Announcing MakanByte

Written by J Shamsul, Sunday, October 5, 2008 | 0

Announcing the first addition to Jiboneus Blog network, MakanByte. A new project me and my brother just started.

Even thought we (me and my brother) might not look like it, but we do love to eat and we love to to try out new places to eat. So why not make a blog about it then.

MakanByte is a Malaysian based blog dedicated to the love of food. It features reviews, recommendations, recipes and a few good ol’ anecdotes stories about food.
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RantingsbyMM: Do Malaysians Hate Blacks?

Written by J Shamsul, Friday, September 26, 2008 | 1

I don’t always comments on other blogs. I am not someone who engage in arguments on the internet. I use my blog to comments on things I read form other blogs.

RantingsbyMM blog by Marina Mahathir, has always been on my feed reader list. Never did paid much attention on her writings, but her recent post “Do Malaysian Hate Blacks?” caught my interest.

The blog post refers to an article on Malay Mail, Victims of Hate by Teoh El Sen and Aizat Sharif on September 23, 2008.

Blogs in protest and other silly things

Written by J Shamsul, Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 0

Apparently web censorship is so bad in Turkey that blogs are shutting themselves down in protest. According to this TechCrunch post, it started with one blog that shuts itself down and put up a single message:-

Bu siteye erişim kendi kararıyla engellenmiştir

which roughly translates to:

The access to this web site is prevented by its owner’s free will.

After that nearly 200 Turkish blogs made the same move in protest. This is to show web surfers what the Internet would look like if the censorship continues unabated.

Now, that is what I call a protest.

Not some silly shenanigans rising or displaying a graphic image of an upside down national flag on their blog.

Blogging is not a crime, but…

Written by J Shamsul, Thursday, August 14, 2008 | 0

There is an interesting post on TechCrunch about the increasing number of bloggers who had being arrested throughout the years, from 2004 till 2007. Looking at the graph above, taken from Swivle, the trend is going up.

One may think that this sort of thing only happen in countries with oppressive governments such as Egypt, China, Saudi Arabia and Iran. However, if you take a look at the uploaded spreadsheet, you’ll see there are bloggers arrested in countries such as Canada, France, Greece and even the U.S.

Malaysia Airlines blog

Written by J Shamsul, Monday, July 28, 2008 | 5

A while back I mentioned Tenaga National Berhad’s corporate blog. Today someone had brought to my attention of yet another local big blue chip corporate company, embracing blogs as an outlet to reach the people, also known as their potential customers. The company is Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and the blog is at malaysiaairlinesblog.com.

The blog has a more layback feel then the previously mentioned Tenaga National Berhad’s blog which to me it feels like a press release write-up, however it does give you some insights on the power industry.

“Living Malaysian Hospitality – Eating, Breathing, Sleeping MH”, is the name for the employee advocates’ Malaysia Airlines blog. Apart from the obvious reason, which is pushing sales, the blog aims to provide the public with a better understanding of the organization’s changing work culture.

Congratulation to Tun Dr M

Written by J Shamsul, Tuesday, June 3, 2008 | 1

The M is for ‘Millions‘. That is the number of visitors chedet.com is pulling. Blogging under his long time pseudo name ‘Che Det’, Malaysia’s retired fourth Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir’s blog, is puling a substantial amount of traffic for a blog that was debuted about only a month ago.

I am trilled to see someone like him embraces blogging, but am disappointed that it is when he is not in office only then realizes this. Maybe it is when one has no control of the mass media that one looks for other alternative to reach the masses.

Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s blog

Written by J Shamsul, Wednesday, April 30, 2008 | 1

A big kudos to Tenaga Nasional Berhad for having an official blog, TNB Talks. Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is the first Malaysia big shot corporation that I know of to have something resembling a blog.

It might not be your typical run of the mill blog, but if you ever wanted to take a glimpse into our local power industry this would be the place. It’s not something for everybody.