[peterkelly]

"The Last Lecture", by Randy Pausch. While it's by a well-known CS professor (who was dying of cancer at the time), it's not a technical talk, but about life and work, and how to make the most of it. One of the most inspiring things I've ever seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

Another fantastic one is Steve Jobs' 2005 commencement address at Stanford:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

[will_pseudonym]

Randy Pausch's Time Management lecture is also great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tim1sjY7q8

[acangiano]

Actual lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTugjssqOT0

[lza]

wow!!! So glad I watched it. Thanks for sharing it.

[hans]

o u said steve jobs: really his announcement of the ipod was an incredible speech .. it ties together tech+art+music+apple and his vision appears pretty fresh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN0SVBCJqLs

[oliv__]

Apple seemed so grounded and feature oriented back then.

It's hard to believe that the iPhone's battery still only lasts a day or so after seeing this video.

[rkuykendall-com]

> so grounded and feature oriented back then

No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

[qznc]

The talks are awesome. I still downvoted this, because I consider it off topic. Sorry.

[sjnair96]

And I upvoted you for explaining why you downvoted it. No point downvoting you. Comparing the end results of both, we only have a higher chance of a net benefit by upvoting you, regardless of whether I agree with you or not. I hope the rest of the HN community also takes this approach before voting.

[Cyph0n]

https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat