A Retraction & an Announcement

Milo is four weeks old today; I have been a father now for four weeks. I love it. My heart bursts every time I see my little boy. I officially retract every time I've ever analogized or used a metaphor relating starting a company with birthing a child. There is no comparison. Perhaps someday I'll reduce that difference to words. For now, I can only relate my experience: Milo fulfills me in a way that nothing ever has before.

I am excited because Wee Web has become an integral part of my life as a father, a family member and a friend. Teresa and I have joined our power users now because we can see the value we get from using it. Our family members have been commenting up a storm, watching Milo grow every day, in words, pictures and videos. Everybody is in on the fun in a way that we couldn't have experienced without the site.

Yesterday, at the request of my mother, we launched a new feature that allows users to share albums with non-Wee Web members (as long as the parents have turned on "Family members can show pics and videos to their friends" on their "Settings->My Family Info" page. And this morning I got a call from an old friend with whom I'd shared a video of Milo offering advice on dealing with "cradle cap," an affliction that our boys seem to have in common. That's useful knowledge! It also reminds me that Wee Web can create the kinds of intimate connections that we (or at least I) crave.

Try out the sharing feature with your non-member friends. Let me know if you get the same value out of it that I have.