Blogger Indonesia of the Week (94): Pramudya A. Oktavinanda
If you used to visit many English speaking blogs written by North American or European bloggers, you’d be amazed by three things: the quality content which is triggered by passion in writing and, secondly, regular updates. Thirdly, quality comments. Have a look, for example, at Informed Comments a political blog run by Juan Cole, a professor of political science in Chicago University. The blog is updated almost daily, quality well-researched contents and very well written visitor’s comments.
In Indonesia such blog as Juan Cole’s that fit those three criteria are a rarity. I think for the time being, an Indonesian blog which fit the first criteria is very good enough. And one of those rare quality content blog is a blog run by Pramudya Azhar Oktavinanda. He, according to the intro in his blog, is “An Indonesian capitalist lawyer, a self proclaimed legal genius, an avid reader, a devoted gamer, a tasty foods lover, a part time traveler, and a day dreamer.” His self-proclaim geniusness might not be too exaaggerated as he was Universitas Indonesia’s Best Outstanding Student in 2004.
He calls himself a Capitalist Lawyer as he believes capitalism is the best system so far to “enable the society to gain the most optimal prosperity and welfare.”
Avid Reader
What does make quality content blog? A lot of reading. One cannot write a good blog post, unless he/she has a passion in reading.
And because of that avid reading tendency, Pram could write well anything in any topics. In one article he even wrote about Islam, a subject irrelevant to his major. In a blog post entitle “The Illusion of the Islamic State” he categorically stated that dreaming of establishing an Islamic state is a problem in itself instead of solving it. He concludes:
We have reached an understanding that the concept of Islamic state is mostly derived from experience not religious doctrine. As a consequence, there is no use for discussing the formal structure of the Islamic state. Don’t waste our time preaching the greatness of the Islamic state and the promise that it will bring, instead, we should really focus on how we can manage the state to provide better service to the people, and I am certain that this is relevant for the current Indonesia.
Sense of humor
As a lawyer he should be and must be a serious person. Especially when he is in action doing his duty. As human being, however, he has a sense of humor too, both words and deeds. You may see his good sense of humor when he performs an Arabic dance here or watch it below:
Top Domain Blog
Pramudya’s blog is very good one as elaborated above. That’s said, If I am allowed to give advice, I’d recommend him to have a top domain with his personal name like pramudyaoktavinanda.com with hosting still in blogger.com. Thus, no need to worry about bandwith issues. Having top domain would make his blog more personal as well as look more easy-to-remember. His friend, Mova Al Afghani has used just that: top domain with blogger.com hosting. He may learn about this Blogger costume domain here.
mantap sekali hehe
wah videonya keren :)
nice blog
motivasi bwt ane nih, XD
Salam dari manado. Mas, link balik ya! berbagi itu menyenangkan, apalagi hidup untuk bermanfaat buat orang lain.
wah nih orang bikin ane ngiri…maklum ane newbie…
Minta tutorial Cara daftar google adsense biar di aprove oleh google donk mas ….
backlink juga blog ane yah…
Community Cheat
Sangat senang sekali berkunjung di sini,walau saya tidak terlalu ahli english namun sedikit bisa menangkap artikel anda.saya hanya ingin sumbang saran,nama hebat dan artikel luarbiasa seperti ini,harus bisa mengangkat nama besar indonesia di mata dunia.saya bangga dan salut mempunyai anak bangsa indonesia yang berkualitas seperti anda,,salam hormat untuk anda,mohon pencerahan!
bantuin dong cara daftar di google adsense, makasih
Dari saya SMP kelas 1 udah tidak asing sama nama fatih syuhud di internet
I think Fatih Syuhud is not most popular with this profile… :)
mantep om infonya,salam kenal ya
Mampir ke blog keren…
Info yang bagus.. menambah semangat.
Selalu belajar dari blognya mas fatih, artikelnya penuh inspirasi dan keren banget
semoga tambah sukses slalu mas fatih
bangga bila saya bisa tukar link dng anda mas fatih,link anda sudah tak pasang pada blogku,tlng link balik ya mas,maklum mas masih awam,jd saya pgn belajar melalui anda dan teman2…makasih sebelumnya
salam mas bro.. semoga tambah sukses blognya..
link sampean dah tak pasang diblogku.
mampir” ya.. kalo bisa di pasang juga link ke tempatku.. makasihh
Sudah lama saya tidak singgah di sini. Postingannya selalu segar dan informatif..
sukses selalu…
i wanna be
Sukses selalu mas fatih. Sudah lama saya mengidolakan anda.
Link anda selalu terpasang di blog saya. Dengan sangat hati ini senang jika anda mau bertukar link dengan saya. Meskipun saya ini blogger pemula tp saya sangat mengidolakan blog anda.
Terima Kasih
selamat sore mas,, blognya bagus ya,, :)
good bloger priend always sucsess
It’s really a excellent feedback with have good video.It is an honor to be mentioned in the Indonesian Blogger of the Week. Will try to update my blog more regularly.
Selamat bagi blogger hebat ini..Semoga kita bisa mencontoh kekreatifan dan kehebatannya..Amin..
oh good job. congratulation
I encounter a lot more blogger sites, perhaps because google owns blogger and sees that their blogs get indexed, blogger uses a simpler blog design compared to wordpress which is the industry design for blog designs, using wordpress.com will provide an education that will serve you in future blog-business site work.
It would be nice if the DREAM act went through. People can stop deportation anyways….. all they have to do is wait until they are arrested for driving or something that is not really a crime after spending 10 years in the country.
sipppppp lah….sing jelas ak ya kepengin berprestasi kaya njenengan mas, bro…maybe sometime,sucses for u bro…
There should be some kind of celebration when you reach 100.
Congrats on being noticed Pramudya. Keep up the good work.
that was amazing person, in youngest age was to be web master
his personal name like pramudyaoktavinanda.com with hosting still in blogger.com. Thus, no need to worry about bandwith issu
wah hebat ya blogger indonesia, saya kapan ya?? ha haha
Nice info mas
Emang betul, sebenernya cuma 3 komponen utama, tulisan yang ga copas, he..he, kemudian blognya dirawat, terus coment/balas koment, he..he. Bagus ini
Thanks this info…
I have no doubt on this nice wondering.It is really nice thought.
Nice Post man.
super.. maju terus Blogger indonesia.
nice advice, although not wearing domain
Since English is an International language, we must have a brave to use it. I believe there are lot of “anak bangsa” who have ability to write and talk English fluently but don’t have enough brave. Thanks for encourage me.
Thank you very much for this Mas Fatih, and also for the advice! It is an honor to be mentioned in the Indonesian Blogger of the Week. Will try to update my blog more regularly.
Kind regards,
Pram
I will make it a note to check out Juan Cole’s blog, looks great.
– Robert
ok, saran nya manteb,,
thanks ya,,
that all was not depend with domain, but depend with us, person who make blog….
blogwalking visit here priend
i visit here priend tank’s ur article
Coba kalau blognya extensi .com pasti lebih mantap.
hi ya
I am new in the world of bloggers, so please guidance
we visited each other because we are a single program
Yups, saya telah mengunjungi blog nya.
saran mas memang mantap, alangkah baiknya dia menggunakan kostumasi domain biar blog nya terlihat lebih profesional. :)