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Nobody can deny that technology has help changed the way photographers do their craft. Gone are the days of film and developer fluid as the masses welcome digital photos and Photoshop corrections. The barriers to entry to become a photographer has ... more »

Just a few days before Chinese New Year, I decided to go photograph the Jin De Yuan Buddhist temple, home of the nine gods (or known locally as Kelenteng Petak Sembilan). Walking through the famed street market this past Sunday, I ... more »

Another year and another "pesta blogger" (or Blogger's Party in Indonesian). But this time, it's called ON|OFF - Ideas meet Opportunities, to represent the various ONline and OFFline communities that come to this annual gathering. We don't just have bloggers in ... more »

I've been seeing a lot of links telling me what my friends are reading online via Facebook. For example, there is this article in an daily newspaper based in Washington that a friend read and is linked on his wall. This ... more »

When my friend Allanjit Singh said he was planning to go on a motorized rickshaw race from Jakarta to Bangkok for charity, my first thought was that he's insane!

My second thought was: Road trip!

Last Sunday, 28 teams, each with a motorized ... more »

Indonesia is known for many things: BlackBerry is the smartphone of choice, BBM (BlackBerry Messenger) is the most common platform for text messaging, and practically everyone is on Facebook here.

But that is only true in the cities. It's a completely different ... more »

It is Eid ul-Fitr time in Indonesia, or as we say it, Idul Fitri. Held at the end of the fasting month of Ramadhan, Idul Fitri is a celebration and a time for forgiveness and reflection for all the good and ... more »

Remember the Blackberry censorship debacle of a few months back? Well, the Communications and Information Ministry is at it again. They are set to block 20 illegal music sharing sites in Indonesia.

Shock, horror!

Piracy is pretty rampant in Indonesia, as ... more »

Back in the old days, geeks like me were lucky to have the Internet all to themselves. We were kings on Twitter, first on Facebook and lead all the discussions on Digg. But then, as the masses began to filter in, ... more »

A few weeks back, Indonesian internet cable users were shocked to find their access to bittorrent protocols were substantially reduced. For some reason, they could not get any download speed from trackers that has hundreds if not thousands of users. Having ... more »

What is your first thought if someone anonymously sent you a coffin?

Am I being targeted? Is this terrorism? A really bad joke? A marketing gimmick?

Jakarta was shocked today with the appearance of dozens of 1 meter long coffins, sent to the ... more »

The U.S. Embassy continues its engagement with Indonesian social media enthusiasts with TechCamp Jakarta, a two-day conference starting May 19. A part of the U.S. government's Civil Society 2.0 initiative, TechCamp seeks to "galvanize the technology community to assist civil society ... more »

Indonesia was once the land of the Nokia. That meant whenever a new Nokia phone was to be launched, especially the highly popular Communicator series (yes, that was a while ago), Indonesia was one of the first countries to get it, ... more »

It's been an insane few weeks for me but only now managed to get a breather. Indonesia is pretty much known for all the various things that can go wrong (our football team, our football associate, our banks), but nothing has ... more »

Much has been said about Indonesia's active position within the social media world. World number three in Twitter usage (after the US and Brazil) as well as ranked second with the number of users globally on Facebook, people are still surprised ... more »