I wanted to bring to people’s attention a very extraordinary video of which I was recently made aware. This happened a while ago, but I only heard of it recently and it moved me greatly.
Randy Pausch is a retired professor of Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. He recently retired at age 47 because he was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. In order to leave a lasting legacy for his children he gave this “Last Lecture”.
It’s quite long, but well worth the time.
Randy’s lecture and life are a testament to the extreme pursuit of the ultimate User Experience. The Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon is a testament to the types of Computer Human Interaction that can be developed and expands the boundaries of what can be expected when interacting computers. I am not able to express the simultaneous joy and sorrow that I experienced in viewing his lecture.
His words speak much more eloquently than I ever can.
You can learn more about Randy and his current health status here.
He also has an excellent lecture on Time Management viewable on Google video.
Lee Tsao
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How inspiring Randy Pausch is! If you liked “The Last Lecture”, another fantastic memoir I just read and highly recommend is “My Stroke of Insight” by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. Her TEDTalk video (ted.com) has been seen as many times as The Last Lecture I think, and Oprah did 4 shows on her book, so there are a lot of similarities. In My Stroke of Insight, there’s a happy ending though. It’s an incredible story! I hear they’re making it into a movie.