Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

I usually tend to blog more about things that are discussed in class or assigned readings but I came across a story that I thought was worth talking about. A teammate of mine introduced me to the story of Randy Pausch and his incredible story about his fight with pancreatic cancer. You might have seen the show about him on Oprah, but for those of you who haven’t here is a brief summary. Pausch is a professor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In September 2006, he was diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer and after all his therapy was given an estimated three to six months to live.
He gave what he was made known for his “Last Lecture” on September 18, 2007 which attracted wide attention from the international media, became an Internet hit, and was viewed over a million times in the first month after its delivery.
I think the messages in his speech are ones worth hearing and will have an impact on anyone who listens.
Since then, Pausch now has a website dedicated to raising awareness about pancreatic cancer and funding. It is amazing how the internet is able to help people in this way and to allow those such as Pausch the opportunity to touch so many lives.