Mentoring Lenovo Do Network
Posted on January 16, 2012 by Budi Putra in Science
I just took Lenovo‘s challenge to be one of their mentors for The Do Network project.
Together with Indonesia’s internet advocate Onno W. Purbo and scientist Nurdiansah, I am now starting to learn some submitted innovations for this project. Some cool innovations out there.
The Do Network from Lenovo is a platform for turning ideas into action. Every 90 days we’ll introduce a new theme, complete with challenges that push ourselves to do what has never been done before. We have a lot of ways for you to get involved and help push a project toward the finish line. You could win a Do machine or a $25,000 USD grant to help bring your idea to life.
Lenovo kicked-off this project last month in Indonesia, India and Russia.
Are you the one who invents and discovers something? Submit your dreams and ideas here!
Check-out Indonesia’s mentor profile videos (in Bahasa Indonesia):
24 local Groupons in Indonesia [and counting]!
Posted on March 8, 2011 by Budi Putra in Business, Headline
Groupon (“group coupon”) is one of a few of game changers in this decade. This service is a deal-of-the-day website and has served 35 million registered users in more than 565 cities around the world. “Groupon brings buyers and sellers together in a fun and collaborative way that offers the consumer an unbeatable deal, and businesses a large number of new customers,” CrunchBase writes.
No wonder the trend of group buying sites or ‘local’ Groupons mushrooming everywhere, including in Indonesia – the most sexiest emerging market in the world. According to Natali Ardianto, one of prominent Indonesia startup players here, there are 24 local Groupons right now in the country!
Add keeps counting…
Video: Indonesian social media movement!
Posted on March 8, 2011 by Budi Putra in Education, Featured, Media, People
IF YOU ARE A BIG FAN of social media and its implications in Indonesia, you must check out this documentary’s trailer. The movie –which comes up with title “LINIMAS(S)A” in Bahasa Indonesia or “TIMELINER(S)” for English– has 45 minutes duration, thanks to ICTWatch. This project supported by XL Axiata, Detikcom, Asosiasi Penyelenggara Jasa Internet Indonesia (APJII), Digital Media Technology and Hivos.
The time required to complete this movie about 5 months. In Indonesia, the movie is presented in traveling from city to city, from community to community by ICT Watch team. In the near future the entire contents of the film will be uploaded to the Internet (YouTube, etc.) and using Creative Commons license. Please, stay tuned!
Indonesia’s most followed media on Twitter
Posted on November 5, 2010 by Budi Putra in Featured, Media
SINCE TWITTER TOOK OVER the media “role”, the large media organizations see this as an opportunity to reach and engage their readers online.
That idea is totally valid. When it comes to breaking news and exclusive news, everyone still relies on mainstream media. Public always wanted to get the confirmed informations and the in-depth stories from the media guys, because they have their own infrastructure, networks, editors, writers and reporters.
If you are into Indonesian news and updates; and love Twitter, you’re so lucky. You can follow a bunch of local media Twitter accounts –some of them have thousands of followers (please keep in mind that only media with than 10,000 followers added to the list).
Check it out:
MetroTV
Twitter: @Metro_TV
Web: http://www.metrotvnews.com
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Following: 5
Followers: 281,104
Listed: 3,693
Detik
Twitter: @detikcom
Web: http://www.detik.com
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Following: 57
Followers: 273,231
Listed: 2,493
Kompas
Twitter: @kompasdotcom
Web: http://www.kompas.com
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Following: 116
Followers: 232,007
Listed: 3,831
KapanLagi
Twitter: @kapanlagicom
Web: KapanLagi.com
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Following: 471
Followers: 58,841
Listed: 558
Koran Tempo
Twitter: @korantempo
Web: http://tempointeraktif.com
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Following: 1
Followers: 51,156
Listed: 1,282
VivaNews
Twitter: @VivanewsGroup
Web: http://vivanews.com
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Following: 3,708
Followers: 48,906
Listed: 1,232
The Jakarta Globe
Twitter: @thejakartaglobe
Web: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com
Language: English
Following: 40
Followers: 28,986
Listed: 1,093
Media Indonesia
Twitter: @midotcom
Web: http://mediaindonesia.com
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Following: 2
Followers: 19,374
Listed: 757
The Jakarta Post
Twitter: @jakpost
Web: http://thejakartapost.com
Language: English
Following: 416
Followers: 18,125
Listed: 867
Okezone
Twitter: @okezonenews
Web: http://okezone.com
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Following: 2,826
Followers: 17,297
Listed: 462
Republika
Twitter: @republikaonline
Web: http://republika.co.id
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Following: 2
Followers: 16,068
Listed: 562
Update — Added on 8 November:
TVOne
Twitter: @tvOneNews
Web: http://www.tvone.co.id
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Following: 47
Followers: 170,972
Listed: 2,548
Antara
Twitter: @antaranews
Web: http://www.antaranews.com
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Following: 1,160
Followers: 27,788
Listed: 994
Radio Elshinta
Twitter: @RadioElshinta
Web: http://elshinta.com
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Following: 2
Followers: 26,599
Listed: 931
Ushahidi: Let’s create ‘crowdmap’ for Mentawai and Merapi!
Posted on October 29, 2010 by Budi Putra in Tech
In the aftermath of disasters like the tsunami in West Sumatra and the eruption of Mount Merapi in Central Java, everyone can contribute and participate. They can play their own role. Whatever they can do to help the victims, survivors, rescuers and volunteers.
Or you can even contribute as an online volunteer –share useful links and info through Twitter, blog, instant messaging or even short message service.
You also can try to use and optimize Ushahidi platform that’s powered by public users and could “map out disaster areas more quickly and effectively than governments can,” according to CNN. “The more information about a disaster you can make public, the better… You don’t need specific technical skills to volunteer, just an internet connection.”
They introduce themselves:
The Ushahidi Platform allows anyone to gather distributed data via SMS, email or web and visualize it on a map or timeline. Our goal is to create the simplest way of aggregating information from the public for use in crisis response.
Ushahidi, which means “testimony” in Swahili, is a website that was initially developed to map reports of violence in Kenya after the post-election fallout at the beginning of 2008. Ushahidi’s roots are in the collaboration of Kenyan citizen journalists during a time of crisis. The website was used to map incidents of violence and peace efforts throughout the country based on reports submitted via the web and mobile phone. This initial deployment of Ushahidi had 45,000 users in Kenya, and was the catalyst for us realizing there was a need for a platform based on it, which could be use by others around the world.
Can someone out there start to sign-up and create the Mentawai and Merapi Crisis Map in the Ushahidi Platform so people can start to share data into the platform?
2010 Red Herring Asia Finalists announced!
Posted on October 26, 2010 by Budi Putra in Tech
200 finalists from 16 countries/regions including China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Australia and Vietnam have been nominated for the Red Herring Top 100 Asia Awards, a prestigious list honouring this year’s most promising private technology companies from the region.
Join us in Shanghai, China, in November 2010 to celebrate the top private companies in Asia. Red Herring’s editorial team will analyze hundreds of cutting edge companies and technologies and select those who are positioned to grow at an explosive rate. This is a rare opportunity to meet the founders, investors, and CEOs of these disruptive companies all under one roof.
The Top 100 winners will be announced on November 16 at the event.
[via DailySocial]
Did you know Indonesia’s first English newspaper?
Posted on October 25, 2010 by Budi Putra in Media
Is it The Jakarta Post? No. The Indonesian Times? No. Okay – so it’s the Indonesian Observer, isn’t it? No, no.
The Jakarta Globe –the country’s newest English language newspaper– writes:
Its name was the Java Government Gazette…
The first edition of the Java Government Gazette was delivered to subscribers on Feb. 29, 1812, and for the next four years it appeared without fail every Saturday.
It was a broadsheet, more or less the same size as your modern Globe, though it usually ran to only four pages.
WordCamp Indonesia 2011 in Bandung!
Posted on October 25, 2010 by Budi Putra in Featured, Tech
Good news for WordPress users, developers, fans, and newbies in Indonesia. There’s an upcoming exciting event for all of you: WordCamp Indonesia 2011!
WordCamp Indonesia will be held on January 29-30, 2011 at Bumi Kahyangan, Bandung. The lineup of speakers (including Matt Mullenweg), program committe, influential people, experts, etc.
Check this out!
The Indonesia Readers Festival by Goodreads Indonesia
Posted on October 21, 2010 by Budi Putra in Culture
Are you a Goodreads user? This is a good news for you. Goodreads Indonesia (GRI) will hold the Indonesia Readers Festival 2010 in Plaza Area, GOR Soemantri Brodjonegoro/Pasar Festival, Kuningan, Jakarta, on Sunday December 5.
Indonesia’s forums: Meet people, share ideas
Posted on October 18, 2010 by Budi Putra in People
Do you like to attend certain discussions to share ideas and experiences? Happy to meet people and do networking? There are a bunch of forums here in Indonesia (mostly in Jakarta) that you can attend; just choose any topic or community you like most –but I guess you’ll like almost all of them.
Check-out a brief directory on this below:
FreSh
http://freshyourmind.com/
FreSh (Freedom of Sharing). FreSh merupakan ajang diskusi, kumpul-kumpul, networking, sharing ilmu antara kita semua yang hidup dalam industri kreatif.
Forum berbagi ide ini diharapkan akan terus berlangsung reguler sehingga akan semakin membuka wawasan/insight kita dalam dunia kreatif. Mudah-mudahan kita bisa saling tahu trend apa yang kini populer, hambatan apa yang dihadapi, dan solusi apa untuk mengatasinya.
Siapa saja, baik itu desainer, programmer, animator, marketing, advertising, arsitek, pengusaha online, musisi, filmis, penulis, dan profesi lainnya bisa ikut berpartisipasi dalam forum ini. Tentunya, dengan harapan setiap pesertanya bisa berinisiatif menyampaikan gagasan, solusi, ataupun sekedar berbagi ilmu baru.
INS.IDE
http://www.ins-ide.org/
Dimulai dari sebuah mimpi, dimulai dari sebuah passion dan kecintaan yang tinggi.
Mimpi itu kami beri nama ins.ide, sebuah forum informal, underground, indie (karena kami memulai dengan modal dengkul) yang akan DIHARAPKAN bisa menjadi inspirasi dan memberikan ide2 segar buat insan kreatif Indonesia.
Forum ini akan berupa Offline Gathering sebulan sekali (tiap Senin, minggu terakhir) berupa sharing session 5 pembicara dari berbagai bidang dalam industri kreatif mulai dari Desain, Music, Film, Games, Fashion, Arsitektur, etc. Mereka bisa jadi pakar dan professional yang sudah punya nama besar di industrinya, bisa jadi fresh graduate bahkan mahasiswa sekalipun kami harapakan. Agar bisa memberikan pemikiran-pemikiran dan ide-ide barunya.
Format yang kita bikin sangat simple, setiap pembicara hanya memiliki waktu 15 menit (presentasi dan tanya jawab), kami ingin membiasakan bagaimana mengemas ide dalam waktu kurang lebih 15 menit kepada audience.
Mobile Monday
http://www.id-mobilemonday.com/
MobileMonday is the world largest and fastest growing networking forum for professionals in the mobile industry. Over 70 chapters established in 35 countries, with more than 200,000 members worldwide.
MobileMonday Indonesia is a non-profit organization founded on November 2007 by group of professional in the industry passionate to see more local innovations and perform role as a bridge between local and international companies. MobileMonday Indonesia is the only mobile centric regular event in Indonesia, which also covers convergence topics between mobile and online industries.
So far, event hosted including hottest topic in the industry such as mobile advertising, mobile social networking, mobile payment system, WiMax, mobileTV, etc with speaker lists including Yahoo! Google, AdMob, Apple, Nokia Siemens, Ericsson, Alcatel-Lucent, and the local champions such as Telkomsel, Modern Group, sharing their experience with audience.
MobileMonday Indonesia is actively networking with other chapters, such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Sydney, Melbourne, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Barcelona, Madrid, Helsinki, Stockholm, and all other MobileMonday chapters around the world to offer a more global exposure to speakers and discussions, and help rest of the world to better understand the Indonesian mobile industry
Obrolan Langsat
http://obrolanlangsat.com/
Situs web ini adalah bagian dari kegiatan diskusi yang bernama Obrolan Langsat. Dari sinilah semua informasi penting terhimpun.
Adapun Obrolan Langsat adalah:
- sebuah forum diskusi pelbagai topik yang terbuka terhadap usulan banyak pihak
- mulanya digagas oleh sejumlah narablog dan penggiat internet yang sering bertemu di Rumah Langsat*
- sebagai sebuah forum, wadah kegiatan ini bersifat informal, tanpa struktur organisasi
- tidak berafiliasi ke partai politik maupun kelompok keagamaan manapun
- terbuka terhadap keberagaman dalam masyarakat
- pokok pikiran pembicara belum tentu mewakili atau sehaluan dengan penyelenggara diskusi
- diskusi juga bisa berlangsung di luar Langsat
PECHA KUCHA
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=51408249919 (Jakarta)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18422604367 (Bandung)
Pecha Kucha is a networking event, seeking to bring together creative minds from all fields. At one Pecha Kucha Night, up to 14 speakers present their work in the typical Pecha Kucha format: each person is allowed to show only 20 images, each image lasts for 20 seconds.
The result is a furiously fast-paced, fun row of presentations, at 6:40 min per speaker. This may seem short – but it has proven to be just the right time to offer insight into one’s work and to make a point!
Startup Lokal
http://startuplokal.tumblr.com/
Mengulas startup lokal Indonesia. Mengenali layanan (fitur)nya, juga membahas strategi, model bisnis, dan profil tokoh di belakangnya.
TEDx Jakarta
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66381544606
TED is an annual event where some of the world’s leading thinkers and doers are invited to share what they are most passionate about. “TED” stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design — three broad subject areas that are, collectively, shaping our future. And in fact, the event is broader still, showcasing ideas that matter in any discipline. Attendees have called it “the ultimate brain spa” and “a four-day journey into the future.” The diverse audience — CEOs, scientists, creatives, philanthropists — is almost as extraordinary as the speakers, who have included Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Frank Gehry, Paul Simon, Sir Richard Branson, Philippe Starck and Bono.
TED was first held in Monterey, California, in 1984. In 2001, Chris Anderson’s Sapling Foundation acquired TED from its founder, Richard Saul Wurman. In recent years, TED has expanded to include an international conference, TEDGlobal; media initiatives, including TED Talks and TED.com; and the TED Prize. TED2010, “What the world Needs Now,” will be held Feb 9-13, 2010, in Long Beach, California, with a simulcast event in Palm Springs, California. TEDGlobal 2009, “The Substance of Things Not Seen,” will be held July 21-24, 2009, in Oxford, UK and TEDIndia will be held in November 2009.
In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxJakarta, where x=independently organized TED event. At our TEDxJakarta event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group.
[Photo credit: Viva]
Hero or not hero, that’s question
Posted on October 18, 2010 by Budi Putra in Politics
The Jakarta Post writes:
The government has proposed late former president Soeharto and nine other deceased figures to get national hero status to the Honor and Service Council, Cabinet secretary Dipo Alam said in Jakarta Sunday.
Dipo said that the proposal, made by the Ministry of Social Service, was being assessed by the Honor and Service Council before being decided by the President.
“It’s not true that one Pak Harto will get the national hero status. There are nine others who are being proposed by the Ministry of Social Service,” Dipo said as quoted by kompas.com.
Suharto (8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was the second President of Indonesia, toppled from power in 1998 after ruling the country for 32 years (1967-1998). Some recognized him as Indonesia’s “Father of Development” due to his service to the country; while critics blamed him responsible to some human rights violations and corruption scandals.
Do you think Pak Harto deserved to get national hero title? Why?
Multiply’s move in Indonesia
Posted on October 15, 2010 by Budi Putra in Business
Multiply –once one of the largest social networks in Indonesia and just renews its strategy from social network to social shopping destination– wanted to come back here. Their team, which is in town now, inviting 50 local sellers to meet Claudio Pinkus, Multiply’s Chief Strategy Officer on Saturday.
Indonesia and the Philippines, among other Southeast Asia markets, are particular markets target for them now.
Millions of shoppers in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam have made the Multiply Marketplace a favorite shopping destination.
Let’s see how it goes.
[via Daily Social]
