The Last Lecture

A hectic week with full of hiccups and warnings, free markets in capitalist America just saw its favorite subject "Investment Banks" become history; and lets not even discuss the go - no go drama over 700 $B bailout.

Amidst this fuss with an intention of breather- I decided to turn back to what i like doing, visit the sites that (once upon a time) i used to frequent.

Having made my mind, to find out whats bleeding in java world...I thought who better to get this from; than Gosling himself. Though i was looking for something fresh that would cheer me up - i had no expectations as such.

I started surfing his blog but despite of ample material, that should have caught my attention; I got stuck with a small blog dated -July 2008..The blog was in remembrance of some Late Prof. Randy Pausch - I figured from the blog that this was some professor who had contributed a lot to the field of virtual reality and had shared campus with JG in Carnegie Mellon. The same source also revealed that professor had met his end just recently on 25th July 2008. However it was the last line of blog that changed the course of what i was planning to do with the rest of my day - it discussed of some "last lecture".

Next thing i recollect is listening to it, and to be honest it turned out to be one of the most extra ordinary session i have ever been to.
Thereafter discussing with fellow colleagues, I discovered that "The Last Lecture" was in fact an instant hit and very popular in US and the rest of the world right after the day, that it was delivered.

TLL has many takeaways but the most striking bit is the fact that it indeed is a last lecture from a very talented departing professor.
Honestly -I enjoyed it a lot and I am sure everyone who ever comes across it would only love it and not for today or tomorrow or years to come but for ages n ages it would inspire people to pursue their dreams (as did its deliverer when he lived).

Hats Off!

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The Last lecture