eric.setiawan.weblog

• Wearing Firefox

Read Joi Ito’s story when he was wearing Firefox shirt. What’s the reaction of the people he meet on Detroit. A fun story to read :)

• Google Talk

So, after seeing the success of Yahoo!Messenger, I guess the Google guys were eager to get their feet on the side of the field. The look and design are good with minimalist touch of Google. They have the call feature which I thought will be a cool addition. And for Gmail users, you’ll love it since it was using Gmail account and embeded with Gmail notifiew. But in the chatting-area, they seems not to offer much. Unlike YM, GTalk doesn’t offer conference chat which is quite useful for me. And for the fun lover, you won’t see cute emoticons here :) Correct me if I’m wrong, or maybe I should do some more exploring here since I just only install it a couple of hours ago.

• Game-inspired cookies

For cookies lovers who also just happen to be a game lovers. Follow the links above and you’ll get to see some inspiring photos. Maybe you want to make some yourself? Don’t forget to share some with me.

• Why I Blog

This is not a new article. It was dated July 25, 2005. But the question is everlasting. There are the typical answer such as blog as a sharing-communication tool. You can write practically anything about anything by everyone. As for me, my answer is even more typical. I blog because I simply love it.

• Budi Sukmana Weblog

That is some awesome layout there. With all the orange color. And the one-column-type. And the minimalist look. And I handcoded it all myself. Not that I’ve become a master CSS overnight, but I just consider it as a practical lesson. I am not Eric Meyer although we share the same first name. I am just trying to learn more and more and become even better each day. I really hope so.

• Presentasi Blog di Kalbefarma

Indonesian blogger, Priyadi, gave a presentation about blog on Kalbefarma. He reports that they all seem interested to use the power of blog in their corporate. Considering the rapid growth of blogs in the world, I wonder what will happen in Indonesia in the future.

• One blog created ‘every second’

That is statistically said. That is what Technorati claimed. You may see the title as too much, but maybe it is the current development in blogosphere. More and more blogs are coming and if you’re one of them then congratulations, you’re officially part of the blogosphere. Just keep writing. And we will keep reading.

• About Going Solo

It seems that more and more people wants to become a freelance web designer. And if you have learn the way of the HTML and CSS, maybe you’re one of them. I think I AM one of them. Here Garrett Dimon wrote an interesting article for you freelance-webdesigner-wannabe. My friends and I have the advantages though, since here in Indonesia we don’t implement some of the points. So theoretically, Indonesian-freelance-webdesigner should be able to cut some costs and offer cheaper price. Just a thought.

• Button-maker

This is actually not an article. Not even a blog. But this sure help bloggers to make their own button. Just follow the instruction and voila! you’ve got yourself a very nice button for your blog.

• 31 Days To Building A Better Blog

It’s nice to have someone sharing the tips to build a better blog. Darren Rowse of Problogger seems eager to help other bloggers, like the description on his blog “helping bloggers earn money“. I do need that kind of help. But don’t get it wrong. The tips above are coming from the readers of Problogger, not THE pro-blogger himself. So share your story and let him know. You can expect him to summarize the tips and post it on his blog along August. And it’s day 3 already.

• Don’t Get Mad, Get Even

Oh, it’s the bandwith thief in action. Lucky for us, Jeff Gates track him down and kindly enough to report it on his blog. For some of you with the same problem, you might be interested with how Jeff dealing with this problem. In a fun yet effective way, of course.

• Hanabi

It’s August and it’s still raining heavily here in Indonesia. But not in Japan. It’s summer time. And traditionally, they have hanabi, a Japanese word for fireworks. It reminds me of a Japanese movie by Takeshi Kitano, with the same title. It’s always nice to read the insight of the event from the fellow Japanese’s point of view. In my case from Joi Ito.

• whogodwhy

I always eager to read what’s the latest entry on Notable Words, which mostly the summary of good writings on other people’s blogs. I never thought of re-summarizing it to my blog, but I read a good writing here. Want to tell other about your dream in a creative way? Ask Kevin Fanning then.