Al Harkan's Blog
My Written Thoughts on Media, Technology, and Everything in Between
YouTube Shorts Problems
YouTube is the last major social media to let go of community-led content recommendation (Trending page) and joining TikTok’s short video format party. Like others, its contents now go fully personalized for the users —us.
Covid Positive
I’m a Covid survivor. These are some tweets from the days when I was in quarantine.
Ramadan 2021
“Unexpected, I did tarawih last night and suhoor on board a warship —my final day after 7-days sailing. That will be a story of its own, but I pray for this Ramadan to be a blessed one —where families are happy, and friends are healthy. Really hope this is the last time I read Ramadan & pandemic in the same sentence.”
The Compounding Lesson
Probably that was one of my biggest regrets, understanding this as only a math concept in class, rather than its essence as a worldview. But normalizing to see our progress in life as non-linear, is seeing how the world works as it is.
Unknown Wiseman
Or maybe we need to stop the pressure that everyone needs to exist on social media —to build personal brand, etc. Some people just want to make a living the old school way, in the physical world, outside the internet (and the metaverse, for that matter).
Statistika Bahasa Indonesia
“Indonesia sangat kaya akan keragaman bahasa.” Iya, tapi seberapa kaya? Ini datanya.
100 Days of Code
Many principles from this study are super useful to implement outside the field of software development. So much so, it offers efficiency in delivering a great working product.
Argumentasi Omnibus Law
Isu pengesahan Omnibus Law Cipta Lapangan Kerja menjadi polemik besar dalam beberapa minggu terakhir. Saya berusaha mengindari arus untuk mengikuti dan memberi argumen, dan ingin memutuskan secara pribadi keberpihakan yang baik. Di sini saya mencoba melacak beberapa argumentasi Pemerintah atas proposal UU Cipta Lapangan Kerja —dari yang dikomunikasikan di media massa.
Contact (1997)
“If we are alone in the universe, it sure seems like an awful waste of space.”
Data Science Fellowship
Selama 2 bulan masa lockdown dan #WorkFromHome ini, di samping pekerjaan mengajar, saya menyisihkan waktu untuk untuk belajar data science dengan mengikuti program Fellowship yang diselenggarakan oleh IYKRA. Saya membuat log belajar mingguan yang saya rupakan dalam tweet-tweet. Berisi cerita apa saja yang saya pelajari, pengalaman-pengalaman praktikum, juga curhat sana-sini. Berikut ini adalah untaian tweet-nya.