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Bloggers report on Jakarta floods

JAKARTA UNDERWATER
Heavy rains from Wednesday evening through Friday afternoon have caused flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia.
We can follow the latest update on Jakarta floods by entering Indonesia’s blogosphere either monitoring some blog aggregators like Planet Terasi and Merdeka or tracking it in Technorati.
The country’s bloggers posted the latest pictures on their blog and their flickr accounts […]

Indonesia’s TEMPO goes blogging

Indonesia’s respected and influential media, TEMPO, launched its blog section in Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian language) recently. TEMPO is the first mainstream media in Indonesia which has blog version.
Intended as a apart of their online version Tempo Interaktif, some its active bloggers who already run their personal blogs as well as other editors and journalists will […]

How the Fatih Syuhud Way plays

Every world has its own star. So it also goes for the world of Indonesia’s blogosphere. I would undoubtedly pick A. Fatih Syuhud, a researcher-turn-blogger, to be an Indonesian top blogger. This guy has made a significant achievement: Inspiring and encouraging many Indonesian bloggers to blog.
He is now accomplishing his PhD program on Islamic Studies […]

Oggix.com, a shoutbox made in Indonesia

Do you want to leave a quick message on the Weblog without any form of login or user registration? Use a useful and colorful feature like shoutbox.
A shoutbox, saybox, tagboard or chatterbox is a chat-like feature that allows people to quickly leave instant messages on the Weblog or Web site.
As I browsed anywhere, one of […]

Hell, yeah! No regrets to being a veteran blogger

He gave me his popular book, No Regrets: Reflections of a Presidential Spokesman, last week in his office. The book had been published by Equinox Publishing four years ago.
What a pleasant surprise then to find on the inside page, along with his autograph, that he had written: “To Budi Putra, who made me a blogger. […]

All the president’s men’s blogs

Indonesian blogosphere received good news last weekend. Another Indonesian Minister had started blogging.
Yusuf Ansy’ari, Indonesian State Minister for Public Housing, had just started his own blog. His most recent posts were about the passing of his mother and a certain topic on housing policy.
This is the second Indonesian Minister to have started blogging, after Juwono […]

Indonesian blogs that I frequently visit

Despite the fact that the Indonesian blogsphere is not as diverse as its culture and traditions, you’ll find that the country’s bloggers have tried to passionately deliver their voice in various topics and approaches.
Written in two languages, English and Bahasa (to which its neighboring Southeast Asian visitors such as Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei which can […]