- Budi Putra
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name = Budi Putra
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1972|9|12|mf=y
birth_place = Payakumbuh,West Sumatra ,Indonesia
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occupation =Journalist Writer
spouse =Budi Putra (born
September 12 ,1972 ) is a technology journalist based inJakarta ,Indonesia . A newspaper editor for "Koran Tempo Daily" and a content manager for "Tempo Interactive", Budi has written four books on technology in Indonesian.Budi Putra is also a staff writer for English-language
CNET Asia and is a contributing writer for Indonesian publications such as the "Jakarta Post " and "SDA Asia Indonesia". He also writes technology postings in a number ofblog sites.Education
Born in
Payakumbuh ,West Sumatra of theMinangkabau land, Budi graduated with a BA in History fromAndalas University in Padang,West Sumatra . He is a currently enrolled in a postgraduate program in Communication Management at theUniversity of Indonesia inJakarta .Books
(all in Indonesian):
* "Sejarah Masa Depan" [The Future History] (Pustaka MM, 2000).
* "Imperium Digital: Pusaran Budaya Abad 21" [The Digital Empire: A Turning Point of the 21st Century] (Pustaka MM-Cisco Systems, 2001).
* "Planet Seluler: Ketika Teknologi Bergerak Mengubah Hidup Kita" [The Planet of Cellular: How the Mobile Technology Changed Our Life] (Jakarta: Logicom Publications, June 2004).
* "Planet Internet: Jaringan Pintar yang Mengubah Dunia" [The Internet Planet: Smart Network that Changed the World] (Jakarta: Logicom Publications, December 2005).
* "Planet Digital: Manuver CDMA di Indonesia" [The Planet of Digital: CDMA Maneuver in Indonesia] (Jakarta: Logicom Publications, Agustus 2006).Honors
*
Indosat Award for the BestTelecommunication Writing Contest for Journalist- LKT3I (1997)
* Indosat Award for the Best Telecommunication Writing Contest for Journalist- LKT3I (1999)
*Cisco Systems Indonesia Award for the Best IT Writing Contest for Journalist (2001)
*Excelcom Award for the Best Telecommunication Writing Contest for Journalist (2002)
*Excelcom Award for Special Achievement - Journalist Category (2003)
*Nokia Indonesia Award for the Best Writing Competition on Communicator (2005)
*HP Indonesia Award for the Best Writing on Smart Office Technology Issue (2005)
* Citra Darma Pustaloka from Perpustakaan Nasional RI for writing about digital library (2005).
*HP Indonesia Award for the Best Writing on Compaq Presario (2006)External links
* [http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/blog CNET Asia Regional Dispatches]
* [http://korantempo.com Koran Tempo]
* [http://tempointeraktif.com Tempo Interactive]
* [http://blog.tempointeraktif.com Blog Tempo Interaktif]
* [http://www.theasiatech.com/ The Asia Tech]
* [http://3gweek.net 3GWeek.NET ]
* [http://indonesiatech.com Indonesia Tech]
* [http://west-sumatra.org Let's Go West Sumatra]
* [http://jurnalisme.wordpress.com Blog Journalism]
* [http://www.budiputra.com/ Budi Putra's Personal Blog]
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