Blogging party gets official stamp of approval
Mustaqim Adamrah, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Bloggers and internet publishing in Indonesia gained new legitimacy Saturday when Communications and Information Minister Muhammad Nuh declared Oct. 27 National Bloggers Day.
The announcement was made at Pesta Blogger (blogger party) 2007, Indonesia’s first large meeting of bloggers, which around 500 people attended.
“I can see today the Indonesian blogger community is developing the use of IT facilities and filling information gaps in the country with blogging,” the former rector of East Java’s November 10 Institute of Technology said.
He said the gathering and blogging were both “revolutionary” and deserved support.
“Blogs can be educational, empowering and enlightening. That’s why I can guarantee you curbing blogs will never happen in this country,” said Nuh.
“I also notice most of the bloggers are young, which is good. As the proverb says, ‘The future of a country is in hands of the young generation’. Wimar (Witoelar) is the only old one here,” he kiddingly said, to laughter from the audience.
Having handled many talk shows, Wimar Witoelar was the moderator at a discussion at the gathering, which was initiated by public relations agency Maverick and driven by a team of bloggers.
Speaking at the discussion were Nuh, committee chairman Enda Nasution, Asia Blogging Network chief executive Budi Putra and Adrianto Gani of www.wikimu.com.
Budi, a former Tempo journalist and now full-time blogger, highlighted the importance of blog contents.
“No one will visit and revisit your blog no matter how cool your blog design is unless you have something substantial to offer,” he said.
Well-developed content, Budi said, would automatically attract more visitors and might create business opportunities with advertisers as media for advertisement “is getting narrow”.
The gathering drew not only Jakartan bloggers, but also an Indonesian living in neighboring Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur and many others from West Sumatra’s Padang, West Java’s Bandung, Central Java’s Semarang, Yogyakarta, South Sulawesi’s Makassar and Central Sulawesi’s Poso.
There are 150,000 bloggers in the country.
A blogger and correspondent for The Jakarta Post in Poso, Ruslan Sangadji, said he had traveled to Jakarta with the help of friends.
“I spent Rp 1.28 million (US$140) using the money I collected from my friends. And now I don’t have more money to go home,” he said, to laughter.
“I eagerly came to learn how to build blogs for the Palu (Central Sulawesi) community.”
Violinist Maylaffayza, who writes for 11 blogs, was also among the participants.
“Please do blog because blogging is all about reaching out to people, making friends from all around the world, creating personal relationships and can be very educational,” she said.
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1 Jennie
Well done.
October 28th, 2007 at 11:29 pm2 Budi Putra
Thanks, Jennie. Waiting for a good news from you
October 29th, 2007 at 3:15 am3 nila tanzil
hehehe.. mas Budi, seneng ya acara kemaren bisa terwujud. Sayang nih gak sempet ngobrol2x yah.. mas Budi sibuk diwawancara wartawan2x siiihh… hihihi..
nice meeting u again, mas!
October 29th, 2007 at 8:51 am4 Schooliz
congrat!really proud of Indonesian blogger:)
October 29th, 2007 at 7:44 pm5 Budi Putra
@ nila:
Iya, kita cari waktu lagi ya buat ngobrol2…
@ schooliz:
Thanks…
October 30th, 2007 at 2:53 am6 oRiDo
congrats for PB2007..
next year.. a millions blogger?? why not..
go blogger.. go blogger.. GO!!
October 31st, 2007 at 1:45 am7 abah oryza
succes acaranya pak! semoga bisa lanjut dan makin sukses yah … go blogger go
October 31st, 2007 at 5:55 am8 ladokutu
“Please do blog because blogging is all about reaching out to people, making friends from all around the world, creating personal relationships and can be very educational,”
Setuju banget tu bang..
Rich kali….
October 31st, 2007 at 6:34 am9 andy gultom
salam kenal mas budi, saya newbie dalam dunia per-bloggeran-ini….
kapan2 bisa ketemu mas ? saya mau gali banyak2 ilmu dari mas budi
btw, mampir2 ke tempat saya yah,mas
best regards
October 31st, 2007 at 7:42 am10 amriltg
Mas Budi,
October 31st, 2007 at 7:55 pmThanks atas komentarnya atas tulisan saya di http://www.panyingkul.com ttg Pesta Blogger 2007. Kami di Majalah online blogfam (www.bz.blogfam.com) akan mengangkat liputan serupa dan akan terbit 6 November nanti. Sayang, kita gak sempat ngobrol lama ya waktu acara itu.
11 -tikabanget-
ya ampun, sayah ini cuma sempet salaman di bandara..
November 2nd, 2007 at 4:50 pmdi pestanya sendiri malah ndak ketemu..
12 Wazeen
good luck mas Budi atas diresmikannya tanggal 27 sebagai hari blogger nasional, sayang saya nggak sempat ngobrol banyak dgn mas Budi, kalau ada info tentang kopdar bareng para blogger info nya ya mas.
salam,
November 4th, 2007 at 10:26 am13 Kurniawan
It’s good to hear more than 500 bloggers here turned up in its first gathering.
Btw I have an opinion to share with you Mas Budi titled Blogs have Indonesian newspaper on the run, published by thejakartapost on Nov. 7.
In my blog http://jakartaku.wordpress.com, the original title is Blog, a constant threat to newspaper
November 10th, 2007 at 9:56 am14 Therese
OT: Is anyone here able to translate Indonesian? Budi Putra? The avian flu is getting worse by the day in Indonesia, and we at
November 10th, 2007 at 5:41 pmhttp://www.singtomeohmuse.com/viewtopic.php?p=71428#71428
need help with translations, desperately! Health care workers have died, they are watching a potential cluster of about 20, and the WHO just went there today. In addition, Supari was quoted as blaming the US and Baxter for actually making the viral samples worse, of doctoring with them so as to make the virus more lethal. Can someone help us or recommend an individual? Dictionaries and internet translators aren’t good enough anymore. Thanks for your consideration. Time is of the essence.
15 sugeng
Senang bisa mengexplore dan sharing informasi di Blogger. Untuk Pak Budi Semoga sukses dengan Blogger-nya. Saya sangat tertarik dengan publikasi memakai Blogger.
Mampir ya mas di Blogger saya.
salam hangat sesama blogger cuma beda nasib aja…
November 13th, 2007 at 4:44 am16 yudha
Mas Budi saya yudha dan mas budi pasti ga kenal (he..), salut buat blogging partynya..salam kenal…
November 14th, 2007 at 2:46 am17 escoret
wah..kurang ngerti bahasanya….
tapi,kyknya ttg oleh2 pesta blog kan.???
ktm anak2 loenpia ga mas..???
November 15th, 2007 at 1:23 am18 Joule Doc
wew, aku gak ada kesempatan datang kesana..
hiks hiks hiks…
oh ya aku post comment ini dari seminar anda di JCC hari ini.
met kenalan ya bro.
maju terus blog indonesia…
November 20th, 2007 at 11:38 pm19 evan
onde mande rancak bana acara patang tu mah
November 30th, 2007 at 9:00 pm