Public Relations as I think it should be
It has been a pleasure to work with Ollie in her role as Chairwoman for ON|OFF. Throughout the preparation stages she has been full of ideas, contacts, flexibility, firmness and never too proud to admit the things she did not know and to ask for help. And she's acquitted herself extremely well on Saturday when... Continue Reading →
Pesta Blogger+ 2010 will take place on October 30 at Epicentrum Walk. Pesta Blogger this year is a bit different because it has a + to it to denote the shift in online consumption from mere blogs to heavier usage of Twitter and Facebook as well as other geo-location platforms such as Four Square and... Continue Reading →
Pesta Blogger 2008 is on tomorrow and it is shaping up to be quite an event with three ministers attending, blogger-singers entertaining, about 1,000 bloggers from across the nation atteding and the five foreign bloggers climaxing their Blog Trip through Bali, Jogja and jakarta. The registration for the 1,000 places available has been oversubscribed and... Continue Reading →
After all the hard traveling and visiting the tourist sites in bali the five foreign bloggers were treated to a night of camaraderie and madcap fun by the Bali Blogging community last night. But did they in their wildest dreams (or nightmares) every imagined that they would be confronted by The Joker in Balinese traditional... Continue Reading →
Indonesia is Cameron Hume's fourth posting as Ambassador. Previously he's been envoy in Algeria, South Africa and as Charge d'Affaires in Sudan. Perhaps of his long experience he usually carries with him an air of bored impatience. Not that you blame him. Top businessmen and politicians must all sound alike after a while, trying to... Continue Reading →
Pesta Blogger draws nearer (its on October 25) and as a run up to the event Iman -- film director, photographer and my diving sifu -- has organized a photo contest for bloggers. There is only one condition - photos must keep to the theme of this year's Pesta Blogger, which is Blogging for Society.... Continue Reading →
Finally, after some persuasion by Pesta Blogger 2007 chairman Enda Nasution and others in the blogging community, the every popular Ndoro Kakung has agreed to become chairman for Pesta Blogger 2008. Read the post below as to why he chose to take up this task and why he has chosen "Blogging for Society" as the... Continue Reading →
With eight days to go to Pesta Blogger 2007 the Steering Committee has been inudated with inquiries from well wishers wanting to know if they might be able to make donations of gifts or cast to help make this event, the first ever large scale national gathering of bloggers, a success. Any company or individual... Continue Reading →
It is nine more days to Pesta Blogger 2007 at Blitz Megaplex and the Indonesian blogosphere is buzzing with anticipation.Response for the gathering, Indonesia's first national gathering of bloggers, has been so overwhelming that the Steering Committee is now planning for double the number of participants from its original plan of 200. According to Steering... Continue Reading →
Update: 12.55pm. Oct 5: It is nearly three hours since the registration opened and already there have been 72 bloggers who have registered to come to Pesta Blogger. So hurry, only 28 places left before registration closes. Unspun's been told also that the Pesta Blogger is attracting a lot of attention from all quarters and... Continue Reading →
The Pesta Blogger Steering Committee has prepared badges for participants and supporters. There are two versions, one that says you are going to Pesta Blogger 2007 and one that says you are supporting Pesta Blogger 2007.It comes in several colors per version so you can pick the color that suits your mood. The logo was... Continue Reading →
Indonesia's first large scale bloggers gathering is under way.The steering committee today held a press briefing to announce details of the gathering, Pesta Blogger, on October 27. They aim to attract 200 bloggers from throughout Indonesia and so far, judging from some of the comments in the site bloggers from Solo, Bandung, Yogjakarta and Kalimantan.... Continue Reading →
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