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Social Networking + Blogging = “Open Source Politics”
Wired Politics section had interesting issue yesterday: exposing movements in Myanmar as a combination of current social networking’s power and blogging. They call it as “open source politics”, referring mostly to Facebook’s Burma network activism, The Support the Monks’ Protest. While Myanmar’s authority cut off Internet and many communication infrastructures, Facebook’s international membership gathered worldwide [...]— Ikhlasul Amal • October 5th, 2007
A Beginning in “Pesta Blogger 2007″
In the middle of last August, Enda Nasution — a well-known Indonesian blogger — informed me through Yahoo! Messenger about blogging event that would be held on 9 September. He noted that it would be a national event and asked me to arrange my agenda for his invitation. Unfortunately, time passes and no progress regarding [...]— Ikhlasul Amal • October 1st, 2007
Blog and Design Competition
Yesterday evening PT Telkom, Indonesia’s state-owned telecommunication company, launched Blog and Design Contest. This event was held by their regional division (Divre) of West Java and opened to students and public in the same province. Opening in Food Court of Bandung Electronic Center, Jalan Purnawarman, Bandung, I was there among some Bandung bloggers, i.e. [...]— Ikhlasul Amal • September 28th, 2007
What Blogging Means to Company in Indonesia?
It is blogging. It is buzzword. It is attractive and in fashion. Companies in Indonesia starts blogging — where has it been started? The CEO: in Cisco Indonesia by Irfan Setiaputra, their managing director. How about staffs, technicians, and even technical support team? Please visit PT Telkom: they have various staffs having blogged since enough time.— Ikhlasul Amal • September 26th, 2007
Cisco Indonesia Managing Director’s Personal Blog
Cisco Indonesia announced the launching of their Indonesia Managing Director’s individual blog on 6 September. Irfan Setiaputra, Cisco’s Managing Director, decided to use his own name for domain name, irfansetiaputra.com, and wrote his personal ideas on there. Tagged with human network keywords, Irfan will share vision and perspective about Internet’s progress which brings change on [...]— Ikhlasul Amal • September 6th, 2007
Malaysia Minister of Information on “Goblok” Bloggers
Suggestion to ignore "goblok" bloggers by Malaysia's Minister of Information tend to be an over-generalizations.— Ikhlasul Amal • July 31st, 2007
Another Salutation for Indonesia Ministers Blogging
Budi Putra gives another salutation to Indonesia ministers who have started blogging; giving some prospective to Indonesia in blogosphere.— Ikhlasul Amal • July 31st, 2007
Freedom and Erotic Stuff
The lattest case in response to freedom of expression still exposes the mixes with erotic contents. To some people, this will make them a stand.— Ikhlasul Amal • July 25th, 2007
Old (and still) URL Problem on Jakarta Post
Jakarta Post's incorrect link to "Thinking of Blogging" on Google Alert.— Ikhlasul Amal • July 17th, 2007
Asia under “The Blog Belt”
Harry Sufehmi pointed us The Blog Belt exposed on Business Week July 2 edition. Interesting that Asia has four representatives: Jakarta, Beijing, and Mumbai; special for Singapore, this small country with massive people and technology stands on second level. Three other cities are on third. Business Week quoted from FeedBurner as,— Ikhlasul Amal • June 28th, 2007
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