Tuesday, Sept. 18th, Randy Pauch gave his Last Lecture. The idea behind the series is for a professor to give the lecture they’d give if it were their last lecture before he or she died. Sadly, as it turns out, Randy nailed the venue. He has pancreatic cancer, and about 3-6 months to live. I never interacted with Randy; we missed each other at CMU. But he’s one of the truly great guys in academia and computer science, and will be missed.
His last lecture is one of the best that I’ve ever seen, and is well worth the time. Watch it.