Randy Pausch是美国卡内基梅隆大学的计算机科学、人机交互及设计教授。2006年9月，他被诊断患有胰腺癌。2007年9月18日，他在卡内基梅隆大学做了一场风靡全美的“最后的演讲”，根据这次演讲，他出版的“The Last Lecture”一书则成为亚马逊网站上最为畅销的书籍之一。Randy教授所传达的讯息之所以如此震撼人心，是因为他以诚恳、幽默的态度去分享他独特的经验。他谈的不是死亡，而是人生中的重要议题，包括克服障碍、实现儿时梦想、帮助别人实现梦想、把握每一个时刻……
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Carnegie Mellon
University of Virginia
Tommy
producer/director
George Lucas
Industrial Light & Magic
Python
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
droid
Utah
When I moved on to Carnegie Mellon, every member of my team from the University of Virginia came with me – everyone except Tommy. He couldn't make the move. Why? Because he had been hired by producer/director George Lucas's company, Industrial Light & Magic. And it's worth noting that they didn't hire him for his dream; they hired him for his skills. In his time with our research group, he had become an outstanding programmer in the Python language, which as luck would have it, was the language of choice in their shop. Luck is indeed where preparation meets opportunity. It's not hard to guess where this story is going. Three new Star Wars films would be made – in 1999, 2002, and 2005 – and Tommy would end up working on all of them. On Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Tommy was a lead technical director. There was an incredible 15-minute battle scene on a rocky red planet, pitting clones against droids, and Tommy was the guy who planned it all out. He and his team used photos of the Utah desert to create a virtual landscape for the battle. Talk about cool jobs. Tommy had one that let him spend each day on another planet.