“You won’t remember anything about this talk except the crayon,” he said during the closing plenary at CHI.<\/p>\n
It’s true. I don’t remember anything from the talk except that he gave a crayon to everyone in the audience. I do remember feeling exhilarated and hopeful after the talk, like I was inspired to do more.<\/p>\n
And that was Randy Pausch<\/a>. He had intrigued me with the ETC program, leading me to take Game Design. I went to the Building Virtual Worlds talk at the end of the semester…and wished I had taken that. It was the ability to create a world of magic, creativity…the ability to achieve childhood dreams.<\/p>\n In fact, that was the title of his last talk<\/a>. Part of the last lecture series. An idea about what professors would do if it were their last talk. And indeed, it was his last talk after a doctor said that he had only a few weeks left to live after his cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n His summary: Almost all of us have childhood dreams: for example, being an “You won’t remember anything about this talk except the crayon,” he said during the closing plenary at CHI. It’s true. I don’t remember anything from the talk except that he gave a crayon to everyone in the audience. I do … Continue reading
\nastronaut, or making movies or video games for a living. Sadly, most
\npeople don’t achieve theirs, and I think that’s a shame. I had several
\nspecific childhood dreams, and I’ve actually achieved most of them.
\nMore importantly, I have found ways, in particular the creation (with
\nDon Marinelli), of CMU’s Entertainment Technology Center
\n(etc.cmu.edu), of helping many young people actually *achieve* their
\nchildhood dreams. This talk will discuss how I achieved my childhood
\ndreams (being in zero gravity, designing theme park rides for Disney,
\nand a few others), and will contain realistic advice on how *you* can
\nlive your life so that you can make your childhood dreams come true,
\ntoo.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"