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Ian Barbour

@barbourians

Academic. Father to two teenagers. Husband. Feeder of cats. Occasional photographer. I like to draw. From Cape Town, South Africa. Now living in London

 London, England
Joined January 2010
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Take a different perspective ordering things #sketchnotes
Image from IxDA London Local (@IxDALondon)
Image from IxDA London Local (@IxDALondon)
Image from IxDA London Local (@IxDALondon)
Image from IxDA London Local (@IxDALondon)
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UCT is preparing the next generation for the big-data challenge with two new postgraduate programmes geared to help meet the demand for skills at the interface between technology and information. bit.ly/2EESzeP #DigitalCuration #DataScience
Data projected onto a concrete wall.

ALT Data projected onto a concrete wall.

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Chris returns to @EventimApollo tonight for #TheRoadSongsForLoversTour po.st/TRSFLT
Image from Chris Rea (@chrisreamusic)
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How to help talented but under-prepared students with financial, academic and mentoring support. bit.ly/2iECLyq
Image from The Conversation Africa (@TC_Africa)
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From the foreword to Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs: – at Godalming, England
Image from Prof. Miles Berry (@mberry)
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GOOD READ ON THIS TOPIC: The Evolution of an Accidental Meme bit.ly/22nx83A #nsfw (there is one word of profanity on the post)
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Students from York visited Cape Town, hosted by my daughter's class. Here's a lovely clip from @stanielxD. @bmegan_b youtu.be/aZPsB4yeMcs

South Africa 2016

This is a new style for me - a bit of an experiment. Let me know wh...

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My teens go #backtoschool tomorrow. Sweet to remember their their first days at school. So big now. ❤️
Image from Lynn Barbour (@lynnbarbour)
Image from Lynn Barbour (@lynnbarbour)
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5 Jan 2016 - Cape Town Sunset #flickr flic.kr/p/BVRUvu
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@JDawg_Nation About notice boards - I don't think results are going up on notice boards anymore @UCT_news
The scenes from #Wembley show that out of something so abhorrent, the human spirit (across nations) emerges unbroken #EngvFra #moving
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@maths00001 I agree. Thanks for the clarification.
@maths00001 You were where? What is a lie?
@TashJoeZA Doesn't it (COP21) only start on the 30th Nov? Even then will it still go ahead?
Good to be back on campus after a historic time where students made their voices heard @UCT_news #UCT #FeesMustFall
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Image from Ian Barbour (@barbourians)
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Lying down is the new standing. teapawt.net/independent/status/659…
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@Independent29 Oct 2015
Forget standing desks: the next big thing is lying down to work ind.pn/1Mvx0ez
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Tires burning at UCT but peaceful. Just a few students #FeeMustFall #OutsourcingMustFall
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UCT calling on management to account for their actions #FeesMustFall
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UCT academics and students and outsourced staff calling for #FeesMustFall #CapeTown
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