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IndonsMie Rebus
2007-12-14 00:14:00 [Link] Yeah. Pretty sure you’ve heard this one already. Heard, forwarded, commented, and born as a new Indon all over again. And a note before you clench your hands..
Letter to Indonesia, from year 1949.
2007-12-10 21:56:00 Series of controversy concerning Indonesia n intellectual properties being acclaimed and commercially used by the Malaysian government have incited numerous discussions, debates, and of course.. rage. For each time a controversy come about, both countries are constantly willing to work on a solution, nevertheless Malaysia’s series of incautious and yet seemingly deliberate act have prompted certain ... More About: Letter , Commentaries , Year
When the going gets tough, the media gets urban.
2007-12-07 06:04:00 TEMPO news magazine launched its first lifestyle magazine on 3rd December, titled U Magazine or U-Mag. On its launching event, Toriq Hadad as the editor mentioned U-Mag as a magazine that explores and exposes subjects on urban communities. However TEMPO’s quite sudden approach to the young people of urban Indonesia is surprising to most, knowing ... More About: Media , Lifestyle , The Media , Journalism
Blogosphere Couture: Steampunks
2007-12-05 03:49:00 Vintage, gothic, and faux antiguety are already everywhere in the world of fashion. Why stop there? Let us see how Edison’s olden days have inspired the sophisticatedness not found until centuries ahead. Steampunk as defined by the Wikipedia [Link], is a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction which came into prominence in the 1980s ... More About: Design , Lifestyle , Blogosphere , Couture
A Teddy Bear Named Mohammed
2007-11-30 10:52:00 Yet another Mohammed -related controversy. A British teacher located in Sudan, Gillian Gibbons, is charged with insulting Islam and inciting hatred; she is facing a risk of being sentenced with 40 lashes, emprisonment for six months, and a fine. Why would an expatriate teacher be a criminal in Sudan? Apparently she allowed her students to name ... More About: People , Commentaries , Teddy Bear , Teddy
The World, Plugged In: Essential Plugins For Writing and News Blogs
2007-11-27 00:08:00 2nd. Here is a list of essential WordPress plugins perfectly suitable for writers, reviewers, journalists, reporters, media institutions, and online magazine sites using WordPress publishing software. Some are already installed in this site so you could see how it works instantly. Not only you could use these plugins for your Wordpress blogs or WP-powered websites, but ... More About: News , People , Writing , World , Web 2
On the story of Yoswa Putra Maulate.
2007-11-24 02:08:00 On Thursday 22nd November 2007, a college student fell from the 12th floor of his campus parking lot. The 18 years old Yoswa Putra Maulate was on his first year studying at Atmajaya Catholic University (Jakarta , Indonesia) majoring in law. The incident happened around 1 o’clock noon then the body immediately evacuated to Cipto Mangunkusumo ... More About: Personal , People , Story , The Story
The Tree Man from the Indian Boy
2007-11-22 23:05:00 A dear friend of ours, Aayush Bhatnagar from New Bombay, India, just posted something on his blog. It’s about an Indonesian ‘tree man’ named Dede, a local native suffering from Human Papilloma Virus. A number of people have expressed their concern and sympathy –eventhough they were all seemed baffled that the man is grinning and ... More About: People , Indian , Tree
99 Most Powerful Women in Indonesia
2007-11-21 17:41:00 Can’t believe Globe Asia has been checking to these women’s drawers! Ah. 99 Most Powerful Women in Indonesia Globe Asia’s first ever ranking of the most powerful women in Indonesia. More About: People
Is Blogging Journalism?: To Question the Unquestionable
2007-11-21 09:27:00 Is blogging what? To question whether blogging is journalism, is like questioning whether paper is words. Let’s ask another question: Is printed papers journalism?. There you go. There have been numerous discussions on whether this is that and that is this, but the substantial question is: Will blogging, social media, and the open source collaborative intelligence, can ... More About: People , Question , Journalism , Blogging , Blogosphere
The 9th Jakarta International Jazz Festival
2007-11-17 11:52:00 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The 9th Jakarta International Jazz Festival ", url: "http://journal.marisaduma.net/2007/11/17 /the-9th-jakarta-international-jazz-festi val/" }); More About: Events
WordPress.org Indonesia is Launched!
2007-11-15 11:44:00 Yeap. Spread the Wp lovin. You might’ve already familiar with WordPress.com ala Indonesia , and now Indonesia has its own Bahasa Indonesia-written documentations down at WordPress.org! What’s the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org? Read here. Basically, if you’re running on your own domain, you’re in WordPress.org (such as this site, it’s using WordPress publishing software but ... More About: Wordpress , Launched , Done
Jung Myers-Briggs Personality Test, and beyond.
2007-11-14 22:28:00 Remember the ol’ days of psychology class when we used to fill out questionnaires, and we end up being Sanguine, Melancholy, Phlegmatic, and Choleric, or somewhere in the middle? (I still remember my result, mine was Sanguine-Phlegmatic). Here’s the newer and presently popular version of such personality test. It has been used everywhere as a ... More About: Test , Myers , Personality , Jung , Ality
Give Your Creativity To Charity
2007-11-13 12:03:00 Let?s do good. Let?s be sensitive. Let?s do charitable things for the poor and less-fortunates. Or at least for the person next to us. Okay then, we shall. So where should I transfer my money? Where?s the needy? Oh, wow pity. (Make sure everyone knows I feel pity). Who’s coming to the charity gala ... More About: Charity , Creativity , Give , Char , Hari
On Bridge Blogging II: The List and More
2007-11-11 18:58:00 Still on the Bridge Blogging topic, I’ve compiled a short list of bridge blogs you may haven’t discovered before. First, check these blogs out as well, it is compiled by Ong Hock Chuan, the facillitator for Bridge Bloggers group in –again!– Pesta Blogger 2007, a national gathering for Indonesia n bloggers: More About: People , Listings , Blogosphere
Like we haven?t had enough of Friendster surveys already.
2007-11-11 00:49:00 I’ve been Peopleized. Should I be worried? Here’s my answers for the interview. More About: Personal , Surveys , Friendster , Haven
On Bridge Blogging: The Nation?s Labours of Love
2007-11-08 23:43:00 If you’re new in Indonesia ’s blogosphere town, you may have heard Photoblogging or Fashion Blogging before, but the term Bridge Blogging may sound unfamiliar to you. So did I, until the terminology was introduced by Pesta Blogger 2007 committee as one of the breakout discussion groups, a category in blogging simply put. The group is ... More About: People , Love , Web 2
Off Stats!
2007-11-05 23:15:00 Just a brief off-topic announcement. This website is no longer using Motigo.com stats counter because of some visitors’ complaints on the Motigo pop-ups, –pissed-off disclaimer: those pop-ups doesn’t come from (or pay for) this website or its publisher. Here’s the last summary from Motigo, measured since 11th July until the 1st of November. Share This More About: Stats
Khatulistiwa Literary Awards
2007-11-04 05:53:00 If Indonesia has Citra Pariwara for advertising professionals, Piala Citra for film-makers, and Adiwarta Sampoerna for journalists, then there’s also Khatulistiwa Literary Awards for Indonesia’s top-notch literary writers. This prestige awarding event is classified into three categories: Proses, Poetries, and Youth category for young writers under 30 years old age. Khatulistiwa Literary Awards is founded ... More About: People , Bahasa Indonesia
The International Volunteer Day
2007-11-03 13:18:00 The International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development (IVD) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly through Resolution A/RES/40/212 on 17 December 1985. Since then, governments, the UN system and civil society organizations have successfully joined volunteers around the world to celebrate the Day on 5 December. IVD offers an opportunity for volunteer organizations ... More About: Events , The International
The Ripple Effect II: Blogs For Next Year?
2007-10-31 17:06:00 This entry is an addition to The Ripple Effect : Pesta Blogger 2007 Winners and Reviews article. The ones that wins Pesta blogger 2007 Awards are terrific blogs, of course. They supply niche quality contents that are made for each own audience, in an extent of consistency and evergoing productivity. Unfortunately, the sites I?ve placed my bets ... More About: People , Blogs , Listings , Blogosphere
The Ripple Effect: Pesta Blogger 2007 Winners and Reviews
2007-10-31 10:28:00 The buzz is on. And Indonesia is rabbit-hopping, ass-shaking, toe-wiggling its way to the global blogosphere. Not much of active internet users in Indonesia and even bloggers themselves fully realised the effect they’ve made in the present day society. Yes, people! Now we can all say that the Indonesian cyber la-la-land isn’t only made up ... More About: Reviews , People , Blogger , Listings , Blogosphere
Major Clubs Launch Official Websites
2007-10-25 21:59:00 Share This More About: Design , Events , Clubs , Jakarta , Websites
List of Pesta Blogger 2007 Participants
2007-10-25 15:37:00 Here’s the list of Pesta Blogger 2007 participants. Not only that they’re the participants of this national gathering, they also have high quality blogs to offer –you’re reading one, hopefully. Heheh. Pesta Blogger 2007’s mission is to unite bloggers or blog-powered web publishers across Indonesia in order to achieve more positive and creative local blogosphere; in ... More About: Events , People , Listings , Blogosphere
Socialites and post-feminists. Ach so, women.
2007-10-15 13:57:00 If you’ve been here just few days ago, you’d realise that there’s one post missing, titled: “On post-feminism.” The post which was adapted from a friend’s thesis questionnaire? Yeah I deleted it. Now I am about to merge the subject with other topics related to it: the controversy on Indonesia’s female socialites, the Nobel Prize-winning ... More About: Philosophy , Personal , Women , Lifestyle , People
European Film Festival - Europe on Screen 2007
2007-10-11 19:39:00 The Europe an Film Festival ?EUROPE ON SCREEN 2007? takes place from 26 October to 2 November 2007 in several European cultural centres in Jakarta . EUROPE ON SCREEN (EOS) will then travel to seven cities outside Jakarta, including; Bandung, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar, Banda Aceh, Medan, and Makassar from 3 to 25 November 2007. This year, the ... More About: Screen , Events
Inspirational quotes for your Ramadhan festivities
2007-10-09 03:40:00 In my oh-so-multiculturally-humble opinion, it’s quite a chore to find Ramadhan or Lebaran e-cards’ notes that are composed in Latin (mostly in Arabic calligraphy) and written in English, therefore I find these Islamic quotes special in a way, the words are in English and the metaphors and meanings of these words are compassionately universal, in ... More About: Inspirational , Quotes
Against (the Abuse of) Happyness ? BC Community Challenge
2007-09-28 20:51:00 Dammit. One day late. I was supposed to post this yesterday, September 27th, for BlogCatalog?s Blogging for a Great Cause Community Challenge . Go here for other articles written contributed to the project. One day late. Sigh. Too late for making history. Too late for changing the world –the world is begging for it anyway. Too late ... More About: Abuse , Unit , Halle
Act. Cause. Hope. Change. Protect. Blog.
2007-09-22 04:31:00 Yeap! Let’s blog for a cause. Great one, that is. Here’s three of purposeful things you can do with your blog or website.. Blog Action Day On October 15th - Blog Action Day, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind. In its inaugural year, ... More About: Change , Hope , Prot , Chang
Act. Cause. Hope. Change. Blog.
More articles from this author:2007-09-22 04:31:00 Yeap! Let’s blog for a cause. Great one, that is. Here are three purposeful and generous things you can do with your blog or website.. —————— ;———– Blog Action Day On October 15th - Blog Action Day, bloggers around the web will unite to put a single important issue on everyone’s mind. In ... More About: Change , Hope , Chang , Chan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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