Budi Putra (born September 12, 1972 ) is a technology journalist based in Jakarta,

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, who works for Collab Asia. His previous positions were Associate Vice President of Content for

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, Head of Digital for RGE Indonesia, Chief Executive Officer at The Jakarta Post Digital, advisor at Singapore-based video streaming company Viki., and Country Editor at Yahoo! Indonesia. Prior to joining Yahoo! as Country Editor for Indonesia in October 2009, he worked as editor for ''

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Daily'' and ''Tempo Interactive''. After resigning from Tempo in March 2007, Budi writes tech posts for SlashPhone and runs a Jakarta-based Asia Blogging Network. Budi Putra was also a staff writer for

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and the ''

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''. Budi has written four books on technology in

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Education

Born in

Payakumbuh Payakumbuh ( Indonesian: Kota Payakumbuh, Minangkabau: Payokumbuah, Jawi: ) is the second largest city in West Sumatra province, Indonesia, with a population of 116,825 at the 2010 Census and 139,576 at the 2020 Census. It covers an area of 80 ...

West Sumatra West Sumatra ( id, Sumatra Barat) is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the west coast of the island of Sumatra and includes the Mentawai Islands off that coast. The province has an area of , with a population of 5,534,472 at the 2020 cen ...

of the

Minangkabau Minangkabau may refer to: * Minangkabau culture, culture of the Minangkabau people * Minangkabau Culture Documentation and Information Center * Minangkabau Express, an airport rail link service serving Minangkabau International Airport (''see belo ...

land, Budi graduated with a BA in History from

Andalas University Andalas University ( id, Universitas Andalas, abbreviated ''Unand'') is a public research university in Padang, West Sumatra. Andalas is one of the major public institution of higher learning in Indonesia, and the oldest outside the island of Jav ...

Padang Padang () is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of West Sumatra. With a Census population of 1,015,000 as of 2022, it is the 16th most populous city in Indonesia and the most populous city on the west coast of Sumatra. Th ...

and earned a master's degree in the Communications Management at the

University of Indonesia The University of Indonesia ( id, Universitas Indonesia, abbreviated as UI) is a public university in Depok, West Java and Salemba, Jakarta, Indonesia. It is one of the oldest tertiary-level educational institutions in Indonesia (known as the D ...

in Jakarta.

Books

(all in

): * ''Sejarah Masa Depan'' he Future History(Pustaka MM, 2000). * ''Imperium Digital: Pusaran Budaya Abad 21'' he Digital Empire: A Turning Point of the 21st Century(Pustaka MM-Cisco Systems, 2001). * ''Planet Seluler: Ketika Teknologi Bergerak Mengubah Hidup Kita'' he Planet of Cellular: How the Mobile Technology Changed Our Life(Jakarta: Logicom Publications, June 2004). * ''Planet Internet: Jaringan Pintar yang Mengubah Dunia'' he Internet Planet: Smart Network that Changed the World(Jakarta: Logicom Publications, December 2005). * ''Planet Digital: Maneuver CDMA di Indonesia'' he Planet of Digital: CDMA Maneuver in Indonesia(Jakarta: Logicom Publications, Agustus 2006).

Notes

External links

BudiPutra.comSlashPhoneThe Jakarta PostVikiBukalapakCollab Asia
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