GEEK of the WEEK . . . Randy Pausch
Move over Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, my new Geek Idol is Randy Pausch. An amazing man and inspiration to all (not just Geeks).
"Randy Pausch Has Months to Live, but Inspires Others With Lecture on Living Life to the Fullest"
from ABC News: Dying Professor's Lecture of a Lifetime
From ABC's Good Morning America Show:
Randy Pausch, a 46-year-old computer-science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, has terminal cancer and expects to live for just a few more months. This week, he said goodbye to his students and the Pittsburgh college with one last lecture called "How to Live Your Childhood Dreams," on his life's journey and the lessons he's learned Randy Pausch, a 46-year-old computer-science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, has terminal cancer and expects to live for just a few more months.
This week, he said goodbye to his students and the Pittsburgh college with one last lecture called "How to Live Your Childhood Dreams," on his life's journey and the lessons he's learned.
And check out his Virtual World Builder tool for kids ALICE at http://www.alice.org/ . His proudest achievement - the ultimate "head fake" making a game out of learning how to program a virtual world.
1 comment:
Hi,
I once won the GeekGeer Geek of the Week and received a hat, tshirt and pocket protector in the mail :) My friends at college at first thought it was, well, geeky but then after that they were all trying to win Geek of the Week too. This was back around 1997-1998 probably.
Anyways, it's great that your site is still going strong, so many good sites from the past have disappeared from the net. Keep up the good work!
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