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[Guest Post] Success in Indonesia: “Mobile” and “Social”

This guest post is written by Qonita Shahab, a researcher in UX who used to work in IT. Her interest in music and photography helps her in designing interactive system prototypes. Since she started research in the field of persuasive technology, Qonita studied more about social psychology and the communal use of technology.

The importance of understanding the geography of Indonesia in relation to the development of internet infrastructure caught my attention in 2003 when I met Korean IT infrastructure developers. At that time, the majority of (South) Korea was already interconnected through broadband, while in Indonesia home internet access (dial-up) was still expensive yet unreliable, resulting in many users accessing internet from their workplaces or internet cafes.

They said, “The only way to make Indonesia interconnected is by using wireless connections, because it’s too expensive to build wired connections across this country with thousands of islands spread across large area.” Even though it was a dark age for wireless technology because of the difficulty imposed by government regulation, I always remembered those words.

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[Guest Post] Sukses di Indonesia: “Mobile” dan “Social”

Guest post kali ini ditulis oleh Qonita Shahab, peneliti di bidang UX yang sebelumnya menekuni bidang IT. Hobi musik dan fotografi mendukungnya dalam merancang prototipe sistem interaktif. Sejak memulai riset dalam bidang teknologi persuasif, Qonita mempelajari lebih banyak tentang psikologi sosial dan penggunaan teknologi secara komunal.

Pentingnya memahami struktur geografis negara Indonesia sehubungan dengan perkembangan jaringan internet baru saya sadari ketika pada tahun 2003 saya bertemu dengan pekerja infrastruktur IT dari Korea. Saat itu, Korea (selatan) sudah sebagian besar saling terhubung melalui broadband, sementara di Indonesia akses internet dari rumah (dial-up) masih mahal pun tidak memadai, sehingga sebagian besar pengguna internet mengaksesnya dari warnet atau tempat kerja.

Kata mereka, “Satu-satunya jalan untuk membuat Indonesia saling terhubung adalah dengan wireless connection, karena terlalu mahal untuk membuat wired connection di negara kepulauan yang begitu luas ini.” Walaupun saat itu sedang masa suram teknologi wireless karena sulitnya perijinan dari pemerintah, saya terus mengingat kata-kata itu.

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Email – eCommerce Champion

The following article is written by Josep William Widjaja, one of Bina Nusantara International University’s lecturers. He likes reading any book or magazine that talks about IT world, and listening to jazz. His interests are IT implementation on business and marketing, web and mobile development, and infrastructure.

Email often predicted, sooner or later, to be forgotten by everyone, considering other means of modern communication technology keep emerging.

As a simple example, communicating through mobile platform nowadays are more into BBM (BlackBerry Messenger – a huge hit for Indonesian) or WhatsApp that bridges communication between smartphone users; not to mention web based communication means, we have Social Media like Facebook message, Twitter message and other networking websites. People tend to think that communicating through such means are more personal and direct, trendier, and less hassle. In other words, more effective and efficient than email.

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Email – Jagoan dan Jawaranya E-commerce

Artikel berikut ini ditulis oleh Josep William Widjaja, salah satu dosen di Bina Nusantara International University. Selain memiliki hobi membaca majalah atau berbagai buku yang berkaitan dengan dunia IT dan mendengarkan musik jazz, ketertarikan Josep adalah pada implementasi IT dalam bisnis dan pemasaran, web and mobile development, jaringan/infrastruktur.

Seiring dengan berjalannya waktu, sebagai sebuah sarana media untuk berkomunikasi dijaman online ini, email seringkali diprediksikan cepat atau lambat akan ditinggalkan oleh banyak orang. Hal ini terutama disebabkan dengan telah bermunculannya berbagai teknologi komunikasi modern yang tersedia pada saat ini.

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Startup Pitching – Pelajaran Dari Rock Show

Guest post kali ini ditulis oleh Robin Malau, seorang veteran Industri Musik Indonesia yang juga Blogger, Creative Entrepreneurship Mentor dan Digital Consultant. Sehari-hari dia bisa ditemui di Cerahati New Media Communication, sebuah perusahaan produksi multimedia di Jakarta, berkedudukan sebagai Digital Media Producer. Follow Robin Malau di @lowrobb.

Suatu hari ketika mengajar kelas Entrepreneurship, mahasiswa saya bertanya, “Pak Robin, kenapa ngga main band lagi, apa ngga rindu jadi pemain band?”

Jawaban saya, “Tentu saya rindu. Tapi saya bisa tetap merasa jadi pemain band, and this (mengajar di kelas) is my own show.”

Setelah berhenti jadi musisi aktif hampir 10 tahun yang lalu, saya mulai mengerti bahwa pelajaran-pelajaran penting yang saya dapat dari bermain band belasan tahun dapat diimplementasikan di luar bidang musik. Kenyataannya, setiap proses menjadi musisi profesional dapat menjadi pelajaran hidup.

Salah satu dari pelajaran-pelajaran tersebut, adalah proses melakukan show. Langkah-langkah dari mulai persiapan hingga show usai dapat diimplementasikan tidak hanya di bidang musik, tetapi juga di internet startups. Dalam hal ini, padanan show adalah proses pitching.

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Startup Pitching – Lessons From a Rock Show

rock concertThis is a guest post by Robin Malau, an Indonesian music industry veteran who’s also a blogger, creative entrepreneurship mentor, and digital consultant. He can be seen at the offices of Cerahati New Media Communication, a multimedia production company in Jakarta, as its Digital Media Producer. You can follow him on Twitter @lowrobb.

One day while giving a lecture at an Entrepreneurship class, one of the students asked, “Mr. Robin, why are you no longer in a band, don’t you miss being a band member?”

My answer, “Of course I did. But I can still feel like a band member and this (teaching in class) is my own show.”

After retiring as an active musician nearly 10 years ago I began to understand that the most important lessons I received from being in a band for over a dozen years can be implemented beyond the field of music. In reality, every process of becoming a musician can be applied to in life.

One of the lessons was the process of doing a show. Steps from preparation until the end of the show can be implemented not only in music but also for internet startups. In this case, the equivalent of a show is the pitching process.

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[Guest Post] Kesuksesan di Web pada Era LinkedIn

Artikel berikut ini ditulis oleh Josep William Widjaja, salah satu dosen di Bina Nusantara International University. Selain memiliki hobi membaca majalah atau berbagai buku yang berkaitan dengan dunia IT dan mendengarkan musik jazz, ketertarikan Josep adalah pada implementasi IT dalam bisnis dan pemasaran, web and mobile development, jaringan/infrastruktur.

Saat ini semua orang telah mendengar tentang IPO spektakuler dari LinkedIn yang terjadi pekan lalu, penawaran ini mungkin menjadi penawaran publik paling signifikan dari sebuah bisnis web setelah Google. Walaupun perusahaan internet besar lainnya seperti Groupon dan Facebook juga mempunyai nilai valuasi yang tidak kalah, namun apa yang membuat Linkedln begitu istimewa adalah karena Linkedln menjadi sebuah fenomena baru untuk masa depan industri web baik untuk pemilik bisnis maupun profesional.

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[Guest Post]: Web Success in the LinkedIn Era

The following article was written by Josep William Widjaja, he is one of lecturers at Bina Nusantara International University. Beside his hobby reading any IT related magazines or books and listening to jazz music, Josep’s interests are in implementing IT in Business and Marketing, Web and Mobile Development, Networking/Infrastructure.

By now everyone has heard about LinkedIn’s spectacular IPO last week, quite possibly the most significant public offering by a Web business since Google. Other Internet companies such as Groupon and Facebook are almost certain to follow suit in even grander fashion, but what makes the love for LinkedIn so striking is what it reveals about the future of working on the Web.

Whether it’s a business owner, an entrepreneur in the making, a job seeker or a lifetime freelancer, all would do well to pay attention to how LinkedIn is changing the landscape for professionals on the Web. Google changed the way we treat information, Facebook is changing the way we treat each other and Groupon strives to change the way we treat commerce. LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, is changing the way we treat our businesses, our jobs and our livelihoods.

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[Guest Post]: Event Review Suwec “AprilMob(ile)” Meetup + Workshop

Artikel berikut dipersembahkan oleh Imam Muttaqin dan teman-taman Suwec yang hari Sabtu kemarin mengadakan acara meetup dan workshop dengan tema Web & Mobile App Opportunity.

Pembaca DailySocial mungkin sudah membaca beberapa artikel tentang acara ini di media lain, dan agar berbeda, artikel ini ditulis langsung oleh Imam Muttaqin sebagai salah satu inisiator suWec yang menuliskan rekap atas kegiatan yang berlangsung.

Ada empat pembicara serta rangkaian acara yang tidak hanya menghadirkan pembicara utama saja tetapi juga StartUp ShowUp! serta workshop QT Smartphone. Berikut liputannya.

Pertemuan bulanan yang diadakan Surabaya Web Community (suWec) pada bulan ini berlangsung meriah. Tak kurang dari seratus orang hadir pada acara yang bertajuk #AprilMob: Web & Mobile App Opportunity ini. Ballroom Brawijaya Hotel Novotel Surabaya pada hari itu (Sabtu, 2 April 2011) dipenuhi para pecinta web dan mobile dari Surabaya, Madura, Sidoarjo dan sekitarnya, serta beberapa pengembang web / mobile dari komunitas Bancakan 2.0 Yogyakarta.

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[Guest Post] eEvent on Launch Conference

The following article was written by Edy Sulistyo (picture on the right) founder of eEvent ( Edy S is one of eEvent co-founders, the other co-founders are Andi Sie and Lawrence), who will share eEvent’s experience in participating Launch, startups conference founded by Jason Calacanis. eEvent got the opportunity to introduce their service in front of Adeo Ressi (Founder Institute), Mark Pesce (The New Inventor), Jose Caballer (desainer MySpace redesign), Marshall Kirkpatrick (ReadWriteWeb), Naval Ravikant (AngelList), Brian Alvey and all of the participants.

I’ve been following updates on Sillicon Valley, startup and all events related to startup launch. I am often astonished and inspired every time I hear news about a startup getting the opportunity to pitch and present on prestigious events such as TechCrunch Disrupt (formerly TechCrunch 50). Because even though that startup might not win TechCrunch Disrupt Award, just by being there and present is enough to take them to a higher level, in branding or traction. Because the fact remains that there are hundreds of other startups have to be denied for a presentation due to so many other remarkable startups are chosen.

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