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Top Ten Indonesia Blog versi Tempo In my previous post a few months back, I congratulated and fully supported Tempo Interaktif initiative to make a weekly review on Indonesia blog written by Indonesian in Bahasa Indonesia or English. The first of its kind by a conventioal media. I am not sure whether that feature is…

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Top Ten Blogger Indonesia of the Year 2010 1. Budi Rahardjo 2. Bunyamin Najmi 3. Rob Baiton 4. Willy Sudiarto Raharjo 5. Rieke 6. Riana Ambarsari 7. Evi Meinar 8. Septian Budi Waluyan 9. Mohamad Mova Al Afghani 10. Nurudin Jauhari

Top Ten Blogger Indonesia of the Year 2009 1. Nadirsyah Hosen 2. Joko Anwar 3. Amalia Sanusi 4. Hermawan Kartajaya 5. Agustinus Wibowo 6. Indonesia Anonymus 7. Ahmad Qisai 8. Ninit Yunita 9. Christine Susanna Tjhin 10. Purwarno Hadinata

Top Ten Blogger Indonesia 2008 The essence of blogging, as I put it as a jargon in my Bahasa Indonesia blog, is to culturalize the tradition of writing and reading. Many Indonesians, like those who are from developing or underdeveloped nation, don’t have the habit of writing and reading. They talk a lot. Write and…

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Top Ten Blogger Indonesia Year 2007 Year 2007 has witnessed the sweetest and most happening ever so far as blogger Indonesia goes. The rapid growth of blogging culture, more ministers and former minister started blogging which means more attention to this writing-and-reading culture. And finally the most amazing event of all, the Pesta Blogger 2007…

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Top Ten Blogger Indonesia of the Year 2006 It’s been almost two years eversince I introduced the Blogger Indonesia of the Week’s feature during which I have witnessed the fast-growing English-speaking blogs by Indonesian blogger, a prerequisite eligibility to be reviewed. Interesting to note here that in early stage I started this feature, it’s been…

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RUU APP Reviewed Finally, the mounting pressures from every corner regarding the RUU APP – Rencana UU anti pornografi/pornoaksi (or anti-pornography bill) makes the committee who draft the RUU APP shaken. In the statement reported by Kompas Daily Badriyah Rayumi from Kebangkitan Bangsa Party acknowledges the blunder the committee made and promised to review the…

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International Women Day Yesterday (March 8, 2006) women around the world were remembered. United Nations made the day dedicated for women. Why only women? Why there’s no special day for men? One would argue that because women since time immemorial have always been oppressed by men; regarded as the second creatures on the planet earth;…

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The Limits of Freedom Eversince the cartoon controversy sparks a furore in the Muslim world, I resist the tempation to comment on that matter as I intend to dedicate, and therefore confine, this page only for talking on human interest, universal values and sort of reflection note on my self, local culture and tradition: the…

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Beauty and the Beast I watched the film series “Beauty and the Beast” in my childhood days, the days when Indonesian government under Suharto regime started allowing private TV channel to operate. More than only operational, it allowed the three private TVs to broadcast their own programmes without any need to relay official news by…

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Is Blog a Threat to Conventional Media? Indonesia “conventional” Media seems to start seeing blog with a bit more respect. Not again regard it as a teenage tool-kit or IT geeks playing ground. Kompas, the largest selling national newspaper, carried an article on May 18, 2006 with an interesting title: Pewarta Warga, Ancaman bagi Editor?…

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How Long to Write a Booker Prize Novel? blue seaHow long does it take to make a Booker Prize novel? “Seven years.” If you ask Kiran Desai, the 2006 Man Booker Prize winner with her novel The Inheritance of Loss, that will be her answer. Here’s the excerpt of her interview with India newspaper The…

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PostGlobal: Washington Post Blog I’ve just received an invitation to contribute to Washington Post Blog called PostGlobal. It’s moderated by David Ignatius (columnist for The Washington Post) and Fareed Zakaria (editor of Newsweek International), PostGlobal hosts weekly discussions among leading editors, journalists, and thinkers. Frankly, I’m not in the best mood lately, so I decided…

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What New Blogger Wants What Blogger WantsReading Harry Sufehmi’s latest post which guides me to some other links with similar topic I come to know that there’s a case in which a new blogger got frustrated and ended up deleting her blog. The reason: none of the “elder” blogger care enough to comment in her…

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Playboy Indonesia Many words being said, pros and cons, about the proposed Anti-pornography bill (RUU APP-Rancangan Undang-undang anti-pornografi/pornoaksi). For the cons the reasons are not monolitic. (1) One who likes and enjoys pornography per se and doesn’t want to lose it. No matter what. (2) Those who dont like pornography, yet they dont like the…

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It’s been quite a while that I intend to comment on Tempo Magazine latest edition that carries a long reports on blog and blogosphere in Indonesia. It’s a good news and a breakthrough of sort for Indonesian bloggers in particular and Indonesian people in general that blog and blogging phenomenon being featured in the most respected…

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