Who is Randy Pausch?

A professor who taught at the University of Virginia and the main campus of Carnegie Mellon University, he suffered from pancreatic cancer and pursued chemotherapy to treat it.

What was he known for?

Pausch played a vital role in co-establishing and leading a team of researchers to develop Alice, a revolutionary way of learning computer science. Also, he was known for his case of pancreatic cancer.

5 points that you liked in his talk:

1. To do the right things rather than doing things right, “Doesn’t matter how well you polish the underside of the banister”.
2. Dreams give us a way to take the first step towards an accomplishment.
3. Failing to plan is planning to fail.
4. To use the four-quadrant to-do list to help you pick the right things to work on.
5. Nobody can find time to do something but rather they make it by electing not to do something else.

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