The Burden Behind A Child-Free Decision
If there’s an easy way to describe what parenting life looks like, it would be a line from Barney in How I Met Your Mother. When he saw his newborn baby he said: “You are the love of my...
The Debate on AI’s Impact on Creative Workers: Will AI Enhance or Replace Human Creativity?
I have listened to many discussions among my fellow creative workers, surrounding the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Some claim that it has the potential to replace human creativity. This conversation was sparked by the rising popularity of Dall-e...
Focus on What You Can Control
Reading a book about Stoicism at the end of 2021, I found something that I think is the simplest, most relevant piece of philosophy. More than just a mere thought, it is something that you have to practice. And...
Paying for Support on Social Media
We often talk about how brutal haters can be on the internet, but rarely do we touch on ways public figures or anyone deal with them. A recent phenomenon, however, shows that money can sometimes effectively turn haters into...
The Correct Path to File Complaints on Media Reports
It is really not surprising that just days after the new Penal Code was passed at the parliament, the Press Council immediately threatened to challenge it at the Constitutional Court citing threats to democracy, including to press freedom and...
Radio VS Podcast: Voice in an Era of Disruption
In 1981 a popular song by the Buggles proclaimed that Video killed the Radio Star. The premise was that the new technology of video would supplant radio. The report of radio’sdeath was, however, premature. It continued to thrive worldwide...
Ironi Praktik Regulasi PSE Kominfo Terhadap Industri Gaming Indonesia
Ironis. Kata yang tepat untuk menggambarkan tindakan pemblokiran yang dilakukan oleh Kemenkominfo terhadap platform gaming seperti Steam, Origin dan Epic Games. Kemenkominfo telah merancang regulasi tentang penyelenggara sistem elektronik (PSE) lingkup privat sejak 2 tahun yang lalu melalui Peraturan...
Senjakala Media Online Telah Tiba?
Seorang pengamat media sosial populer Indonesia bulan lalu menyebut di Twitter bahwa salah satu media online terbesar di Indonesia baru saja kehilangan satu juta pembaca dalam sebulan, dan jumlahnya terus berlanjut. Sulit untuk membuktikan keakuratan pendapat tersebut apalagi dengan...
Are Online Media Well Past Their Heyday?
A popular Indonesian social media observer recently posted on Twitter that one of Indonesia’s largest online media houses had lost one million readers within a month and the hemorrhage was continuing. There is little way to know if this...
Analytics Bootcamp: Expectations vs Reality
After almost 4 years in school, graduation was finally around the corner and I was more than ready to put my skills to the test. I wasn’t entirely sure what job I wanted, all I knew was that I...