A Fond Farewell to Randy Pausch
Jul 25, 2008
(cross-posted from bub.blicio.us)
Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon professor whose “Last Lecture”
inspired millions last year passed away this morning at the age of 47.
You can read about his life here. Pausch was a techie – he oversaw the development of Alice.org, a free educational software that teaches kids about computer programming in a Second Life-style 3D environment.
If you haven’t seen it, I encourage you to watch “Really Achieving
Your Childhood Dreams,” his part of the CMU Last Lecture series. It’s
inspiring. “If you lead your life the right way, the karma will come to
you.”
Posted by Michelle |
Categories: Presenting & Presentation Styles |
Chrispian
July 29th, 2008 at 2:35 pm #
This was indeed an amazing speech. I would love to have had the opportunity to see this guy talk more and thankfully the Internets have granted us lots of footage. He’s a great, genuine speaker with a real passion for the things he loves. I wish I had discovered his stuff sooner.
This speech, in particular, blew me away.