http://www.shoesobjects.com/blog/tags/computer_science/ My thoughts on software, technology, and life in general en Mike Shoemaker Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:47:37 GMT Pebble (http://pebble.sourceforge.net) http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.shoesobjects.com/blog/2008/08/03/achieving_your_childhood_dreams.html <p>Just finished watching the last lecture by <a href="javascript:void(0);/*1217818949014*/">Randy Pausch</a> titled <a href="javascript:void(0);/*1217818989651*/">Achieving Your Childhood Dreams</a>.&nbsp; Randy was an inspiring lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University.&nbsp; In addition to teaching Computer Science curriculum, he is also widely known for leading the team of researchers that created <a href="javascript:void(0);/*1217819207216*/">Alice</a>, a revolutionary way to teach computer programming.&nbsp; This lecture is not about computer science, virtual reality, or any other high tech topics.&nbsp; It's about things that matter to every one of us.&nbsp; If you have 70 minutes, it's well worth watching.&nbsp; Given the impact it had on me in only 70 minutes, I can only imagine the impact he has had on his students.&nbsp;&nbsp; <br /> </p> <p> <a style="left: 498px ! important; top: -3px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-04326743981768516 visible ontop" href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ji5_MqicxSo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ji5_MqicxSo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" class="abp-objtab-04326743981768516 visible ontop" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" style="left: 498px ! important; top: -3px ! important;"></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/ji5_MqicxSo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" class="abp-objtab-04326743981768516 visible ontop" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" style="left: 0px ! important; top: 0px ! important;"></a><object width="425" height="344"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ji5_MqicxSo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ji5_MqicxSo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></p> http://www.shoesobjects.com/blog/2008/08/03/achieving_your_childhood_dreams.html#comments http://www.shoesobjects.com/blog/2008/08/03/achieving_your_childhood_dreams.html Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:57:00 GMT