"Time Management" by Randy Pausch (Remember Randy?)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2750363533451832628

by bluishgreen • 19 years ago

25 10 19 years ago

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I've been looking for this video ever since his 'last lecture'. Watching that lecture was a powerful experience. I'd heard many people talk about how great this lecture is, and even found the ppt files.

Thanks!

amichail2• 19 years ago

His last "last lecture" was very inspiring except for the part where he describes how he got into grad school at cmu. Was no one else disturbed by that?

timr2• 19 years ago

It's only disturbing if you believe that grad school is a meritocracy based on grades and test scores.

Like most everything else in life, success in grad school depends heavily on luck and networking. Randy Pausch claims to have been admitted to CMU because he knew someone powerful who could vouch for him, and that's actually quite common. Most graduate admission committees consider a glowing recommendation from a successful researcher to be far more important than a standardized test result.

You can argue that this system was/is unfair, but most people would argue that the outcome is still a good one; after all, Randy Pausch is an extremely successful researcher.

anamax• 19 years ago

How about a link to the ppt files?

joeguilmette2• 19 years ago

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/Randy/Randy/TimeManagementTalk...

paul• 19 years ago

I like the part near the end when he says to keep all of your email in one big stream (don't waste time deleting) and it seems like people are a little shocked by the idea. :)

michaelneale2• 19 years ago

heh - thats how I work ! (although probably not to do with time management, more just always did it that way).

"Time Management" by Randy Pausch (Remember Randy?)

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