Top Ten Blogger Indonesia 2008
Posted on December 31, 2008
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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 read less. And that’s why, some foreign academicians who come to Indonesia were a bit shocked to find out the lack of reading and writing habit among Indonesians even within the so-called middle class family. The lack of reading naturally would end up in the lack of blog content “charisma”.
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Indonesia Free Wordpress Powered Blog Providers
Posted on December 25, 2008
Filed Under Indonesia, Internet, News, blogging | 38 Comments
Indonesian IT or Indonesia media company seems not so interested in investing their money to become a free blog providers. There are a few free wordpress-powered blog provided by Indonesia company or individual. Here are some of those. Let me know of additional free blog providers in Indonesia other than the ones already listed below. Important to note, among all free blog providers below, blogdetik.com and dagdigdug.com are the most popular and widely used in Indonesia (may be second only to wordpress.com).
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Our Loving Mother
Posted on December 22, 2008
Filed Under Culture, Lifestyle, blogging | 28 Comments
If any true love ever exists in this world it’s the love of a mother towards her children. If any unconditional love which does not expect anything in return, it’s a mother’s love. I wrote in my Bahasa Indonesia blog that unconditional love is good and healthy on two things: the love of a mother towards her children and love of human towards one’s God. Other than these two, love should be and must be on condition of reciprocity. It’s especially true on the case of man-woman relationship.
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Shoe attack mars Bush’s Iraq visit
Posted on December 14, 2008
Filed Under News, Politics, World | 46 Comments
CNN reports that a man identified as an Iraqi journalist threw shoes at — but missed — President Bush during a news conference Sunday evening in Baghdad, where Bush was making a farewell visit.
The shoe-thrower — identified as Muntadhar al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist with Egypt-based al-Baghdadia television network — could be heard yelling in Arabic: “This is a farewell … you dog!”
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Ali Alatas Former Indonesia Foreign Minister Dies
Posted on December 12, 2008
Filed Under Indonesia, News, Personality, Politics, Profile | 27 Comments
The Jakarta Post reports:
Former foreign minister and seasoned diplomat Ali Alatas died Thursday morning of a heart attack at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth hospital, aged 76. He is survived by his wife and three children.
Alatas had been admitted with heart problems to Medistra hospital in Jakarta on Nov. 20, but was transported to Singapore four days later.
His body was flown to Jakarta on Thursday evening and taken to his family home in Kemang, South Jakarta. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will lead the military burial procession Friday morning at the Kalibata Heroes’ Cemetery in South Jakarta.
Idul Adha 2008 / 1429
Posted on December 7, 2008
Filed Under Indonesia, Islam, Religion | 33 Comments
Most Muslims in Indonesia will hold Idul Adha prayer on Monday 8 December 2008 AD/ 10 Dzulhijjah 1429 AH (Hijriyah). Some, however, celebrate Idul Adha (Eid ul Adha, Eid al Adha) one day earlier like those Muslims in West Sumatra:
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Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Shootings Kill 80 People, Injure 240
Posted on November 26, 2008
Filed Under News, World | 41 Comments
[Update: Mumbai terror attacks news update see here]
The New York Times reports that an uknown group calling itself the Deccan Mujahedeen said it had carried out the attacks. It was not known who the group is or whether the claim was real.
The Washington Post meanwhile quoted American officials that said they do not know who is behind the deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India]
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Prophet Cartoon by Anonymous Indonesian Blogger Sparks Controversy
Posted on November 20, 2008
Filed Under Culture, Indonesia | 101 Comments
I am grateful to wordpress.com which acted quick enough to close down the controversial blog on the Prophet cartoon comic strip written by –who else?–an anonymous irresponsible blogger. Otherwise, the Indonesia government would have closed down the entire Indonesia’s wordpress.com community as stated by Indonesia’s Communication Minister Muhammad Nuh:
How to Create Wordpress Pretty Permalink
Posted on November 5, 2008
Filed Under Technology, blogging | 43 Comments
By default, permalink in self-hosted wordpress is ugly and more important, not SEO friendly. It looks like http://fatihsyuhud.com/?p=22. The pretty permalink will look like this: http://fatihsyuhud.com/year/month/day/post-name. To transform the ugly one into a pretty permalink you need a little work-out. Fortunately an easy one as follows:
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How Important True Identity for Blogger
Posted on November 3, 2008
Filed Under Culture, Indonesia, blogging | 47 Comments
Since first time blogging, I discouraged anonymity and anonymous blogging. I call this attitude irresponsible - if you fear the heat dont enter the kitchen., and be a good kid. I wrote several posts on the important of clear identity for any blogger to earn credibility of whatever one writes in his or her respective blogs.
There are times when clear identity is not obligatorily required, and anonymity is forgiven and understood by the readers.
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Blogger Indonesia of the Week (87): Pan Mohamad Faiz
Posted on November 1, 2008
Filed Under Blogger of Week, Education, Personality, blogging | 37 Comments
Pan Mohamad Faiz is a visionary blogger and a man-of-principle personality, so to speak. He knows what he wants to do. When the first time I met him in my last-year stay in India in 2007 he asked me how to make a blog. At the same time he insisted that he wanted to have a niche blog on law, his specialty, not a personal blog. He knows that a niche blog will not get a good traffic instantly but he is sure it will create faithful readers and, thus credibility to the blogger concerned. He wants his blog to emphasize on specific quality content. I couldn’t agree more with him.
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