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I Got My Dots Connected

“We can only connecting the dots by looking backwards“

Steve Jobs Commencement Speech

It was a words that Steve Jobs said in his commencement speech few years ago and it also becomes the words that I really believe in. Why? Maybe because I had a concrete experience related to that words in these past few days. Let me tell you my story:

My first dot is about my ability in English, especially writing. About two years ago I got a scholarship for one semester at Macquarie University, Sydney, as an exchange student for one semester. I could choose any subjects that I wanted during the study. As a psychology major student, it was an innate desire that I want to take psychology subjects at that time. However, I asked myself , “What could I get in one semester?”. I mean, studying psychology isn’t like taking a computer short-course. I felt that I could not really understand deeply if I only study there for one semester. So, under that consideration, finally I took three different subjects: Print Media Journalism, Linguistic, and Creative Writing. I chose those subjects because I wanted to improve my english (in writing).

The other dot is about presentation. I could say that I had a really bad public speaking ability until a year ago. I always nervous whenever I needed to speak in front of many people. My heart was pounding, my hands shook, and I spoke uncontrollably. In short, I was a clown. And it had become my greatest fear ever to talk in front of people. Fortunately, I have been trying hard to overcome my fear since a year ago. The first time was when I needed to give a powerpoint presentation in a business plan competition. I have two partners that encourage me to do the speech, at least for 5 minutes. And after I went through that 5 minutes of hell, I could manage my fear better. I kept practicing by giving a lecture at Universitas Indonesia  (faculty of Communication studies), became a trainer, and surfed many websites that give me many good examples of powerpoint design.

Finally these dots were connected in these past few weeks. I had some kind of occasion that needed myself to be examined. I had three test in a row for three weeks: interview test, Presentation test (in english), and essay writing test. I could not imagine if I did not have those dots before. It would’ve been a disaster for me. I could get nervous while doing the interview test and presentation test, and I could write a trash essay on the essay writing test.  I have my dots helping me eventhough I did not think that the previous dots was going to be helpful to me. It’s just like Steve Jobs said, “We can only connecting the dots by looking backwards”.

Make the dots as many as you can.

Between A Realist and A Real Dreamer

I believe all people in this world only have two ways of life.

1. The first way is to be someone who is realistic with all their decision. This way of life will give you a safe way to live; no deep scar on your heart and no glorious joy whatsoever.

2. The second one is to be someone who always pursue what they want ignoring whether it is possible or impossible. Just simply follow your heart and follow your ego. As a result, there are possibilities to feel insanely down or vice versa.

Cool your head, drink a glass of water, and think clearly which way of life do you choose. By defining this, you are a step further on knowing who you really are. Realistic people who love to act within his range of competency will feel good if they can measure what are they capable of. On the other hand, the person who always follow his heart will feel satisfied everytime he takes risk.  So in what condition that defining whether you are a follower of your dream or someone who realistic can make you a better person?

I should say: in any condition that needed you to make decision. Why? It’s because everytime you make decision, you are being tested that are you someone who really know about yourself or not? If you really know about yourself, then you must be seldom to regret what you’ve decided. And this will lead to a happy life without looking back to your past.

Finally…

Finally… I am writing my blog again! It’s been a long long time ago that I wrote on this blog. Well, lots of things happened during my absence. There were my ups and downs on romance, education, career, friendship, and family. There was a time when I felt quarter-life crisis. And there was the time when I felt that I could climb all the mountains of life in this world. In short, lots and lots of things happened and stupidly, I didn’t write that so I could barely remember those feelings now.

Today is already October, and I haven’t succeed any of my resolutions this year. I guess time goes as fast as bullet train, once you’ve missed the train, there’s no other way you could be on time.

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Larry Page’s Commencement Speech at Michigan University

Larry Page, the Google co-founder, was giving a commencement speech at Michigan University. He shared his story about google and his family. This is the words that we all should remember from him:

Overall, I know it seems like the world is crumbling out there, but it is actually a great time in your life to get a little crazy, follow your curiosity, and be ambitious about it. Don’t give up on your dreams. The world needs you all!

Read the transcript here.

Bohemian Rhapsody in an old school computer remix form

Few Photographs while I was visiting MIT

one of the awesome building at MIT

The other angle of the awesome building at MIT

me on the center

me at the center of another awesome building at MIT

I've walked the hallway here...

there's cafeteria inside

this is the awesome spot to look at

and I peeked at this lecturer's room

These photographs were taken when I was attending the Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) 2009 at Harvard university on March 2009. After attending the conference, I still had few days left and I decided to go around Massachussets Institute of Technology (MIT) and you guys could see some of the pictures I could get there. I actually sneaked into one of those classess, but I couldn’t take any picture inside because my camera would’t work without flash (and it’s impossible to take a photograph without making a scene) so I didn’t take any picture while I was in the class at MIT.

Does anyone know how to apply for a scholarship at MIT? please tell me… I desperately need it..

Ideas Altogether

Mungkin kita semua pernah menghadiri job fair atau pameran beasiswa, dimana terdapat booth untuk bertanya dan juga presentasi dari masing-masing perusahaan tentang visi misi mereka. Coba sekarang bayangkan ada ‘idea fair’, yaitu pameran ide-ide, dimana berbagai macam orang yang memiliki ide yang brilian dan telah mempengaruhi komunitas orang presentasi dan presentasi ide-ide tersebut dilakukan di depan pengusaha, investor, para tokoh intelektual bahkan sampai orang awam, dan terlebih lagi, disebarkan ke seluruh dunia. Ketimpangan ide intelektual antara Negara maju dan Negara berkembang pasti akan berkurang dan yang pasti, kehidupan umat manusia pasti akan lebih baik oleh karena implementasi-implementasi ide tersebut. Sebut saja Tim Berners-Lee si bapak internet, Al Gore bercerita tentang global warming, dan Elisabeth Gilbert memaparkan perjalanannya dalam membuat buku bestsellernya “Eat Pray Love’. Mereka semua disatukan dalam satu acara yang bernama TED Talks.

TED yang berarti Technology Entertainment and Design ini pertama kali dilaksanakan tahun 1984 kemudian diresmikan oleh Chris Anderson, CEO dari majalah avant-garde, Wired Magazine. Misi utamanya adalah menyebarkan ide brilian yang tercermin dalam slogannya, TED: Ideas Worth Spreading, kita dapat menyaksikan pameran ide atau ‘idea fair’ ini melalui Ted.com tanpa mengeluarkan uang sepeser pun.

*tips pembicara yang menarik, search:

1. Johny Lee dengan hasil meng-hack remote wii nya
2. Malcolm Gladwell dengan cerita saus spagetinya
3. Dan Ariely yang menyatakan bahwa manusia adalah makhluk irasional.

Mungkin kita semua pernah menghadiri job fair atau pameran beasiswa, dimana terdapat booth untuk bertanya dan juga presentasi dari masing-masing perusahaan tentang visi misi mereka. Coba sekarang bayangkan ada ‘idea fair’, yaitu pameran ide-ide, dimana berbagai macam orang yang memiliki ide yang brilian dan telah mempengaruhi komunitas orang presentasi dan presentasi ide-ide tersebut dilakukan di depan pengusaha, investor, para tokoh intelektual bahkan sampai orang awam, dan terlebih lagi, disebarkan ke seluruh dunia. Ketimpangan ide intelektual antara Negara maju dan Negara berkembang pasti akan berkurang dan yang pasti, kehidupan umat manusia pasti akan lebih baik oleh karena implementasi-implementasi ide tersebut. Sebut saja Tim Berners-Lee si bapak internet, Al Gore bercerita tentang global warming, dan Elisabeth Gilbert memaparkan perjalanannya dalam membuat buku bestsellernya “Eat Pray Love’. Mereka semua disatukan dalam satu acara yang bernama TED Talks. TED yang berarti Technology Entertainment and Design ini pertama kali dilaksanakan tahun 1984 kemudian diresmikan oleh Chris Anderson, CEO dari majalah avant-garde, Wired Magazine. Dengan misi utama menyebarkan ide brilian yang tercermin dalam slogannya, TED: Ideas Worth Spreading, kita dapat menyaksikan pameran ide atau ‘idea fair’ melalui Ted.com tanpa mengeluarkan uang sepeser pun.

Facebook Porn Patrol

taken from time.com

Mungkin jenis pekerjaan yang paling ajaib di Silicon Valley tahun ini adalah ‘Facebook Porn Patrol’, alias orang-orang yang pekerjaannya melihat-lihat profil-profil yang tidak senonoh. Penghasilan Facebook Porn Patrol atau biasa diplesetkan menjadi “The Nipple Patrol” ini tidak main-main, bisa mencapai US$50,000 setahun. Jumlah yang luar biasa untuk pekerjaan semacam itu. Mengapa Mark Zuckerberg sampai membuat tim khusus yang pekerjaannya main-main seperti itu? Jawabannya mungkin tidak ‘semain-main’ itu.

Seperti yang sudah kita ketahui, Facebook adalah situs jejaring social yang pertumbuhannya terpesat dibandingkan situs-situs jejariang social yang lain seperti myspace dan friendster. Sebagai situs jejaring social yang terbesar, jasa mereka sering dipergunakan untuk melakukan control social dan berbagai control atas pelanggaran hukum, seperti pemantauan “underage drinking’ atau anak-anak dibawah umur yang mengkonsumsi alcohol oleh para polisi. Dari awalnya hanya memantau dealer narkoba, kini polisi pun juga memakai facebook untuk mencari informasi tentang pembunuhan, narkoba, penculikan, dan lain-lain. Bahkan facebook dapat dipakai untuk men-track pasangan anak-anak yang  kabur dari rumah sejauh 3 negara bagian, karena pasangan tersebut tidak tahan untuk tidak membuka facebook selama perjalanannya tersebut.

Menjadi sumber informasi demi kepentingan bersama kini menjadi salah satu fungsi Facebook, oleh karena itu, salah satu tugas dari Facebook Porn Patrol adalah mengkampanyekan penggunaan profil facebook dengan nama asli. Mereka mulai mensortir dan memperingatkan, bahkan menghilangkan profil pengguna facebook dengan nama palsu, sepert “Batman” atau yang lainnya. Selain profile-profile facebook yang tidak senonoh dan dengan nama palsu, mereka juga menyortir iklan-iklan yang tidak sesuai dengan brand image facebook, yaitu ‘berkelas’. Seperti yang diungkap oleh Psikolog dari Stanford yang mengajar tentang service, “From a branding perspective, Facebook is the high-status, trusted brand in the social networking space,” BJ Fogg.

Oleh karena itu, dibentuknya tim Facebook Porn Patrol yang terdengar sedikit lucu tersebut, ternyata ada sebab dan tujuan yang kuat dan tidak main-main sama sekali.

*artikel ini juga dipost di theifmedia.com