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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

Media gives impact to voters? What’s the difference between the battle of Kennedy vs Nixon in 1960 and today’s presidential politics?

Will the election of 2008 unfold as did the election of 1960, when a new medium, television, was first used by a candidate to harness just enough votes to win the White House. If history is any guide, then the answer is yes. Now that the Internet (and the rambling yet increasingly organized and coherent blogosphere) has deeply penetrated daily life for so many, it seems that 2008 can be what 1960 was for television. So will this happen? It depends on the candidates.

Link.

Topik: Internet, Multimedia

IN the middle of riding back home from the office, my friend and I ended up talking about radio. In the old times, at least while I was in junior high, radio is all about music and community. I, once, have this habit: waiting for hours to listen to a rock program from a certain radio. Ya, rock program.

I’m not gettin’ into radio in recent years. But, to my knowledge, music is now just become an ornament. Radios nowadays are full of talking news, or a couple of idiots laughter. And music is only interlude, gap filling. Once again, to my knowledge.

Actually, I can understand this fenomena. Listening music is so easy nowadays. MP3 rules. You can easily buy an affordable MP3 player and get the songs for free. That is why, maybe, radios need to be broadened their services. Breaking news, musical or nonmusical talkshow, quiz, practical jokes, etc.

Topik: Multimedia, New Media Business

New media guru, Chris Garret, has written tips for better Skype meetings. Worth a look!

Topik: Internet, Skype

Three universities receive funding for 14 digital media projects from the Media Development Authority’s National Research Fund.

hey are just three of the 14 interactive digital media (IDM) research projects by the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and Nanyang Polytechnic, which have received a total of $22 million in funding from the National Research Fund (NRF). The sum is part of the $500 million the NRF has set aside to aid research in IDM.

That’s hell a lot of money! Singapore is rock in this issue.

Link.

Topik: Multimedia

We wish you all Happy New Year. May the future becoming better for us all.

I admit it, that this blog is quite abandoned. New media is a booming issue and I cannot keep the pace with it. Hope next year will be better.

Cheers!

Topik: Uncategorized