Deconstructing the classics, Part 1: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
January 8th, 2010
My take on the logic and science of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and what we can all learn from this story.
Archive for the ‘Family’ Category
Becoming human
December 26th, 2009
Watching our daughter go through world-expanding experiences, and how that is teaching me to do scary things every day to expand my world as well.
5 things MacGyver can teach us about parenting
December 22nd, 2009
5 things I learned about parenting from my childhood exposure to the awesome series MacGyver.
Good parents vaccinate their kids. Or they don’t.
November 28th, 2009What our experience with vaccinations taught me about all the gray areas of parenthood.
A sign of things to come
October 24th, 2009Reflecting on the first five weeks with our colicky baby. It's hard, but we will get through it!
“Your lives are going to change” and other colossal understatements about parenting
September 30th, 2009
Reflections on my first two weeks of Fatherhood.
Welcome to the world, Aralyn Leigh
September 18th, 2009Yesterday at 5:09pm the beautiful Aralyn Leigh Van Der Merwe said hi to the world with one magnificant scream. Aralyn means woman with song, and in her less than 24 hours on earth, she has already proven that she has the lungs to go along with the name (no, we did not get much sleep
What photos of the past taught me about being a good father
September 6th, 2009How looking back at old family photos taught me four important lessons about being a good father.
The fear of diaper changing
July 22nd, 2009More from the daddy journals... My perspective on the daunting task of diaper changing. Newborns use *how* many diapers per day?
An open letter to the Third Trimester
July 5th, 2009A letter to ask my wife's third trimester to be really nice to her, and pass on a message to the teenage years as well.
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Latest tweets
- Nice article on the role of images in design: “What Are You Suggesting? Using Images to Influence" - http://j.mp/93N5D0 8 hrs ago
- I am convinced that AT&T is part of a vast conspiracy to prevent people in San Francisco from making cell phone calls. 15 hrs ago
- Rework by @37signals now waiting on my Kindle. Have a feeling we all need to make time for this book *now*: http://j.mp/9rMqCk 21 hrs ago
- Countdown tweets are so lame. Also, 12 DAYS until we move to South Africa!!! 21 hrs ago
- Interesting information visualization post by @kissane: "Visual Content: Beyond Tufte" - http://j.mp/apoaTh #contentstrategy 1 day ago
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