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1 Month

(April 20th, 2017)

The last 30 days have been a blur. It’s been both hard and easy. Easy because we have visitors everyday who bring us food and hangout with us. Seeing friends feels like an act of normalcy from pre-baby life. Thank you to everyone who has been coming. You are the…

Birth

(March 20, 2017)

Tallulah Hotdog Packard weighing 6lb 11oz arrived at 9:47pm last night on International Happiness Day and the first day of Spring after 7hrs of active labor.

As we celebrate- I also wanted to share a personal insight that I don’t think gets…

Pregnancy Math

(March 10, 2017)

Thank you everyone for sharing your data related to your pregnancy and first year of child rearing. Based on a sample size of 29, we found that: The first three months after birth are 1.87 times as difficult as being pregnant. Months 3–12 are 1.73 times as…

Pregnant Empathy

(March 8, 2017)

In honor of Women’s Day (yesterday) Benjamin agreed to wear 25lbs on his belly for the day to empathize with the pregnant woman’s experience. After about 12 hrs he shared the following,

Lessons from the Overlap

I recently had the privilege to attend a unique “unconference” entitled the Overlap. The Overlap brings together people from design and business to geek out. It is typically rather unstructured and led by the participants themselves. No hierarchy. Everyone is valued equally, led by a…

Design Alone is Not Enough to Create Social Impact

Poverty Shock and Suburbs

I’ve met countless people at this point in my life who are doing wonderful work to make the world a better place. When I ask them their story, on several occasions, I hear a similar story. That after they graduated college, they went to developing country X, saw poverty for the…