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Why the Blocking of Oanda Is Even More Disconcerting Than That of Vimeo
Communications and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring blocked Indonesian internet users’ access to video sharing website Vimeo in May. (Photo courtesy of Fuzzcaminski) Indonesian Communications and...
View ArticleIn Pursuit of Change, One Petition at a Time
June 2014 marks the second anniversary of the Indonesian office of global online-petition website Change.org. Much has been written about the platform’s successes in Indonesia — one prominent case was...
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With Joko in Support of Drones, Good Position for Garuda Robotics
Singapore-based Garuda Robotics is a startup specializing in creating software to operate, monitor and analyze data delivered by fleets of drones. (Photo courtesy of garuda.io) At last Sunday’s...
View ArticleYahoo Takes Help From Cult Favorite ‘Community’ to Compete Against Netflix
We live in an age that is increasingly dominated by digital media. More and more people are consuming media on their laptops and tablets than they do on TV. As a child, I used to come home from school...
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Haystakt, a Marketplace for Makers
You can’t discuss haystakt.com without bringing up the futuristic world described in Cory Doctorow’s 2009 novel “Makers.” This world includes a tribe of semi-nomadic inventors whose ingenious...
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The Museum Project: 360-Panorama Shots and Twitter Encourage Public to Visit...
‘The Museum Project’ logo. In Indonesia, a group of friends is taking matters into their own hands to make cultural heritage accessible to a wider public. Disappointed with the poor marketing and dated...
View ArticleHow New Communication Platforms Can Help De-Clutter — Not Kill — Email
Here’s the deal: as much as people want email to be dead and gone, that’s not going to happen. Since the time we first started using the internet to network with people, email has been around to assist...
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One School Teaches Kids to Take Control Over Their Computers
Instructors and students at Coding(Indonesia);. (JG Photo/Nadine Freischlad) When I enter the the airy room on the second floor of a private house in Cipete, South Jakarta, during lunch time, seven...
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Indonesian Students Embrace the Future of Engineering
Students disassembling an alarm clock in class. (JG Photo/Nadine Freischlad) Tech blogs are abuzz with news about the newly unveiled Apple Watch, which is celebrated by many as a breakthrough in the...
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One Nation, One App — Sebangsa Does More Than Just Connecting People
Screenshot taken from the Sebangsa introductory video. (JG Screenshot/Nadine Freischlad) A much-anticipated mobile app made in Indonesia has recently hit the iTunes store. The development of Sebangsa,...
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Local Startup iGrow Builds Real-Life ‘Farmville’
iGrow logo. (Photo courtesy of iGrow) At the Startup Battle event at Asia Conference in Jakarta on Thursday, I was captivated by the pitch of a company called iGrow. In The Battle, nine early-stage...
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With New App Super, It’s All About Fun and Design
Biz Stone is no celebrity, but he has 2.29 million followers on Twitter. Not so surprising, considering the man is one of the founders of Twitter. Whenever someone whose oeuvre dates back to the...
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How Tech in Asia Grew From a Personal Blog to a Leading Source of Tech...
Tech In Asia. (JG Photo/Nadine Freischlad) Being a media company in the digital world is not easy. While established newspapers are struggling to stay alive, a new breed of niche media portals have...
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Jumping on the Podcast Bandwagon
Podcasts have been around for a very long time. In fact, they’ve been around since before I was born, in the form of radio shows, that is. In a similar fashion with other types of media that found...
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Travel Site GoArchipelago Appeals to Adventure and Karma Seekers
(JG Screenshot/Nadine Freischlad) Henry Vienayoko is unlike the stereotypical 20-something startup founder with dreams of overnight success. Having reached his 40s and worked his way for years...
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How About a Hot Cup of Digital Detox?
Customers hanging out at the Kopiba coffee shop in Hamburg, Germany. (JG Photo/Alanda Kariza) I had planned to designate Sunday as my “writing day” since the week began, not only because I was going to...
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