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    Mixx: When users become the newsroom staff

    Thursday, March 27th, 2008

    “Mixx is your link to the web content that really matters“.
    The user-generated-content site, Mixx, doesn’t have an editor who decides the headlines. Instead, users decide all the editorial items!
    Here’s how it works:

    Only Super Mixxers can tag a story as “Breaking.” If you haven’t achieved Super Mixxer status, just keep Mixxing: add great content, vote […]

    Bye bye Google Adwords: Indonesia’s entrepreneur

    Sunday, February 17th, 2008

    My friend Rendy Maulana finally decided to stop using Google Adwords for his Internet hosting business campaign.
    “No matter what your budget, you can display your ads on Google and our advertising network. Pay only if people click your ads,” wrote Google about this service.

    Indonesia joins Web 2.0 services crowd

    Monday, September 3rd, 2007

    One day on a foggy morning in June 2006, Felix Widjaja finally found what he was looking for. After seeking and considering various start-up models on his desktop computer at his home in Pluit, North Jakarta, the 26-year-old decided to establish a start-up company that would develop social networking sites.
    Following the “discovery”, he […]

    Truemors: Tell the world (the niche things)!

    Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

    Well, Guy Kawasaki’s Truemors has debuted recently. What is it?
    Truemors is a web site that enables you to “tell the world”—within the bounds of good taste and the law anyway. You can post your rumors, news, and sightings, and anyone with web access can read and rate them within minutes. We wish to acknowledge the […]

    Why not to optimize your brief bio

    Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

    If you contribute an article to a certain site, besides trying to write your best piece, you should also take care of your brief bio — or resource box, or whatever — in the bottom.
    Vince Tan, an Internet Marketing Evangelist, wrote a good tips on how to write an effective author box. “The sole reason […]

    Become managing editor in SlashPhone

    Friday, April 6th, 2007

    As I mentioned earlier, I agreed to join with a U.S.based-gadget site. The site’s name is SlashPhone. I will in-charge as managing editor of this site and will start effectively at May 1, 2007.
    SlashPhone is one of Aradius Media Network members. Other members are MYiPhone, SlashGear and Unbox.IT.

    I just joined Twitter –micro-social networking

    Friday, April 6th, 2007

    Finally, I just joined Twitter. Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send “updates” (text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) via SMS, instant messaging, the Twitter website or an application such as Twitterrific.
    But it’s more than just personal instant diary which was displayed in user’s profile page. These […]

    Answers.com’s very first blogger newsletter

    Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

    Just got the regular newsletter from Answers.com. But I found something new inside it: it has a smart positioning as a “very first blogger newsletter”.
    Welcome to the 1st Answers.com™ Blogger Newsletter!
    Answers.com will be rolling out a bunch of new blog tools and site features in the coming months; this newsletter is designed to keep you […]