FDGI ini merupakan sebuah acara komunitas yang ditujukan bukan hanya untuk para programmer tetapi juga bagi para Designer, Flasher, Strategist, atau Marketer yang ingin mengetahu lebih banyak mengenai pendayagunaan Facebook.

Facebook Developer Garage sebelumnya juga telah diadakan di kota-kota besar lain di seluruh dunia seperti misalnya di London, Toronto, Dubai, Barcelona, Milan, dsb.

Diluar dugaan, peserta yang mendaftarkan diri membludak sampai akhirnya panitia memutuskan untuk memindahkan venue agar dapat menampung peserta yang mencapai lebih dari 250 orang pada saat acara berlangsung. 

Sayang sekali pihak Facebook yang sebelumnya berniat untuk menghadiri acara ini, tidak bisa datang dan hanya mengirimkan sebuah video sambutan khusus untuk para peserta FDGI yang bisa di view disini.

Materi yang disampaikan dalam FDGI ini juga cukup lengkap. Peserta dapat memperoleh ilmu baru tentang Facebook dari bermacam sisi. Dibuka dengan FDGI Introduction, presentasi dilanjutkan dengan sharing penggunaan Facebook dalam dunia musik, kemudian penjelasan teknis mengenai pembuatan dan penggunaan aplikasi Facebook serta diakhiri dengan tentang how we can monetize it. 

Acara ditutup dengan sebuah tantangan bagi para peserta FDGI agar membuat aplikasi yang keren dan bermanfaat untuk memenangkan sebuah Notebook.  Info terbaru mengenai kontes ini dapat dilihat dalam Facebook group “Facebook Developers Indonesia“.

Berikut adalah beberapa point yang disampaikan oleh kelima narasumber tersebut:

First Presentation : Daniel Tumiwa (Djarum/Music Business Enthusiast) – An Open Invitation

• FB : A Fad, Trend, Culture? If FB is a Trend, then FB Apps are Fads 
• Content is King and Application are content to FB 
• For Marketers/Advertisers : Application Content is the actual Content 
• Multiple Application means more content; Multiple Content means more Dialogue 
• Community : Social Group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage 
• Careful when building communities
• Mindset :  Develop Application that enhance communities
• Congregate : To bring together in a group, crowd or assembly and to gather 
• Advertisers need ideas, an agenda, meeting appointment, event calendar, and on going 2 way dialogs 
• Advertisers want a original long tail story, rock n roll developers, smart and witty personalities, do no evil minds 
• Advertisers must have : multiple ideas as ammunition, multiple agendas, multiple meeting appointments, multiple event calendar, multiple channels for dialogue 
• Considerations : an extension an event
• Warning : content updating
• Reality : Indonesian App Developers still need to shine and in the end can make money 
• Aspiration : make money
• Application is not always be an extention of an offline event, but  the offline event is a good promotion for the application 
• User experience is the reason why lots of FS user moving to FB 
   

Second Presentation : Endi Hamid (Think.Web) – Facebook Application

• More than 660.000 developers and entrepreneurs from more than 180 countries 
• More than 52.000 application currently available on FB platform 
• 140 new application added per day 
• FB Platform : Is it a Operating System for social networking? YES 
• Platform provides many of the important and underlying technologies that enable the Social Graph 
• Why using FB Platform : Deep Integration, Mass Distribution, New Oppotunity 
• Same level of integration as internal FB Developers
• Oppotunity to distribute to a much larger audience 
• 175 million chances and anyone can make one 
• All we need : FB Account, FB Developer App
• What we need : Knowlegde and Skill :  http://www.facebook.com/developers
• HTML or XHTML, CSS, Javascript & Ajax, Adobe Flash or Ms Silverlight, PHP ASP C++ etc
• Full support is on PHP 5
• PBML, FBJS, FQL, FB API 
• Idea : Original or twisted an existence idea
• Strategy : Guiding principles, App should be meaningful/ trustworthy/ well-designed,
• Jay Goldman’s short list : Create Value, Help users communicate and share more effeciently, generate more meaningfull activity, provide valuable information for users Integration Points (canvas Page, Profile box, info sections, requests, notifications, attchments & the publishers, news feed, tabs, application menu, application directory).
• 3 method to build FB Application : API, FBML, Third Application (Gift Creator, Iframe)

Third Presentation : Kukuh TW (Professional Freelancer) - Explaining a study Case : Making FB Application for statud FB via kronologger 

• Go to facebook.com/developers, follow the step there, download FB sources and upload php client library to the server 
• To update status via ur application, u should set permission for user . status update as True, Offline Access as True
• Batasan user profile, mobile application (still not yet)
   

Fourth Presentation : Pitra Satvika (Stratego Corp) – Facebook Connect  

• FB Connect function : simplify form registration, one registration for all sites 
• What is FB connect : Integrate FB platform to ur site, connect to other friend, sharing info 
• What can we get from FB Connect :
  1. FB connect in conherence with FB Privacy,
  2. use the same FB API  
  3. Publish to FB status feed,
  4. comment integration,
  5. photo sharing,
  6. external site may retrieve user public data 
• FB Connect with Sites  - several plugin for CMS : movable, wp, drupal, joomla
• FB Connect Installation with WP 
• FB Connect Ideas : make ur blog more social, microblogging, brand microsite,  hotspot WIFI login, FB Connect & Google Maps, online games, live chat, iphone FB connect 
• FB Connect with widgets : several social media apps that utilize FB Connect
   

Fifth Presentation : Andy Santoso – FB Apps : Real Money for Developer? 

• If developers do not get anything by buiding FB Apps, so why they build it? 
• There is a demand from the market, but limited resources 
• The money can be from :
  1.  Selling Ads,
  2. eCommerce,
  3. Selling Virtual Gift/Credits,
  4. Premium Content Subcription,
  5. Entertainment Portal,
  6. Affiliate Program,
  7 Selling your Apps,
  8. Sponsorship 
• Mechanism to interest advertisers :  
  1. create a great apps,
  2. embed with third party for sites,
  3. let many user join n like the application,
  4. start hoping they click the ads 
• provide app that can help FB user buying their credit for playing online
• Challege : secure, must collaborate with game online company, application pages has low Click Through Rate
• How to start :
  1. read the guide,
  2. communicate,
  3. start n try create the simple one,
  4. learn ur user behaviours,
  5. maintain & grow,
  6. find a partner, create a team, work together  

Berlokasi di MAZEE, FX Lifestyle X’nter – Lt.6, terdapat empat narasumber yang hadir, tetapi sayangnya aku hanya bisa merekap 3 presentasi terakhir :

- Turochas T’Fuad (head of Yahoo Mobile SEA)
- Andy Zain (Mobile Monday community representative)
- Satya Witoelar (Koprol Media)

Berikut beberapa point yang disampaikan oleh ketiga narasumber diatas (quick rekap ini sebelumnya sudah di publish di official site of  FreSh) :

Second Presentation : Yahoo 

• Yahoo Mobile : mobile growing move faster than PC
• The power of mobile : more personal and you can do a lot  
• Is “Mobile Internet” ready in Indonesia? The answer is YES
• Reason I : Indonesian’s using devices not just for communication (sms and phone)
• Reason II : The infrastructure is getting better (more cheap ISP and more bandwith)
• Yahoo’s approach : Connect and Discover  
• CONNECT means you can connected to your contact anytime
• DISCOVER means you can easily find anything that you want to know 
• Yahoo Kopi Darat : sharing about Yahoo Products, competition of developers in Indonesia, and the opportunity to maximize the local talent  
   

Third Presentation : Creativity in The Mobile Industry 

• Indonesia is obsessed in Mobile 
• The price in SMS and phone is getting cheaper 
• Cellphone Operator : 90% revenue from voice and SMS
• Opera Mini user in Indonesia is #2 world-wide 
• Shift to mobile internet will be happened soon 
• Opportunity in Indonesian is tough but possible
• The example of the oppurtunities : SMS Premium, Advertising Product/ Event, or any other Mobile Media 
   

Fourth Presentation : What is Koprol?

• Koprol is a Location-based communication tool 
• Koprol’s New Mobile version has just launched today (03/19) 
• Koprol’s Inspiration came from :
  1. Local social sites
  2. Tech gatherings (ex: FreSh) 
  3. How people used the social media (FB, Plurk, Twitter, etc)
  4. Rise of smartphone 
• Koprol’s Current Features: Commenting, Search Places, Maps 
• Technical Side : Using Ruby on Rails and Ajax (Jquery) 
• Upcoming Features : Privacy, User suggested places, Native Apps (BB, iPhone)
• Koprol’s Monetization :
  1. Location-targeted advertising
  2. Not just restaurants, any kind of shops … 
  3. Credit card promotions
  4. Mall guide … 
  5. Premium listing, Premium user accounts
  6. Contextual Advertising, Respect users 
• So, Koprol is : Hyperlocal, Consumers, Platform Independent, and one of you 
• HYPERLOCAL is Customized to city lifestyle and how we 
• CONSUMERS is because it’s not just a people locator. It’s a social networks of consumers
• It’s an Independent Platform : For everyone
• Koprol’s is one of you. We listen
• QA Sessions :
  1. Koprol’s using invitation : because it’s still in beta and in testing period 
  2. Some reported errors have been solved 
  3. “Events” are still in Progress 
  4. Koprol’s using Local Hosting because of its local traffic (bandwith consideration) 
  5. Single Sign On is still in Progress 
  6. “Add Place” is in still In Progress 
   

Conclusions :
The future trend is Mobile Internet, Indonesia is ready, the Opportunity is possible, and our resources are ready

Pameran ini berlangsung di auditorium dan halaman luar Erasmus Huis, Kuningan pada tanggal 15 Januari sampai 14 Februari 2009 dan pengunjung dapat menikmatinya tanpa dipungut biaya sedikitpun.

Seniman yang terlibat adalah AB Soetikno, Abdi Setiawan, Ade Arti, Amalia Radjab, Anusapati, Awan Simatupang, Budi Santoso, Hardiman Radjab, Innes Indreswari, Taufan AP, Titarubi, Yani MS. Dan dikuratori oleh Dolorosa Sinaga, mantan Dekan Fakultas Seni Rupa Institut Kesenian Jakarta. 

Tema yang diambil dalam pameran ini adalah: “The Spirit of Interaction” dengan latar belakang bahwa semua kreasi seni adalah sebuah penggambaran dari interaksi kehidupan.  Interaksi disini juga bisa diartikan sebagai interaksi sosial, politis, budaya, dan individual. 

Setiap obyek yang dipamerkan mempunyai konsep yang unik dan benar-benar memaksimalkan ruang yang ada. And my fave is the art work from AB Soetikno entitled  ’Third’ as below.  Lovely art… 

Beberapa foto-foto karya seni pameran yang lain dapat dilihat di sini

Sudah cukup lama juga aku tidak berburu die-cast VW Beetle favoritku. Bukan karena bosan atau tidak sempat, tetapi karena sampai sekarang aku masih belum mempunyai tempat yang cocok untuk memajang semua koleksiku yang tersimpan rapi dalam beberapa kotak plastik dan kardus.  

Karena itulah aku tidak ingin melewatkan pameran mainan tahunan yang diadakan di Graha Jala Puspita, Jalan Gatot Subroto. Pameran ini berlangsung selama dua hari pada tanggal 7 dan 8 Maret 2009 dari jam sepuluh pagi sampai jam sembilan malam.  

I went there on Sunday afternoon between the hard rain and found out that the Fair was fully packed with lots of people. Wew, I don’t quite like this situation.  

Setelah membayar 10.000 IDR, aku memulai petualanganku di lantai 2 dan disambut oleh Silver Surfer yang sebelumnya pernah aku temui di lobi Blitz Megaplex. What a nice statue …. 

Diantara para pengunjung pameran yang sangat padat, aku berulang kali berpapasan dengan Kamen Rider, Gundam, dan beragam karakter komik lain. Yup, selain menjual aneka mainan dan komik, ternyata Fair kali ini juga mengadakan lomba Cosplay atau Costume Play. 

Sayangnya setelah capek berputar-putar, aku tidak menemukan satu die-cast pun yang unik. Hampir semua jenis die-cast VW Beetle yang dijual sudah aku koleksi. Untung saja kekecewaanku sedikit terobati dengan sebuah gantungan kunci Wall-E dan Eve yang lucu. 

Dan petualangan ku dalam pameran ini pun diakhiri di food court, tempat dimana aku menghabiskan semangkok Bakso Gundam dan Es Juice Mangga. Hmm … yummy.

Semoga saja pameran tahun depan aku bisa menemukan die-cast VW Beetle yang unik dengan harga yang miring

PS : More pictures at HERE