Sorry, I’ve been really busy.
There are so many things in my personal life that are changing for the past couple of months, and I’m struggling just to keep up. I’m not planning on abandoning my online life, it’s just that I need some time off from blogs, mailing lists, etc. Once everything is settled I should be back online. Hopefully soon.
For everyone that has sent in their requests to be included in Planet Terasi, please bear with me, I will review them as soon as I’m able to do so.
I still read my emails, it’s just that I might not be able to reply to all of them. I’m sorry.
I’m signing off for now. Don’t go too far. I’ll see you soon!
Budi Putra, jurnalis media Koran Tempo, mewawancarai saya beberapa waktu lalu mengenai Planet Terasi yang saya kelola dan aggregator secara umum.
Artikelnya ada di website Koran Tempo (perlu login).
Cuplikan:
Bagaimana masa depan agregat blog?
Saya rasa salah satu kuncinya ada di fokus. Aggregator blog yang bisa menjaga fokus topiknya dengan baik akan bertahan.
Kunci satu lagi ada pada kendali pengguna (user control). Sekarang ini aggregator berbasis planet tidak memberikan user control apa pun, bahkan preferensi pun tidak, karena semuanya toh di-generate menjadi halaman web statis.
Contoh ekstrem dari user control ini adalah aggregator personal, seperti Bloglines (bloglines.com). Penggunanya bebas menentukan blog mana saja yang mau diagregasi dan bisa diorganisasi sesuai dengan preferensi mereka.
Tentu saja yang saya maksud dengan “user” di “user control” dalam konteks ini adalah pengunjung situs, bukan admin aggregatornya.
Selain artikel di atas, ada satu lagi artikel mengenai aggregator secara umum.
Terima kasih, Budi dan Pujiono dari Koran Tempo.
Update 14/03: Kedua artikel di atas diposting ulang secara lengkap oleh Budi Putra di blognya.
Update 17/03: Enda menulis artikel yang berhubungan di Global Voices Online.
I finally fixed that annoying OPML and RSS bug for Planet Terasi. So both of them should be working fine now. I also updated the theme a little bit to better please my eyes. I’m getting older, so no more reading a lot of small texts for me. The font is up to you now, it will use the default fonts (serif, sans-serif, monospace) you set it in your browser.
New features:
- Below every post title there are links to del.icio.us so that you can bookmark the
post, digg to add a digg entry based on that post, and a
Technorati search for other blog posts that link to that particular post.
- Date headers are clickable to hide/show posts for that date.
Let me know if something doesn’t work1. Suggestions and constructive criticism are welcome. I have some more features planned for long term. If you like to see the development progress, check out http://beta.planet.terasi.net.
Have a good weekend, everyone!
Since I need to put a new logo for Planet Terasi, I also need to make some adjustments to the look of the website. Hopefully you like the new look. You’re welcome to give feedback by posting your comments to this post.
The logo was created and submitted by Kéré Kêmplu even though the contest had officially ended without any winner. Thanks! He made some remarks in his email (quoted below) regarding the design choices which I think are quite reasonable.
why brown?
i think it’s an indonesian color. :)
lagian kan miip warna terasi. :D
tipografi dengan huruf ala semprot untuk mewakili
dunia blog yang spontan, agak menjauhi kemapanan
[ciehhhh], seperti orang bikin pamflet dan plakat.
warna kuning? yeah, pura-puranya matahari tropis
gitulah.
kalo dikasih biru cyan gak cocok sih.
I hope you enjoy the new look.
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