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Menguasai Internet Cara Malaysia

A review in Computer Shopper

I wrote the book Menguasai Internet, the first Malay language book of its kind at that time, almost than ten years ago. I decided to write the book in Malay, or Bahasa Malaysia, to give Malay speaking audiences a chance to learn to master the Internet. Hence the book was named Menguasai Internet, or Mastering the Internet in English.

The book started as seminar notes - the notes which I gave to my Menguasai Internet seminar participants somewhere between 1996 and 1997. Writing the book was really interesting although I had to put in hours of research and writing to get the first draft completed. I am quite used to research and writing so I took the challenge quite well. To discover and understand the true spirit of the Internet was extremely satisfying. I also had the opportunity to interview Dr. Mohamed Awang Lah, the person responsible for setting up RANGKOM (Rangkaian Komputer Malaysia), the first computer network in Malaysia before it was eventually connected to the Internet. Dr. Mohamed is currently the CEO of Jaring Communications.

On a different nnote, something which I found a bit difficult to accept was the editor trying to change the words and the sentences in the book during the editorial process, not knowing that it is normal for editors to do that. So if you are planning to write a book, it pays to understand the editorial process and to learn to trust the judgments of the editors. The book was published by Pustaka Cipta Sdn Bhd and the company was amongst the very few companies that adopted the web quite early. Interestingly enough, though, they have not updated or moved their website from one of the pioneers of free web hosting sites, Anglefire. If you wish to travel back in time to see how websites used to be then you should visit them here.

The welcome page of Menguasai Internet

The Menguasai Internet blog is written in Malay, the original language of the book. It can be reached at the following URL http://menguasaiinternet.danauilmu.net. This internally funded blog is established as part of our commitment to provide communities living in Malaysia access to knowledge and learning opportunities that are highly relevant to them. Your comments and suggestions on how the blog can be evolved to be more relevant to the local communities are welcomed. Do visit the blog and spread the URL around.