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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 […]
Blogging party gets official stamp of approval
Sunday, October 28th, 2007Mustaqim 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.
Al Gore, a gadget freak too
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007Al Gore is one of a few persons that I admired most. He played a key role to promote the Internet super-highway in the earlier years of Internet. The former-Vice President of U.S., also an enviromentalist, a documentary film-maker, and now I found another side of this gentleman: a gadget junkie!
The power of blunder blog?
Friday, May 18th, 2007What:
Engadget posted a story yesterday claiming the expected June launch of the iPhone would be delayed until October and the Leopard October debut would be postponed until January. Engadget’s credited its source as coming from an internal Apple e-mail.
Truemors: Tell the world (the niche things)!
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007Well, 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 […]
New rank system: Why it took so long, Technorati?
Sunday, May 6th, 2007Technorati introduced the new system is called “Authority” rank which reflect a blog’s position within blogosphere, something Technorati should have address it long time ago.
It is important to note that Technorati now measuring the number of blogs, rather than the number of links.
Just ask a Ninja to win the Webby Awards
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007Most of the 11th Annual Webby Awards winner are departed from a unique idea and “niche market” to create their websites. Such experiment and maneuvre were also needed. And what’s the details, just Ask A Ninja to answer….
Indonesia’s islands names are sold-out?
Monday, April 30th, 2007It’s quite interesting to discover that some Indonesia’s islands names were favoritely picked-up as technology-related brands.
After Java — where Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, located — was picked-up as the Sun’s platform technology, I just surprised to find that Sumatra, another big Island in the country, was also used as technology-related product: Sumatra PDF.
Loose Wire, Loose Wagstaff
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007My colleague Jeremy Wagstaff will move to Singapore. He already decided to move to the neighbour Singapore due to Internet access problems in Indonesia — where he lives with his wife, an Indonesian woman, for many years now.
“But, moving to Singapore will not my long-term planning. I will go there just to set-up my […]
Become managing editor in SlashPhone
Friday, April 6th, 2007As 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.