Archive for the 'Inspiration' Category

One of the original inspirations for WhenILeave.com
Friday, July 25th, 2008

…was a story about a family who couldn’t access the email of a dead marine back in 2004.  The story reads:
Yahoo! continued Wednesday to refuse e-mail access to a Michigan father of a Marine killed in Iraq early last month.
The family of Justin Ellsworth, 20, is trying to gain access to the e-mail before the [...]

A workaround to communications restrictions in the military
Friday, July 25th, 2008

We don’t know if it changed, but in 2007, “[t]he U.S. Army has ordered soldiers to stop posting to blogs or sending personal e-mail messages, without first clearing the content with a superior officer.”
Obviously, this would be incredibly stupid to prevent someone from being able to tell their loved ones their wishes and hopes especially [...]

People like Randy Pausch continue to give me inspiration for WhenILeave.com
Friday, July 25th, 2008

We just recently wrote in one of our founder’s Living/Working in Korea blog about Professor Randy Pausch who inspired many to live out their childhood dreams.  Professor Pausch died today (July 25th) despite living a very fulfilling last year of his life.  However, we truly wonder what he may have been able to say to [...]