Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

[givememyleg]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more, visit www.cmu.edu/randyslecture.

Simply awesome speech, great guy. Watch it if you have an hour.

[FlyingSaucy]

QFT. I work with a CMU Comp Sci alum, but that's the closest I get to say I knew him.

[gabe]

TECHNICALLY it wasnt his last lecture, i know he did at least one more after that at my school since he used to be in the UVA CS department. he lead an inspiring life

[spoonitnow]

[bigred]

i've been sleeping with a cmu grad, so i'm closer to this guy then you

[bigred]

This was an hour well spent

[SaulPaul]

mad, was driving listening to radio4 earlier, and they were talking about / playing this, but my radios got shit signal. heard a fwe wfacts from it tho; they didnt know what to do, since it was crazy oversubscribed with people queuing outside. also his wife really didnt want him to do this lecture, said he should of done it at home with a camera. might of said that all in teh lecture; youtube slower than a snail for me