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The Indonesia tweetup meeting few days ago maybe one good indication that new media have the power to gather people. The meeting is a casual meet up between Indonesia Twitter user (well, not all Indonesian, actually).

Ok. I’m now waiting for the bigger new media event: Pesta Blogger.

Topik: Blogging, Social networking, Twitter
Tags: Blogging, new media, Twitter

SORRY for not making an exact comparation with other search engines. It’s a qualitative analysis anyway. But, Cuil is worth to look and try.

Topik: Uncategorized
Tags: cuil, search, search engine

WHILE wonderin’ why Kortem released its out of date epaper, two prominent newspapers Kontan and Kompas launched their a-rather-new-technology epaper.

However, the two release have different displaying issue compare to the traditional PDF viewing, using Softpress technology. It reminds me of Zinio, actually. The critique is, navigation is a clutter. It takes minutes to zoom in and that’s a pain in the ass for an avid surfer like me :P

Well, is it a good news or a so-so? The fact that it’s going to be a payed service is quite disappointing, though.

Topik: Internet, New Media Business
Tags: epaper, kompas, kompas cetak, kompascetak, pdf

A couple of days ago, Indonesia ’s one of the most respected newspapers Koran Tempo launched Epaper, which is basically an e-book service. As their official blog said:

Pembaca yang budiman, Koran Tempo menyediakan layanan baru berbentuk e-paper. Layanan ini untuk sementara bisa diakses secara gratis di sini. Apa kelebihannya? Anda bisa menikmati edisi cetak Koran Tempo seperti versi aslinya di web. Nantinya, layanan tersebut akan pindah alamat di ePaper dan harus berlangganan.

I cannot say that this is a breakthrough in (new) media business. First, because a PDF ebook technologically does not offer any new features. Second, it’s a late decision since one of their competitor such as Media Indonesia has done it long time ago (just check out the Format PDF link on the top of the page). Not to mention the Kompas Gramedia group with its megaportal.

However, I will appreciate it if they make this feature free forever :)

Topik: Internet, New Media Business
Tags: ebook, epaper, journalism, Koran Tempo

CHRIS Garrett wrotes about how to survive in business by formulating the right tactics of using new media instruments. (With a great piece of diagram).

Link.

Topik: Blogging, Internet, New Media Business

Muhammad Saleem, kontributor di ProBlogger memberikan alasan kenapa dia (dan kita, semestinya) menulis blog. Berikut ini ringkasan sekaligus terjemahan bebasnya.

1. Mengedukasi orang lain dan diri sendiri. Forum komentar merupakan tempat belajar yang efektif atas suatu isu/masalah.
2. Personal branding. Istilah Indonesianya: membentuk citra personal (halah). Presensi kita di dunia maya bisa menambah kredibiltas pribadi kita.
3. Merangkai jejaring sosial. Ini sudah terbukti pada diri saya sendiri. Banyak orang yang akhirnya saya kenal dan bisa membantu saya dalam pekerjaan.
4. Eskapisme alias pelarian. Burukkah? Belum tentu. Melarikan diri dengan cara menulis tentu lebih baik ketimbang minum Baygon, kan?
5. Uang. Soal ini bisa ditanyakan ke Budi Putra atau Cosa Aranda, hehehe…

Topik: Blogging, Internet, Social networking, citizen journalism

Komentar “pakar telematika” Roy Suryo yang bilang “blog itu tidak bertanggung jawab, blogger itu tukang tipu” perlu ditanggapi agak serius.

Roy mengatakan hal tersebut menanggapi adanya blogger yang memberi informasi palsu atau menggunakan nama-nama palsu.

Soal penggunaan nama palsu memang kerap terjadi di ranah blogosfer. Kadang itu mengganggu juga. Tidak heran, ketika mantan menteri sekretaris kabinet Yusril Ihza Mahendra mulai ngeblog, banyak yang meragukan (termasuk rekan-rekan sekantor saya) bahwa itu benar Yusril asli. Sampai akhirnya dibuktikan dengan kopi darat bersama beberapa rekan blogger. Tentu ini buang energi.

Dalam hal ini mungkin Roy benar :P : sebaiknya gunakan nama asli untuk ngeblog. Kalau memang mesti pakai nama samaran, usahakan tidak menggunakan nama figur publik yang sudah telanjur familiar bagi masyarakat.

Yang juga perlu diperhatikan saat memberikan komentar. Usahakan menggunakan nama asli, atau nama blog Anda (disertai tautan). Alasannya? Silakan baca di sini.

Topik: Blogging, Internet

The first is that communication is no longer one way. Sure, we had letters to the editor and you could have your own public access television show, but for the average media consumer, there was no real chance of being heard before New Media. That’s definitely new for most of us. Secondly, the time compression is phenomenal. When I was editing magazines, we’d spend a month doing the work it takes to put out the publication and then wait two weeks for printing and shipping before anyone could even read our work. When we were lucky, some comments would find their way back to our desks. Today, you post, you get hit. That fast. Sweet. That’s new.

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Topik: Internet, Multimedia, New Media Business

It’s sadly clear that US current leaders have little understanding of technology and why it’s important to our economy and culture.

Read more about it.

Topik: Internet, Multimedia

Jeff Jarvis has written an interesting piece about why a what so called “citizen journalism” is better termed “networked journalism”.

“Networked journalism” takes into account the collaborative nature of journalism now: professionals and amateurs working together to get the real story, linking to each other across brands and old boundaries to share facts, questions, answers, ideas, perspectives. It recognizes the complex relationships that will make news. And it focuses on the process more than the product.

Link.

Topik: citizen journalism