Thanks Greg for the heads up. I've stumbled across his work, lectures, and adventures several times over the past 6 months during his battle with Pancreatic Cancer . I hadn't seen an update for quite awhile
Drilling down a bit further in some of the links I have bookmark... here's some more further details... His own site with links to his work, videos, and more.. http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/ CMU's article of his passing. http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/beyond/2008/summer/an-enduring-legacy.shtml Randy Paush's famous "Last Lecture" about achieving your childhood dreams. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo Pancreatic Cancer Action Network PSA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EvhkBUnxeQ -Iain/iXo On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 06:31, Greg Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > I'd like to take a moment to respectfully mark the passing of Randy Pausch. > > I wasn't aware of him before he died but it looks like his work > (http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/Randy/oldRandyPage.html<http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/%7Epausch/Randy/oldRandyPage.html>) > was > very relevant for our project. It seems like he was one of "us" (not > that I'm of the same caliber). > > Has anyone used Alice: http://www.alice.org/ and is it something we > should consider for the XO? > > I like his focus on entertainment and fun in the educational process. I > think the XO would benefit from more excitement and pizazz in our > activities. > > Thanks, > > Greg S >
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