Maverick Indonesia

Click Of The Week #16: Andi Muhyidin

“I am no one,” that’s what Andi Muhyidin wrote in the profile of his blog, lumbungpadi (rice barn). Dio, a name he is better known for, is a journalist working for Astro Awani news bulletin dept., an in-house and Indonesian news channel alongside Metro TV, BBC, Bloomberg, CCTV 9, CNN, etc. provided by the pay TV.

Well, if you read the blog, you will almost immediately realize that this is no ordinary journalist blog. Through lumbungpadi, Dio narratively present behind the scene stories of journalists’ reporting works, those off the records. Some of these stories could never go through the conventional media, which would also forbid journalists’ to give opinion. Another interesting point of lumbungpadi is that some life story postings were written in the form of poems.

In terms of lay out, lumbung padi is very simple, equipped only with primary sidebars. However, it would be more attractive if he would consistently provide more pictures in the postings, as some postings have great pictures.

Apart from lumbungpadi, Dio has two other blogs, Kutuliskata (I write words) and point of view. Unfortunaley for me, the last blog is an “open to invited readers only.”

Reading Dio’s blogs, proves me that he is not a mere no one. What do you think?