Randy Pausch–professor at Carnegie Mellon University, founder of the Alice Project, author of The Last Lecture–has inspired millions and made people believe anything is possible. Please make the time, 76 minutes to be exact, to watch the Last Lecture of Randy Pausch, Professor of Carnegie Mellon University. I know, it’s a lot of time….
This is so cool. Randy Pausch, Professor of Carnegie Mellon University started The Alice Project at Carnegie Mellon University to help teen girls learn to program. All in a 3D programming environment so teens can learn how to create animation to tell a story or play an interactive game while learning introductory computing. You…
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure…than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. -Theodore Roosevelt I told myself I can’t blog until I finish my…
I found this recent article in Publisher’s Weekly. I’m going to remain optimistic and veer on the side that even with the economy being what it is, people are still going to want to read good books. Be that as it may, it also stands to reason that fewer books may be published in the…
Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of…
I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. -Thomas Jefferson Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. -Seneca All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck – who keeps right on going – is…
I adore this poem. It makes me think of spring, sunshine, hope and happiness. Enjoy. Poppies by Mary Oliver The poppies send up their orange flares; swaying in the wind, their congregations are a levitation of bright dust, of thin and lacy leaves. There isn’t a place in this world that doesn’t sooner or later…
Justina Chen Headley is celebrating the release of her new book, Girl Overboard, in a big way. For those of you familiar with readergirlz, you know this vivacious readergirlz diva is big into encouragement, empowerment, and giving back. This generous lady not only talks the talk…she walks the walk. Justina donated half of her advance…
four-year-old walked over and asked, “When are my sisters going back to school?” The other two girls were bickering with one another. Something about how one sister wanted the other to play a game and the other didn’t want to. “Monday,” I said. I counted down the days. The two sisters shrieked past us, one…
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