Blogging

Ramadan is a nice month for special meetups!

Yuniman Farid from Deutsche Welle, Indonesische Redaktion, Germany’s international broadcaster, had sent me an email about The BOBs, International Best of Blogs Award. Deutsche Welle had begun organizing The BOBs since 2004 in seven language and now, among 11 languages, Bahasa Indonesia is included. This is great news for Indonesian bloggers to participate in international [...]

Bloggers clubs based on location, usually city, are declared again, with two different points.

People still asks about public figure's blog that gains its popularity.

Yusron Ihza Mahendra, one of Indonesia People Representative Council Commision I member and also a young brother of famous Yusril Ihza Mahendra, marks this January as his first month for blogging. Starting with a clean plaintxtBlog WordPress’ theme, he writes various opinions mostly related to capabilities on his fields. His first posting on 16 [...]

Bloggers from Malang, Jawa Timur (East Java) of Indonesia, launching their community club.

Yusril Ihza Mahendra's blog site design is now in progress.

I had received invitation to attend Pesta Blogger 2007. This event will be held next week in Blitz Megaplex Jakarta, moved from previous plan in Hard Rock Cafe. Having had confirmed by email, I received invitation, a passcode (no dresscode, so I think it will be informal way), and my name is displayed on audience [...]

Sonny Hidayat generously corrected my humble assumption about PT Telkom bloggers on my previous entry, What Blogging Means to Company in Indonesia?. To reply Sonny’s question whether I took a serious survey about blogging in Telkom, briefly I say no. While Sonny suggested the idealistic side for people to blogging, i.e. the spirit — which is, [...]

It is a little bit surprise during national Eid ul-Fitr holiday (we call it Hari Raya Idul Fitri) that Blog Action Day 2007 still attracts enough Indonesian blogger to participate. Karangmumus tries to collect Indonesian participant bloggers and up to this evening they have 29 blogs. Following Blog Action Day’s suggestion to let every blog [...]