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July 29, 2011, 6 p.m.

Links on Twitter: World Almanac 2.0, Longshot #2

Move over, Spaghetti Western! Here is a Cereal Western. About Marshall McLuhan. (via @jonathanstray) http://nie.mn/pWYxLf »

RT @longshotmag: And this issue’s theme? http://longshotmag.com/post/8224135338/and-the-issue-two-theme-is »

PSA: @TheAtlantic is looking for an associate editor for its Business channel http://nie.mn/nzkgm4 »

WANT. RT @fmanjoo: A Desk That Lets You Sit or Stand. My @Slate video on my @GeekDesk, which I love love love. http://slate.me/qWngti »

There’s now a section of the Google+ center dedicated to the project’s feature updates http://nie.mn/n1Avnn »

Tablet and mobile now account for 22% of the FT’s web traffic (and 15% of new subscriptions) http://nie.mn/pm1rPv »

Rock the Kayak? Google introduces hotel search http://nie.mn/q9VeF6 »

RT @marcfrons: Times Skimmer now has full-screen photo slideshows. They look amazing: http://t.co/IcM2AgK »

Sometimes the best way to explain something is through an old-school Q&A (via @NYT_JenPreston) http://nie.mn/oHsi8b »

Awesomeness, via @tcarmody: A Brief History of Apple Not Buying Things http://nie.mn/oEkOpK »

The World Almanac of the future: portable, data-driven, and produced by a news org http://nie.mn/n31Oo6 »

.@Stevebuttry: “Is it better to be first or right?” isn’t the right question http://nie.mn/rlTLcb »

Are hyperlocals changing the anonymity equation? http://nie.mn/riqi5i »

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The media becomes an activist for democracy
“We cannot be neutral about this, by definition. A free press that doesn’t agitate for democracy is an oxymoron.”
Embracing influencers as allies
“News organizations will increasingly rely on digital creators not just as amplifiers but as integral partners in storytelling.”
Action over analysis
“We’ve overindexed on problem articulation, to the point of problem admiring. The risk is that we are analyzing ourselves into inaction and irrelevance.”