New Media Portal

Wakil Presiden Muhammad Jusuf Kalla meminta media massa memberikan berita-berita yang tidak hanya menghibur tetapi juga memberikan optimisme bagi bangsa dan negara. “Jadi selain hiburan positif, berita juga harus memberikan optimisme. Kalau harga beras stabil ya diberitakan juga, jangan hanya kalau harga beras naik,” kata JK, sapaan akrab Wapres saat memberikan sambutan dan sekaligus meluncurkan portal [...]

After 100 years as a daily newspaper, the Christian Science Monitor will report nearly all of its news online beginning next year. As of April 2009, the Monitor’s only print presence will be in a weekly magazine-style publication delivered each weekend, the Monitor revealed today. Link. New media rule! :) 

WHILE wonderin’ why Kortem released its out of date epaper, two prominent newspapers Kontan and Kompas launched their a-rather-new-technology epaper.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

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 [...]

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.

Muhammad Saleem, kontributor di ProBlogger memberikan alasan kenapa dia (dan kita, semestinya) menulis blog. Berikut ini ringkasan sekaligus terjemahan bebasnya. Mengedukasi orang lain dan diri sendiri. Forum komentar merupakan tempat belajar yang efektif atas suatu isu/masalah. Personal branding. Istilah Indonesianya: membentuk citra personal (halah). Presensi kita di dunia maya bisa menambah kredibiltas pribadi kita. Merangkai jejaring sosial. Ini [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]