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Thought via Path

There this disturbing trend of companies in Indonesia running writing competitions about their brands or products aimed at journalists and bloggers who attend their events in the hope that they get maximum exposure.

This kind of douchebaggery wouldn’t be accepted in countries with more mature media practitioners and it shouldn’t be accepted here. Journos and bloggers write about things that are worth writing about from their perspective and the perspective of their readers, not because they’ll get prizes.

The argument is it encourages them to write but they’ll be writing under a heavily influenced state of mind. They won’t be critical about the product or the brand and they’re far more likely to write it in the hopes of winning said prize instead of being informative.

I don’t know how many people here would be against such a practice seeing that it’s becoming very common but it would be extremely detrimental to the already poor state of journalism in this country. – Read on Path.

Thought via Path

When mobile phones first became fashionable in the late 90s, people didn’t really care about what those things can do since they all did the same thing and everyone played Snake. And then came the cameras.

At this point, focus was still on how the phones look. The utilitarian devices had become fashion statements and Nokia was the General Motors of its industry, offering all sorts options for all segments.

Then came the all screen iPhone, followed by apps, which destroyed the hardware oriented mobile industry. Now we’ve got everyone making black slabs of glass and metal or plastic, showing squares of all variations.

We’re back to the utilitarian era of mobile industry. How soon will the fashionable era returns? The Lumias are showing the way and HTC is taking the bait. – Read on Path.