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Blooks from Malaysia

Jan 20, 2007 18:59

You may see we are moving backwards from Web 2.0 to its older version. But three blooks have so far emerged in Malaysia in the last few months.

OK, explain blooks. Simplistically, blooks are book versions of blogs. It was a word coined to mean "looks like a book", but the tireless American blogger, Jeff Jarvis, whom I met several times in the US, later defined it to mean "blogs as books". You can view his documentation on blooks, here.

The latest blook is by journo-blogger A. Kadir Jasin, a.k.a. The Scribe. Titled "Blogger", Kadir's blook is a compilation of his blog archive materials written in English and Malay.

Blook efforts in Malaysia before this were essentially catering to the Malay-speaking audience. It was pioneered by Azalan Hussien, also known by his pen name "Sinaganaga", who first published it in 2005 a blook titled: Jiwa Kacau (Clouded Mind).

The effort was sustained with a blook jointly by lecturer-blogger Ghazali Bunari, a.k.a. "Tok Rima"', and Sinaganaga titled "Ayah Kita Bos" (My Dad My Boss) (2006), followed by Mat Jan with "Goblog" (2006) and "Masuk Barisan" (Entering the Front) (2006) by Basri, Jigo and Attokz.

The blook phenomena has attracted Bernama, Malaysia's national news agency, to run a feature on it.

What prompted bloggers to extend their blogs to the print edition?

Besides the fact that low broadband penetration has retarded the proliferation of blogs, Tok Rimau is one blogger who believes that blogs are an elite medium which requires a transfer from Web to book format so it becomes one of the alternatives for them to reach the masses.

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basrinmd says...
Basri Nor Mohd, who first published it in 2005 a blook titled: Jiwa Kacau, the book cover design by Sinaganaga.

Nov 01, 2007 15:19

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About Jeff Ooi

Jeff Ooi is an Internet and e-Business consultant based in Kuala Lumpur who's spent the last four years blogging internationally on the tech scene, on anything and nothing. Which doesn't really explain why most of his own technology is about three years out of date. He doesn't even own a PDA after his Palm V crashed. He's on 3G, though... Lemak Lemang refers to coconut-flavored sticky rice stuffed in a bamboo container.