Step by Step Facebook, The Next Level
Step by Step Facebook The Next Level
Step by Step Facebook The Next Level
Step by Step Facebook, The Next Level is my newest book. It’s pretty much a sequel to the previous book, Step by Step Facebook.
So, what makes it different? This book focus on talking about Facebook from a professional, business, and developer perspective. You can tell that from the contents too. Enough said because you can take a sneak peak on the exclusive preview below.
The book is published on 15th September 2009, but you can get it faster by doing a pre order at bukukita.com + 15% off. Thanks to bukukita.com (Mr. Setiawan) for doing this and helping me with the testimonials. Also for AstraWorld (Mr. Karnanda Kurniardhi), Elex Media Komputindo (Mr. Willys Octavianus), Forum Pembaca Kompas (Mr.Agus Hamonangan), YL, Mr. Alan Hakim, and Mr. Fatrika Istifarjua for letting me use your page as a study case and giving me the testimonial. A special thanks goes to Mr. Onno W. Purbo for giving his opinion on the book. It is an honor for me 
So, here it is an exclusive preview of the book and you can also download
Read the rest of this entry »
A Christmas Gift from Paypal
paypal wishlist
Remember the Paypal WishList application on facebook that I’ve posted before? I got the present the other day. Still in the christmas spirit, better late then never….
This is the email confirmation. Right now, I’m waiting the gift’s arrival on my bank account :p
And I don’t think Paypal filter the referrals because I got the same number just like the facebook application stated. I thought the credit only for referral who sign up Paypal account. I don’t get the maximum number of 100$, but I got
Read the rest of this entry »
Up to 100$ Christmas Present for Paypal dan Facebook Users
Paypal WishList
Is today still not December 31st 2009? Check.
18 years old or older and Living in India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore or Vietnam? Check.
Congrats then, you are going to get the chrismas present just by doing this steps:
- Go get a facebook account. Yeah, like you don’t already own one?
- Successfully complete registration for a new PayPal account before December 31st 2009 if you don’t have one.
- Ready to try? Just add the apps
- Submit the email address to which your PayPal account is linked to PayPal via the PayPal WishList before December 31st 2009
- Make a wishlist. Now you get your first 1$
- To get the other $99 just refer it to your friends. 1$ for a friend. Pretty neat bargain, eh?
You can use the invite friends menu or just promote your referral link that you can find after you make a wishlist. Check the Create your WishList link on your wall. - Now all you have to do is make sure you and your referral have a PayPal account in Good Standing, with current contact information throughout the Promotion Period. In order for an account to be deemed in Good Standing as that term is used herein, the account must not have a hold status and/or be suspended or past due as of December 31st, 2009.
Sounds to good to be true? That’s the same thought I had before. But if you’re already using Paypal you can check that this program is official. Just logon to your
Read the rest of this entry »
Be A Rock Star in The New Wave Marketing Era
Merujuk kepada salah satu artikel di Surfing The New Wave Marketing, Nokia patut diacungi jempol karena telah mentransformasikan produk yang dimilikinya menjadi sebuah Co-Creation. Produk sebagai salah satu elemen Marketing-Mix di era Legacy Marketing cenderung statis, bersifat satu arah, dan berasal dari satu sumber (produsen). Namun, di era New Wave Marketing Co-Creation maknanya cenderung lebih dinamis, bersifat interaktif, dan berasal dari multi-sumber.
Nokia melakukannya dengan Communicator yang pengembangannya mendapat masukan dari komunitas konsumen. Berbagai komponen dan fitur ponselnya juga bisa berasal dari multi-sumber, bukan dari satu produsen. Desainnya bisa dari Eropa, komponen-komponennya dari Cina, sementara aplikasinya buatan Amerika.
Bahkan belakangan ini Nokia melibatkan konsumen dengan komunitas developer dari seluruh dunia lewat Forum Nokia. Di sini Nokia membuka dirinya dan membekali apa yang diperlukan komunitas untuk dapat mengembangkan dan menyempurnakan teknologi dan fitur-fitur yang dikembangkan. Seperti mengoutsourcekan komunitas ini untuk menjadi bagian unit R&D. Di forum ini anggota komunitas bisa berdiskusi, berbagi pengetahuan dan pengalaman, dan menunjukkan kemampuan membuat aplikasi untuk Nokia lewat papan diskusi, wiki, blog, klinik, dan juga newsletter bulanan. Interaksi juga dilanjutkan dengan adanya event yang eksperiensial, konferensi, dan kompetisi.
Namun, keberhasilan Nokia merangkul konsumennya tidak terbukti pada kinerjanya secara keseluruhan. Berbagai berita buruk datang dari Nokia tahun ini. Mulai dari
Read the rest of this entry »
Who Said We Can’t Take Advise from A Villain with Super Powers?
heroes
I have been watching the heroes, TV series since season one and quite fond of it. This series gave away some new perspectives about the word “heroes” itself. It is really something compare to seeing marvel’s super heroes parade (note superman, batman, spidey, etc).
Usually in this kind of story, we all idolize the good guy and mock on the bad guy. This is the story where everything is as clear as black and white. Unfortunately, real life doesn’t always have that luxury. Something that the heroes series is closer to. Suddenly you might find life is grey. And while you get older you find more greyness, like your hair for instance 
And I’m thinking it is only sane that we take advise from good guys, but it is also not that insane to take advise from the bad guys. As I watched Heroes season 3, Chapter Three — Building 26 I find this scene particularly interesting because of these lines by Sylar. Yes, Sylar is the dreadful brain man who eats brain belongs to other people with abilities to have their powers. Being a successful villain from season 1 to 4 while others get killed less than 1 season he must have something.
In this scene he was trying to teach something to a young rascal with abilities. This was what
Read the rest of this entry »
Getting The Vibe from Facebook Application
Last week I was invited to University of Indonesia as a guest lecturer at the Psychology faculty. I was at two consumer psychology classes. The presentation was an overview on how to make a great facebook application in order to help them on their assignment. Which is to made a concept of a facebook application that promote a faculty’s event called Dapur (Tenda Purnama) 2010. The facebook application should have a great consumer experience design. So no techies here, but it should give you a clear view about facebook application.
Too bad I can’t access facebook on the class, so no demo there. It’s hard to explain these kind of stuff with out watching it on action 
I’ve included some links on the case studies if you want to try the application or for further reading.
The presentation started by explaining the current condition of facebook application. This is the agenda:
- The Stat of facebook application
- The Apps
- Basic Interactions
- How to Make The Apps
- Case Studies
- Some Key Notes
From my perspective there are 4 ways to make a facebook application. It doesn’t always have to be from the tough way of start from scratch like what Burger King did with the Whopper Sacrifice.
- Use existing apps
- Connect existing services Connect existing services
- Start from scratch
– Just apps
– Custom apps Custom apps - Collaborate with existing apps Collaborate with existing apps
Note that sometimes the facebook application doesn’t stand alone. A facebook page or a web links maybe required depends on what the application objectives.
You can check the whole presentation below.
Read the rest of this entry »
