On Thursday, August 12th 2010, we were invited to Bandung Ventures Night (BVN), an event hosted by East Ventures (EV). East Ventures is of course the name every startups in this part of town have been talking about. They’re widely known for their involvement in Indonesian startups like Tokopedia and Urbanesia. A little birdy told me that they might also have something cookin with Scraplr, the one and only Indonesian startup pitching on Echelon 2010, an event for Asia’s startups in Singapore a few months ago.

So we were of course very excited when we received the invitation. It’s not everyday we came across this kind of event, especially in Bandung. Galenic was invited to talk about Gamelan and we were eager to share the Gamelan story at the event.

The event started around 6 PM. The venue was located at a beautiful spot, atop Padma Hotel’s 8th floor restaurant, overlooking a dense northern Bandung’s forest. After the dinner around 7 PM, Wilson of EV started the event with his presentation on East Ventures. Then this session was continued with Wiku’s presentation on Daily Social, William on Tokopedia, and Selina on Urbanesia.

The main course of the evening was surely the presentations by 12 startups invited to the event. And Gamelan, if I might add, was lucky to be the first presentation. Each startup only had 3 minutes to tell their story, so we used it as much as we could. A couple of slides on why we created Gamelan, followed by a series of screenshots, and we’re done :) I really wanted to show the audience our app Gamelan in action, but due to the 3 minutes restricition, this was not possible. Wilson even set a 3 minutes timer on his iPad in front of the presenters, with alarms and all :).

The QA session followed the presentation. One of the questions I got was from Danny Saito from MySQL Asia. Mainly he was asking about the music meta data used by Gamelan, because in Japan, Last.fm (Gamelan’s main data source) is not readily available.

After Gamelan, eleven more startups took the stage to tell their stories. We were chillin at the back smoking and sipping coffee, while watching the rest of the presentations. Like we said, it’s nice to go first :D. My favorite presentations from the other startups would probably be the ones from filmoo.com and ngubek.com. Simply because they had a lot of screenshots of their product and it looked pretty. I really get a sense of what their product is and caught the spirit behind their creations (well, sort of :D).

The event went on until 10 PM. After a brief photo sessions and biz cards exchange, everyone went home,- I’m pretty sure -, happy. All in all it was a great event, one I’m surely glad I was there. So, thank you to everyone at EV, looking forward to meeting you guys again soon. You guys rock! \m/

We are a company located in Bandung. We make Rich Internet Applications and enterprise-scaled information systems products. We are expanding the team and we would like to have you aboard. If you’re an experienced developer who wants to take the challenge of leading a team of programmers, this vacancy is for you!

We want a talented and experienced developer with several years of software development under his/her belt. Someone who can lead a team of programmers and designers to create stunning products. Not only you have to be proficient in software development, you also need to have the leadership and project management skills required to tackle big projects.

If you think you’ve got what it takes, send us your CV, portfolio, and salary expectations as soon as possible to us. Tell us a bit about online persona (like your LinkedIn/Twitter account) so we can get to know you more.

Send your credentials to : ari.setyo[at]galenic.web.id or ari.setyo[at]gmail.com

Arie M. Prasetyo,
Operational Director

We are a company located in Bandung, that specializes in Rich Internet Applications. We are expanding the team and we would like to have you aboard. And now we are looking for an experienced, kick-ass ActionScript3 programmer!

What we need is a developer who knows his/her ways around MXML and ActionScript3. If you have some experiences in developing Flash-based and AIR applications and have worked with popular web API’s (eg. Twitter, Flickr, Facebook) using ActionScript3, that would be would be a great advantage.

If the recruitment process went smoothly, we will need you to be ready for work by immediately. So send that portfolio and a bit about yourself (perhaps also your LinkedIn/Twitter account) as soon as possible to us.

Send it to : ari.setyo[at]galenic.web.id or ari.setyo[at]gmail.com

Arie M. Prasetyo,
Operational Director

This vacancy information is no longer available. Please check our latest post for the new available positions.

Regards
+Ari Setyo

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What we need is of course someone with a good command of PHP and ActionScript3. Anyone accustomed to programming in an OOP manner wouldn’t find ActionScript3 difficult IMO.

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Arie M. Prasetyo
Operational Director

Still suffering from aching muscles of last night’s event. But a great big smile on my face. Yes, the 1st FOWAB gathering was a success. Or just like @rezaprabowo’s words, it was beyond expectation. On a drenched cold afternoon, 60+ IT professionals getting together was way beyond our expectation.

The show was kickstarted by Gustaff of @commonroom_ID with an inspiring presentation about Bandung’s potentials. Then it was @rezaprabowo’s turn to talk about ngubek.com. He taught us that idea and ambition also needs commitment and management.

After that, @faresfarhan and @tricipta is on the stage with their pride and joy, scraplr.com. In the end of the presentation, I think everyone in the room was craving for their invitation :)

The last speaker was Anggi of @icreativelabs with a very provocative presentation on the freelancing world. Coupled with Manfred’s (@secretlaunch) confidence of Indonesian freelancers, I think we’re going to see a lot of resignation letters by Monday :)

The event was closed by a discussion about FOWAB. We gained a lot of insights about what we should do to make FOWAB a better movement, that can benefit a lot of Bandung’s IT professionals, in the future.

All in all, it was a great event. Something we, the initiators, can be very proud of. Let’s do this again soon :)

See you guys in two of months!
@arisetyo

This vacancy information is no longer available. Please check our latest post for the new available position.

Regards
+Ari Setyo

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What we need is of course someone with a good command of PHP and is accustomed with coding in an OOP manner. It would be a great plus if you know or at least show a great interest in one of these things : Flex framework/Flash ; or WordPress/Drupal development.

If accepted, we need you to be ready for work by immediately. So send that portfolio and a bit about yourself (perhaps also your Twitter/Facebook address) as soon as possible to us. Send it to : contact@galenic.web.id or ari.setyo@gmail.com

Pada hari Sabtu, tanggal 23 Januari 2010, bertempat di HQ iCreativeLabs di jalan Titimplik, beberapa teman-teman professional web design/development Bandung berkumpul dan bersepakat untuk membuat sebuah gerakan. Gerakan yang saat ini namanya berupa hashtag Twitter #FOWAB (plesetan FOWA Bandung :D).

Gerakan yang diprediksi mampu me-revolusi dunia industri IT lokal ini dihadiri oleh teman-teman dari Ravewarrior, Gagas Imaji, Think Rooms, myself for Galenic, dan tentu saja host kita yang mentraktir lunch, iCreativeLabs (thanks guys :D). Teman-teman dari Chocaholics sayang sekali berhalangan hadir (next meeting harus dateng :P).

Salah satu ide yang akan segera diwujudkan adalah acara pertemuan/sharing/meet-up praktisi-praktisi IT se-Bandung, yang rencananya akan dilaksanakan pada tanggal 18 Februari 2010.

Saya optimis hasil dari pertemuan pertama kemarin dapat membawa angin segar bagi dunia IT lokal. We can’t wait to meet more talented IT workers of this beautiful city. We hope to meet you at future events.

^as

Last Saturday (090110), I attended a one day seminar held by Universitas Padjadjaran alumni organization at a convention hall in Bandung. The topic of the seminar itself was quite interesting, so it was such a shame that there were a lot of empty seats at the location. Some of the the people I talked to blamed the poor publication. I agreed. For instance, I received the invitation less than a week prior to the seminar.

But on the other hand, the event was a good starting point for other similar events. And the people who did came were of huge reputations. There were high government officials and respected scientists from the academic world.

So all in all, it wasn’t a waste of time. Networking was exactly the reason I came to the event. And I left the scene with a deal for a contract and a few prospects to discuss. Not bad.

^as

Just got back from Paris van Java. The traffic was hectic, bordering on chaotic. Had a meeting with a couple of friends, old and new. Met a new friend from somewhere in the icy Arctic hemisphere, and he is pretty cool (no pun intended). Anyway we had some conversation on some new ventures in 2010. I honestly think this could be the start of a great professional relationship.

A little more note on the traffic we encountered. Where did all this cars come from? I mean, it took us approximately 90 minutes just to get to Dago from PVJ. I guess Bandung is still a favorite spot for tourists. And for global IT vendors to open a branch office in Indonesia I suppose.

So, have a great 2010 every one. We wish you all the best!

On Thursday, December 17th 2009, we’re finally established as a legal business entity in Indonesia. We are now legally CV. Galenic Systems. Operational Director Ari Setyo and Creative Director Jamie Nurjamal was present in the signing of the legal agreement at the lawyer’s office. We are hoping to take our work one step further with this new legal status.

Currently we’re still focusing on online and offline projects. But we will be moving aggresively toward software products and online branding services in the 2010. Next year is going to be a great year and we’re hoping to share our work with you in this blog.