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So, what is the best Twitter Client?

2:24 am | Not exactly a Twitter client, but tool to manage social media accounts like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and more. When I created my first Twitter account in 2006, there weren’t any applications for desktop or mobile. But, it’s 2011 and [...]

Earth Hour 2011 and Discussion at Obrolan Langsat

11:21 am | Last night, I was going to Obrolan Langsat and joined the discussion about Earth Hour. Yes, this is an issue, but I’m not calling myself good at this. Every month, I pay the electricity bill for my grand parents’ house [...]

TEDx Jakarta: SOMETHINK DIFFERENT! I’m going!

9:32 am | I went to TEDx Jakarta for the first time in July this year. And, it was because I stay in Jakarta. When I was in Jogjakarta, going to TEDx event become something that I didn’t expect. I like TED events [...]

Goodbye Nokia E72!

2:14 am | No, not that I hate my E72. I lost it. Last Monday, I reached my hometown for holiday. I liked the fact that I finally got home without loosing anything. A perfect situation. :) On the evening, I had plan [...]

A gift from Nokia Ovi, and it’s a skateboard

3:34 pm | So, the skateboard is for me?  Thank you, Ovi! Two weeks ago, I left some comments at Ovi blog after they had a new design for their blog. They told the readers that they had some goodies: a skateboard and [...]

Kalibata for Durian, and Pasar Minggu for Fish

12:02 am | I have been staying in Jakarta for almost two months now. But, I haven’t got any chance to explore this city further. Last weekend I decided to visit some areas in Jakarta with my friend Teguh. We went to Kalibata [...]

Nokia Messaging for Social Networks Beta: First Impression

11:37 am | Two days ago, I gave Nokia Messaging for Social Networks Beta a try on my Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. This application will help Nokia users to keep update with the social media services — in this case Facebook and Twitter. Of [...]

Facebook Privacy Settings You Should Know

11:09 pm | I’m using Facebook, and found this useful post about privacy settings. In short: Understand your friend lists Remove yourself from Facebook search results Remove yourself from Google Avoid the infamous photo tag mistake Protect your albums Avoid the post-breakup Facebook [...]

Jogja Wall Nation: Mural Competition

10:43 am | There will be an event in Jogjakarta called “Jogja Wall Nation” this weekend (October 14-15). It’s a mural competition. The competition will take place in Malioboro area. What makes it different is that the event will start in the evening [...]

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Error During Start

11:12 am | Yesterday, on my way home to Jogja from Jakarta, my Nokia 5800 didn’t work at all. Last time I checked before boarding — it was in Soekarno Hatta airport — it worked without any issue. I just switched to “Offline” [...]

Dear Yahoo! Meme, I think…

9:24 pm | When I heard about Yahoo! Meme and looked its website, in brief I was thinking about tumblelog. Seriuosly, I couldn’t fine any new features, compared to similar service like Tumblr (my Tumblr) or Posterous (my Posterous page). That was before [...]

Telkom Speedy Review (first month)

10:25 pm | It has been a month since I started using Telkom Speedy service. So far, I have nothing but positive service. I’m an active internet user and I use internet everyday. I haven’t experienced any connection problem. Few days after I [...]

14th Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival 2009

12:37 am | Yogyakarta Gamelan Festival (YGF) is an annual music event in Jogjakarta. This year, it’s the 14th festival and has “EVERYWHERE” as the event theme. Anyway, this event is organized by Gayam16. There are many agenda during this event including music [...]

Few days ago, I joined a discussion on other site about i-teve. I thought, I need to respond some comments there. Why? OK, someone wrote this:

wahhh parah banget nih i-teve. Niru2 youtube banget. Malu gw sama bangsa Indonesia. Bikin yang baru gitu dong, apa kek

OK. What about this:

Iya, tapi menurut gw kurang aja nih i-teve kalo konsepnya bener2 njiplak youtube. Plagiat mungkin adalah kata-kata yang tepat, atau mungkin copy cat?

The question is: does he — who gave comments above — already understand what i-teve and YouTube are? But, thank you for your comments… :)

Related: my other posts about i-teve.

White House’s The Official Photostream

3:17 pm | When I heard about White House Photostream page from Yan Arief Twitter status, I visited it right away. No waiting. I’m an Indonesian, and I love seeing the topic like this — related to my own country — but, it’s [...]

Douglas Bowman’s Farewell Post

9:38 pm | I like reading Douglas Bowman’s farewell post. He left Google after three years. Here’s a paragraph: Yes, it’s true that a team at Google couldn’t decide between two blues, so they’re testing 41 shades between each blue to see which [...]

Follow and follow back on Twitter

6:30 pm | On Twitter, I have some personal preferences about who I follow. When someone follows me, I usually do not follow them back directly for some reasons, mostly it’s because of spammy users. If someone starts following me, I usually check [...]

Indonesia: A band from Russia

10:28 pm | If you think that Indonesia is only being used as a country name, it’s not. There is a Russian band named Indonesia also. (Hat tip: fisto). Since its website is not in English, MySpace described it as: Indonesia – band [...]

twibble Desktop Application

2:47 am | Today, I tried twibble for desktop application. Anyway, I'm having TweetDeck and TwitterFox (for Mozilla Firefox and Flock). Well, I use TwitterFox most of the time. I don't know, I just like TweetDeck being installed, as an application to learn about interface design. :)

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