Blogger Indonesia of the Week (46): Budi Rahardjo

Posted on September 7, 2007 
Filed Under Blogger Indonesia, Blogger of Week, Fatih Syuhud, Indonesia

Blogger Indonesia of the Week (46): Budi RahardjoAs far as Indonesia IT goes, it’s long overdue for a person of his stature and for his blog(s) to be reviewed. But I implicitly suggested somewhere that the number is irrelevant and nothing to do with my preference. Every now and then, I deliberately pick the to-be-reviewed blog randomly. That should satisfy some readers who might feel at odd on why Budi Rahardjo’s blog review comes so late.

Actually talking about popular IT personalities like him is much more easier because you need only searching and you’d find many testimonials from his admirers. Have a look at what others had to say about him. Dirgayuza Setiawan, a self-proclaimed Apple Mac Evangelist said:

Bapak Budi Raharjo, atau juga sering dikenal dengan nama Mr. GBT adalah seorang blogger yang sangat aktif. Beliau juga membagikan ilmunya, khususnya mengenai keamanan web di berbagai mailing list Indonesia. Beliau juga terlibat dalam berbagai proyek IT yang digerakkan baik oleh para aktivis atau oleh pemerintah daerah.

In 43people this is what his admirers had to say

At a network-security seminar in Sabuga-Bandung. He’s so funny :).
Oh, and there is one unique thing about him. His presentation slide (always?) consists only one word/sentence for every page.
Well, he definitely defined ‘less is more’ perfectly:) (Ultramare)

Karena dia GANTENG dan orangnya punya BANYAK Blogs :D (Jauhari)

Beliau adalah pendiri PT.INDOCISC Network Security. Saya kagum dengan Intelektual dan pengalaman beliau di bidang IT. Dan saya pernah magang di PT.INDOCISC. Beliau sangat baik dan sederhana. Thxs very much….(denoxcyber)

Salah Satu tokoh dalam dunia IT di Indonesia… pelopor domain ID… (Rendy Maulana)

See his profile and CV here and here if you want to know more about him.

I’ve personally never met him but from my occasional involvement in mailing list Teknologia (googlegroups) where he’s very much active, along with some other Indonesia IT guys, in discussing every bit of IT related issues and also from occasional visit to his blog I found something I like the most about him: his good sense of humor.

He comes from Yogyakarta, the just-recently quake-affected province. And as far as I am aware, Indonesian big guys with the best sense of humor mostly belong to East Java like Gus Dur, former Indonesian president, and Emha Ainun Najid a prominent columnist and poet.

Human likes any personality with a good sense of humor because it symbolizes humility of the person concerned. A character that slowly disappears when you feel you are an important person that needs to be served, instead of serving people.

Having said that, not many people can succeed to be a humble person specially if you are a high achiever and that’s why the one who is known for his/her humility deserves everybody’s admiration. Budi Rahardjo is on of those persons.


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