Deb Shanahan

A Beautiful Mess App FAQ

abeautifulmess.com — Here's a little bit about the design & development process... One day last spring I said to Emma, "Hey you know what would be fun? To make our own photo app!". It's not unusual for me to think of a lot of crazy ideas, but this one stuck and the more we looked into it, the more excited we became!

genevaoh: A career's worth of Rolodex ...

twitter.com — A career's worth of Rolodex cards: So many good folks in there gone too: Friedan, Ivins, Holbrook, Halberstam pic.twitter.com/dbMj9uw3S6

Andrew Davis would love to help Warren Buffett save the newspaper industry

jimromenesko.com — Every Monday at 7 a.m. Andrew Davis sits down and writes a letter to Warren Buffett. His goal is to get a meeting with the billionaire and chat about the newspaper industry. "I believe that newspapers can survive," Davis writes on his blog. "And I believe I can help him do it."

First Lady’s Chicago Shows Gun Toll for City That Bleeds

bloomberg.com — When Gregory Glinsey was fatally shot while buying ice for his mother's 80th birthday party, the emotional toll on his family was incalculable. The immediate price to the public was $800 for his autopsy. His slaying and 505 others in Chicago last year scarred it with a rising homicide rate as most cities saw declines.

Introducing Fact Tank

pewresearch.org — Welcome to Fact Tank, a new, real-time platform from the Pew Research Center, dedicated to finding news in the numbers. Fact Tank will build on the Pew Research Center's unique brand of data journalism. For years, our teams of writers and social scientists have combined rigorous research with high-quality storytelling to provide important information on issues and trends shaping the nation and the world.

Top 10 Highest-Paid CEOs

abcnews.go.com — Leslie Moonves, who was paid $60 million, is the highest-paid CEO of S&P 500 companies with chief executives who have served at least two full years. Equilar, an executive compensation data firm, released its annual data with the Associated Press, putting Moonves at the top of the list for fiscal year 2012, despite having a pay drop from the $68 million he was paid the previous year.

Scientists' Goal: Even Earlier Early Warnings

online.wsj.com — An outburst of violent tornadoes in recent days, including the devastating twister that struck Moore, Okla., may spell the end to an unusual lull in severe storms across the tornado alleys of the Southeast and Midwest.

GIF Creator, Steve Wilhite, Receives Lifetime Achievement Webby Award

bits.blogs.nytimes.com — Among the thousands of file formats that exist in modern computing, the GIF, or Graphics Interchange Format, has attained celebrity status in a sea of lesser-known BMPs, RIPs, FIGs and MIFFs. It was honored as a "word of the year" in 2012, and Tuesday night, its inventor, Steve Wilhite, will be accepting a lifetime achievement award at The Webby Awards.

May 20 Oklahoman staff tornadoes/storms gallery

newsok.com — Teachers carry children away from Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south OKC Oklahoma City, OK, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. By Paul Hellstern, The Oklahoman

MicahGrimes: PHOTOS: Simply heartbreaking ...

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