A Luce

I’m a mobile app junkie and have downloaded hundreds of apps (sometimes keeping them for a few minutes or years) for my iPhone since the App Store debuted. Photography apps are my favorite, so I couldn’t resist getting Facebook Camera, the social media giant’s new app for editing and sharing multiple photos. As a big fan of Instagram’s simplicity, community, look and feel, I don’t plan to abandon the app, but I am eager to give Facebook Camera a try since I already share Instagram photos with Facebook. And of all the content I share on social media, photos make up the bulk of my posts (I’ll be testing Facebook Camera on my current favorite subject, Scout; see: www.scoutreport.tumblr.com). If this new app can make the experience of capturing, editing and sharing photos more seamless than an outside app, well, I’ll be one happy camper. (Or should I say one happy amateur iPhone photographer?)

This business card certainly does get attention. More props go to the commenters referencing the business card analysis in “American Psycho.”

Since Facebook launched its IPO this morning, I thought I’d share a profile (my lunchtime reading today) of the growing pains of the company and its founder, and the path both traveled to get to where they are today. And here’s a story about the launch of shares (I love the headline and would love to friend $19 billion!): http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/05/facebook-ipo-mark-zuckerberg-wall-street-stock.html

A few things stick out in this article. First, Obama has a Pinterest page (where have I been?), and second, “Holy billions, Batman!” As much as I love Instagram, I love Pinterest more and definitely see it as a more valuable tool for engaging users and reaching an audience. (Instagram, if Facebook says you’re worth a billion, then why not?) And you can’t beat the mouthwatering recipes circulating through that site either.

“Pinterest, which allows users to share photographs, recipes and other media on custom “pinboards,” raised $100 million in a funding round led by the Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten, according to an announcement on Thursday.

“The funding round, which AllThingsD reports values Pinterest at $1.5 billion, also includes Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners and FirstMark Capital, all of which have previously invested in the company.”

Brown sugar is an awesome exfoliant. I use it all the time on my lips to make them super soft. I’ve never mixed it with olive oil, however, and am anxious to give this combo a try.

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Freshly cut aloe is the purest cure-all for sunburned skin. It grows in abundance,
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