Preparing Prominent Programmers, Preparing the Future

During the awarding night of ICT Award 2015 (INAICTA) last Wednesday, the Ministry of Communication and Information Rudiantara expressed that his team are currently working on having programming inducted into school’s curriculum. He further claimed that he had discussed about the idea with the Ministry of Education Anies Baswedan. Programming skill indeed is crucial as it’s one of sources of innovation that Indonesia sorely needs to build a better future. Continue reading Preparing Prominent Programmers, Preparing the Future

ICT Watch’s Response towards the Government’s “National DNS”

Couple of times ago, Minister of Communication and Information Rudiantara issued the rule of the game regarding National DNS suggesting that all internet provider in Indonesia must synchronize their DNS with DNS Trust+Positif. Apparently, it’s actually still a part of Ministerial Legislation Draft (MLD) regarding the Universal Service Obligation (USO). ICT Watch Indonesia support this policy with a number of terms and condition. Continue reading ICT Watch’s Response towards the Government’s “National DNS”

Looking to Filter Negative Content Out, Rudiantara Insists on Unblocking Vimeo

Minister of Communication and Information Rudiantara’s attempt to unblock Vimeo seems to be one of the hottest events taking place in Indonesian digital scene right now. The blockage of Vimeo has even been carried on since last May, when previous Minister Tifatul Sembiring instructed all ISPs in Indonesia to block any access to the website. Continue reading Looking to Filter Negative Content Out, Rudiantara Insists on Unblocking Vimeo

Rudiantara Puts His Focus to Unblock Vimeo

A different approach is shown by the new Ministry of Communication and Information Rudiantara to resolve the issue of Vimeo’s blockage. Instead of fully blocking the website, Rudiantara wants Vimeo to automatically filter inproper content out of its services. This is really contrast to the approach of previous Minister, Tifatul Sembiring, who, according to Trust Positif, has totally blocked any access to Vimeo since last May. Continue reading Rudiantara Puts His Focus to Unblock Vimeo

We Do Really Need Human Resource Regeneration!

It seems that the appointment of the new Minister of Communication and Information as well as the establishment of new creative economy agency have driven people’s mind away from one of most actual fundamental issues that should be fixed ASAP: the human resource regeneration. I know that infrastructure and technology are two crucial things to be thought of, but, hey, ask any startup out there and you’ll find out that actually it is the lack of available proper human resource that becomes their most anticipated issue. Continue reading We Do Really Need Human Resource Regeneration!