissors

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    I wrote a play some years ago, exploring the relationships and perspectives of three very different people, caught in wartime Afghanistan. At an early stage, my friend Michael Sanie expressed interest in writing an opera based on the play, and after several years of delays and struggles, here it is. The opera is in three…

  • The Art of Flows

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    It’s been a busy few months in the publishing business: I’ve co-written a technical book with the founder of Runtime Design Automation, Andrea Casotto. This book explains the key issues associated with managing complex sequences of programs, required for software and semiconductor development (among other disciplines). Modern computational environments require hundreds or thousands of machines,…

  • Ollie’s New Beginning

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    Finally, the book is published! You can get a copy by clicking here, or on the cover image. It’s published at lulu.com, which offers print-on-demand services. You can also get an electronic copy here. The next step is to get the book into Barnes and Noble and the Amazon bookstore: hopefully you’ll soon be able…

  • Interlink Partners

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    I have entered into a new collaboration for strategy and executive consulting. The business is called Interlink Partners, and our focus is on high level, rapid interventions to help companies manage growth and change. One of the challenges faced by changing businesses is the need for an upgraded executive team, capable of quickly coming up…